The CrossingsFL
Public schools that outperform most of Florida. In Florida, this town has 22,963 residents.
Is The Crossings a good place to live?
Strong in places, weak in others. Its strongest subject is incomes: the median household earns $91K. Cost of living is its weak spot (D−): the typical home is worth about $501K, 6.6 years of the Miami metro’s $77K median household income. Hazard risk is weaker too: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 84% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. The overall grade lands at B−, 141st of 634 in Florida. It comes out better than 53% of U.S. towns. The Crossings is home to American Medical Academy. The Crossings’ January low is 58°F, above both the Florida town median (51°F) and the median of U.S. towns (22°F).
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · FEMA National Risk Index · NOAA normals, 1991–2020.
What makes The Crossings stand out
Where The Crossings beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Devon Aire K-8 Center | PK–8 | 818 |
| Calusa Elementary School | PK–5 | 695 |
| The Creative Learning Center | PK–K | 246 |
| Widest gap | The Crossings | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with COPD | 4.4% | 7.2% |
| College | Students |
|---|---|
| American Medical Academy | 302 |
American Medical Academy calls The Crossings home
How The Crossings grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far The Crossings is from typical.
Its grades run from A for jobs and income (better than 89% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 4%), so the B− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Hard Rock Stadium and 65 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around The Crossings. Close and well known come first.
Big draw22 mi Stadium & arenaHard Rock Stadium
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaNu Stadium
6 mi National ParkEverglades National Park778K visitors a year
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaKaseya Center
14 mi Stadium & arenaLoanDepot Park
6 mi Stadium & arenaPitbull StadiumPhoto 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 · Pitbull Stadium: Comayagua99, CC BY-SA 3.0
.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
Moving to The Crossings: who provides what
The Crossings 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 The Crossings.
The Crossings has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Florida and has little public open land.
The Crossings has a very high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
The Crossings has had 404 paid flood insurance claims since 1981. Expected losses in The Crossings break down as 59% from inland flooding and 29% from hurricanes. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2017.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On state tests, The Crossings’ schools beat 72% of Florida districts
Of its 5 schools, two are listed below, each with the reason. Its public schools are run by the Miami-Dade school district. 3 public schools serve The Crossings, with 2,502 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arvida Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 989 | A− |
| Calusa Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 695 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
For cost of living, The Crossings earns a D−
At 6.6 years of the Miami metro’s $77K median household income, the typical home (about $501K) costs more against local pay than in 80% of Florida towns; that ratio is one input to that grade. Home values rose 34% in five years, to about $501K, against 19% across Florida.
The Crossings’ rent at the middle of the market stands at $2,103 a month. A typical home here is worth about $501,000, about the same as a year ago, 34% above the Florida typical home. On the market in the town: a median 69 days to sell.
| The Crossings | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,103 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 73% | 72% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of The Crossings’ workers commute out
The top destinations are Miami (19%), Kendall (8%) and Coral Gables (7%). Most people who work leave The Crossings to do it: just 3% work in town. Since 2013, The Crossings has added 485 jobs, to 3,263 in 2023. Half the trips to work are shorter than 11 miles.
| The Crossings | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $91,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.6% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.4% | 5% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fewer of The Crossings’ adults have been diagnosed with depression than in the typical Florida or U.S. town
Its widest gap with Florida is COPD: 4.4% of its 19,147 adults have COPD, against 7.2% statewide.
For adults in The Crossings, the share who have obesity is 27%. On the CDC’s 31 measures, The Crossings is ahead of Florida on 14 and behind on 1. Among adults in the town, 13% report frequent mental distress and 8.3% smoke cigarettes.
| The Crossings | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 18% | 23% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 14% | 8.1% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.3% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | The Crossings | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with COPD | 4.4% | 7.2% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.3% | 12.7% |
| More uninsured adults | 21.1% | 15.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The Crossings: mild winters and hot summers
The Miami Intl Ap weather station, 10 miles away, records that about 91 days a year reach 90°, more than in 96% of U.S. towns. January nights average 57.8°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 90.8°.
In The Crossings, the peak summer temperature is 91°F. Snowfall is close to zero.
| The Crossings | 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
No age group stands out in The Crossings against Florida
Every broad age group is within 4 points of the Florida average. 43% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in The Crossings.
| The Crossings | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 43% | 31% | 29% |
| Median age | 43.4 years | 42.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 20% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 20% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5 points. Across Florida, 50.9% of residents are women. Median age: women 46.7, men 39.4.
| The Crossings | FL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.4% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.3% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.4% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.6% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.9% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.2% | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10% | 11.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.2% | 9.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.5% | 10.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 21.5% | 27.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.5% | 18.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.8% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.7% | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 19% | 12.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
The Crossings keeps 1.1% of its land conserved
Just 26 of its 2,276 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in The Crossings itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
3 parks and preserves cover 25 acres in The Crossings.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Devon Aire Park | — | 12 |
| 2. Arvida Park | — | 7 |
| 3. Calusa Club Estates Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about The Crossings
Colleges nearby
16 within 15 miles of the center of The Crossings
About 8 of every 100 The Crossings residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
97% of working residents leave The Crossings for work
Where The Crossings’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About The Crossings
CDP in Florida, United States
The Crossings is a census-designated place (CDP) and suburb of Miami in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. The CDP includes the neighborhoods of The Crossings, Devon Aire, and Calusa. The population was 23,276 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 3.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 7 ft
- Area code
- 305
The Crossings’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with The Crossings.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Crossings | #141 | B− | D− | — | B+ | B+ |
| Three Lakes | #103 | B | D− | — | B+ | A− |
| Kendall | #106 | B | D− | — | B+ | B+ |
| The Hammocks | #185 | B− | D− | — | B+ | B+ |
| Kendale Lakes | #304 | C+ | D | — | B+ | B− |
The Crossings, Three Lakes, Kendall, The Hammocks and Kendale Lakes report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare The Crossings with a neighbor →
Questions about The Crossings
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is The Crossings, FL a good place to live?
The Crossings grades B− overall, better than 53% of U.S. towns and #141 of 634 in Florida. It grades B+ for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is The Crossings, 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−.