Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Virginia Gardens’ subject grades is an A+ for walkability; the weakest is a D− for cost of living. Virginia Gardens’ January low is 59°F, where Florida’s towns sit at 51°F and U.S. towns at 22°F. Only 26 of Florida’s 776 towns score higher on walkability. Virginia Gardens's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 87% of U.S. towns. Virginia Gardens has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Virginia Gardens beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Blessed Trinity Catholic School | PK–8 | 213 |
Where Virginia Gardens’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Virginia Gardens is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 1940.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Virginia Gardens. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaHard Rock Stadium
Big draw6 mi Stadium & arenaNu Stadium
5 mi Stadium & arenaLoanDepot Park
Big draw7 mi Stadium & arenaKaseya Center
13 mi National ParkEverglades National Park778K visitors a year
7 mi MuseumVizcaya Museum and GardensHard Rock Stadium: elisfkc2, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nu Stadium: Cuban Boy, CC0 · LoanDepot Park: Roberto Coquis, CC BY 2.0 · Kaseya Center: jjron, GFDL 1.2 · Everglades National Park: Everglades NPS from Homestead, Florida, United States, Public domain · Vizcaya Museum and Gardens: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Virginia Gardens, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Virginia Gardens.
The typical Virginia Gardens home is worth about $601,000, up 3% in a year, 60% above the Florida typical home. 56% of Virginia Gardens households own their home, below both Florida’s towns (72%) and U.S. towns (73%). The median rent in Virginia Gardens is $1,689 a month.
| Virginia Gardens | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 56% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,689 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blessed Trinity Catholic School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 213 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Virginia Gardens for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, Virginia Gardens has added 1,464 jobs, to 2,161 in 2023. Virginia Gardens’ average trip to work is 22 minutes.
| Virginia Gardens | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.4% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.3% | 5% | 8% |
| Median household income | $70,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Virginia Gardens has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 91°, January nights drop to 59° and snow is almost unheard of.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 66% of U.S. communities. Since 1991, 61 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Virginia Gardens.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Among 123 Florida towns, just 1 have a lower violent crime rate than Virginia Gardens. Virginia Gardens's reported crime rate is close to Florida's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts.
| Virginia Gardens | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2023) | 0.4 per 1,000 residents | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2023) | 14.3 per 1,000 residents | 17.7 | 13.1 |
FBI crime data, 2023 · crimes reported to police
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Florida average. 23% of Virginia Gardens residents are 65 or older. Virginia Gardens has lost 2.3% of its people since 2020, down to 2,307 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Virginia Gardens | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Median age | 45.2 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 32% | 31% | 29% |
Somewhere between 37% and 58% women
The Census survey reached too few of Virginia Gardens’ residents to say more: its margin here is ±10.8 points. Across Florida, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Virginia Gardens | FL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.7% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.2% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.3% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.4% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.2% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.5% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.7% | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 18.1% | 11.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.8% | 9.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.1% | 10.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.7% | 27.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.8% | 18.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.9% | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.5% | 12.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,300, single groups can be off by several points
Virginia Gardens beats the Florida average on 7 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 27% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Virginia Gardens.
| Virginia Gardens | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 14% | 8.1% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 18% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | Virginia Gardens | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with COPD | 4.9% | 7.2% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.4% | 9.1% |
| More uninsured adults | 27.1% | 15.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
26 within 15 miles of the center of Virginia Gardens
About 8 of every 100 Virginia Gardens residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
Village in Florida, United States
Virginia Gardens is a village in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The village is a part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the village had a population of 2,364 in 2020.
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One town shares a border with Virginia Gardens.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Gardens | — | — | D− | — | B+ | B− |
| Miami Springs | #100 | B | D− | — | B+ | B |
Virginia Gardens has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Virginia Gardens and Miami Springs report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Virginia Gardens with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes. That is 7.9 years of the area's median household income ($76,527 across the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
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