PinewoodFL
18,114 people call this town in Florida home.
Is Pinewood a good place to live?
Several subjects drag its grade down. Health is its weak spot (D): CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 93% of the country. Its best grade is for walkability: it is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns. Homes run about $432K for a typical one, 5.6 times the Miami metro’s $77K median household income. Schools are a strength too (B+): its public schools beat 72% of Florida towns on state tests and graduation. Put together, the subjects come to a D overall, ranking 515th of 634 in Florida. Nationally, it does better than 14% of U.S. towns. Pinewood’s January low is 60°F, against 51°F in Florida’s towns and 22°F across U.S. towns.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · NOAA normals, 1991–2020.
What makes Pinewood stand out
Where Pinewood beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Van E. Blanton Elementary School | PK–5 | 374 |
| Lakeview Elementary School | PK–5 | 351 |
| Bright Future School of Excellence | 1–8 | 33 |
99% of working residents leave Pinewood for work
Where Pinewood’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Pinewood grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Pinewood is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 97% of comparable towns) to D for health (better than 7%), so the D overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Hard Rock Stadium and 69 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pinewood. Close and well known come first.
Big draw6 mi Stadium & arenaHard Rock Stadium
Big draw6 mi Stadium & arenaNu Stadium
Big draw6 mi Stadium & arenaKaseya Center
6 mi Stadium & arenaLoanDepot Park
19 mi National ParkEverglades National Park778K visitors a year
9 mi MuseumVizcaya Museum and GardensPhoto credits
Hard Rock Stadium: elisfkc2, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nu Stadium: Cuban Boy, CC0 · Kaseya Center: jjron, GFDL 1.2 · LoanDepot Park: Roberto Coquis, CC BY 2.0 · Everglades National Park: Everglades NPS from Homestead, Florida, United States, Public domain · Vizcaya Museum and Gardens: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0
.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
Moving to Pinewood: who provides what
Pinewood 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 Pinewood.
Pinewood has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns and has home values climbing faster than Florida’s, but it has lost a quarter or more of its jobs in ten years.
A larger share of adults have diabetes in Pinewood than in most of Florida or the rest of the country
Just over two in five adults get no exercise outside work in Pinewood. Against the Florida average, Pinewood comes out ahead on 3 CDC measures out of 31, and behind on 23.
| Pinewood | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 20% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 13% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 25% | 25% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 47% | 37% | 36% |
| What stands out | Pinewood | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.2% | 9.1% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 11.8% | 14.6% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 20.7% | 8.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Pinewood’s grade for schools is a B+
Its public schools are run by the Miami-Dade school district. Of its 4 schools, two are listed below, each with the reason. Public school enrollment in Pinewood: 725 students across 2 schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van E. Blanton Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 374 | C+ |
| Jewish Leadership Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 6–10 | Grades 6–10 | 99 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Most of Pinewood’s workers commute out: the town has 0.4 jobs for each of them
Jobs based here fell from 3,737 in 2013 to 2,899.
1.1% of Pinewood working residents work locally. Jobs based here fell to 2,899 in 2023, 838 fewer than in 2013. The typical journey to work in the town is 31 minutes. For half of commuters, work is under 8 miles away.
| Pinewood | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 21% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $59,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 5% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Pinewood has a high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from hurricanes
Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 73% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 259 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Pinewood. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Pinewood once, in 2017.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mild winters and hot summers in Pinewood
January nights average 59.8°, milder than in 100% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 90°.
The midsummer high for Pinewood comes to 90°F. Snowfall is close to zero.
| Pinewood | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 60°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 90°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Pinewood’s grade for cost of living is a D
Home values rose 39% in five years, to about $432K, against 19% across Florida.
The share of households in Pinewood who are owner-occupiers: 40%. The typical home value here is about $432,000, up 1% in a year, 15% above the Florida typical home. Its typical rent is $1,532 a month.
| Pinewood | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 40% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,532 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Pinewood has set aside 1.1% of its land for conservation
Parks and preserves in Pinewood: one, of 1 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Gratigny Plateau Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Pinewood
Colleges nearby
29 within 15 miles of the center of Pinewood
About 8 of every 100 Pinewood residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
About Pinewood
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Pinewood is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. The population was 17,246 at the 2020 census. Most of Pinewood was originally a neighborhood of the City of Miami, annexed into the city in 1925. With the arrival of the Great Depression, Miami gave up its jurisdiction and Pinewood became an unincorporated area of Miami-Dade County.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 1.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 3 ft
- Area code
- 305
Pinewood’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Pinewood.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinewood | #515 | D | D | — | B+ | D |
| West Little River | #428 | C− | D | — | B+ | C |
| Westview | #355 | C | C | — | B+ | C− |
Pinewood, West Little River and Westview report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Pinewood with a neighbor →
Questions about Pinewood
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Pinewood, FL a good place to live?
Pinewood grades D overall, better than 14% of U.S. towns and #515 of 634 in Florida. It grades D for health and B+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Pinewood, FL expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.