NaranjaFL
A town of 15,796, settled in 1906.
Is Naranja a good place to live?
Naranja earns a D, 549th of 634 graded towns in Florida, mostly because of health and incomes. Residents are less healthy than 86% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The median household income is $54K, and 30% of residents live below the poverty line. In its favor, it is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns. 30% of residents live below the poverty line in Naranja, against 11% in Florida’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Naranja has 2 places on the National Register. The typical home is worth about $372K, 4.9 years of the Miami metro’s $77K median household income.
What makes Naranja stand out
Where Naranja beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| DR. William A. Chapman Elementary School | PK–5 | 515 |
| Miami Macarthur Educational Center | 1–12 | 97 |
Naranja has grown 63% from 2010 to 2020
8,303 counted in 2010 and 13,509 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Naranja grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Naranja is from typical.
Its grades run from A for walkability (better than 86% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 5%), so the D overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Hard Rock Stadium and 55 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Naranja. Close and well known come first.
Big draw33 mi Stadium & arenaHard Rock Stadium
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaNu Stadium
9 mi National ParkEverglades National Park778K visitors a year
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaKaseya Center
22 mi Stadium & arenaLoanDepot Park
5 mi National ParkBiscayne National Park487K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Hard Rock Stadium: elisfkc2, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nu Stadium: Cuban Boy, CC0 · Everglades National Park: Everglades NPS from Homestead, Florida, United States, Public domain · Kaseya Center: jjron, GFDL 1.2 · LoanDepot Park: Roberto Coquis, CC BY 2.0 · Biscayne National Park: National Park Service, Public domain
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Moving to Naranja: who provides what
Naranja is unincorporated, so Miami-Dade County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Naranja.
Naranja has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns, but it has poverty well above the Florida rate and has little public open land.
Naranja stands out in Florida and nationally, with more of its adults who get no exercise outside work
40% of Naranja adults get no exercise outside work. Naranja beats the Florida average on 4 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 19. 44% of Naranja adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Naranja | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 25% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 15% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 14% | 8.1% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 37% | 36% |
| What stands out | Naranja | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4% | 9.1% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 18.9% | 26.6% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 40.9% | 16.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Naranja’s schools rank ahead of 72% of Florida districts
Its public schools are run by the Miami-Dade school district. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR. William A. Chapman Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 515 | C |
| Miami Macarthur Educational CenterLargest public high schoolGrades 1–12 | Grades 1–12 | 97 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Most working residents commute out of Naranja
Naranja has 1,121 jobs for its 5,114 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here grew from 737 in 2013 to 1,121.
Most working residents leave Naranja for work: only 1% work in town. Naranja’s average trip to work is 33 minutes. Jobs based in Naranja grew to 1,121 in 2023, 384 more than in 2013.
| Naranja | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $54,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.2% | 5% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in Naranja
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 68% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Naranja since 2005.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Naranja has mild winters and hot summers
The Homestead Gen Aviation Ap weather station, 8 miles away, records that about 102 days a year reach 90°, more than in 96% of U.S. towns. January nights average 57.7°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 90.9°.
Naranja has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The January low in Naranja is 58°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Naranja | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 58°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 91°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
1.3% of Naranja is conserved land
Just 14 of its 1,076 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Naranja itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
0.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Naranja Park | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Compared with most of Florida and the rest of the country, fewer of Naranja’s households own their home
25% of households own their home in Naranja. The median sale price was $395,000 in May 2026.
| Naranja | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 25% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,713 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Naranja
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Naranja
About 4 of every 100 Naranja residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
99% of working residents leave Naranja for work
Where Naranja’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Naranja
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Naranja is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. Many orange groves were once located in this area, so the community name came from the Spanish word for orange, naranja, though the pronunciation among the local residents is "Na-Ran-Jah". Naranja was also a stop for the Florida East Coast Railroad that once ran through this area. It is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. The population was 13,509 at the 2020 census, up from 8,303 in 2010.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 1.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 3 ft
- Area code
- 305
Naranja’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Naranja.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naranja | #549 | D | D− | — | B+ | D |
| Princeton | #235 | C+ | D− | — | B+ | B |
| Leisure City | #527 | D | D | — | B+ | C− |
Naranja, Princeton and Leisure City report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Naranja with a neighbor →
Questions about Naranja
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Naranja, FL a good place to live?
Naranja grades D overall, better than 9% of U.S. towns and #549 of 634 in Florida. It grades D for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Naranja, FL expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $372,000, 1% below the Florida typical home.