Best PlacesHialeah Gardens, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hialeah Gardens, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Hialeah Gardens ranks 1,985th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hialeah Gardens
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Hialeah Gardens' strengths and weaknesses
Where Hialeah Gardens ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 96% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- TransitBetter than 87% of cities
Where Hialeah Gardens ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 2% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 7% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Hialeah Gardens
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hialeah Gardens home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $59,759, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Hialeah Gardens' effective rate of 0.59%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hialeah Gardens
Hialeah Gardens runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hialeah Gardens.
Who works in Hialeah Gardens, and how
Work in Hialeah Gardens centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Hialeah Gardens
Hialeah Gardens has more restaurants and bars per resident than 73% of cities and more parkland per resident than 76% of cities. The coast is about 18 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Hialeah Gardens and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hialeah Gardens, month by month
Hialeah Gardens sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 79, with lows near 59. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 79° | 68° | 59° |
| April | 87° | 77° | 69° |
| July | 92° | 84° | 77° |
| October | 88° | 80° | 73° |
Flying in and out of Hialeah Gardens
Miami International sits about 6 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 26.2 million passengers in 2025, with 233 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Hialeah Gardens
Schools across Hialeah Gardens average a B, better than 62% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Bob Graham Education CenterA− · 59% proficient
- Meadowlane Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Hialeah Gardens Elementary SchoolA− · 56% proficient
Top middle schools
- Miami Lakes Middle SchoolA · 59% proficient
- Hialeah Gardens Middle SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Mater Academy Charter Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Jose Marti Mast 6-12 AcademyA+ · 84% proficient
- Youth Co-op Preparatory High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- City Of Hialeah Educational AcademyB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hialeah Gardens school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hialeah Gardens measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Hialeah Gardens against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Hialeah Gardens suits
Common questions about living in Hialeah Gardens
Is Hialeah Gardens a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hialeah Gardens ranks 1,985th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on walkability, few empty homes, and state infrastructure, and lowest on car insurance costs and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hialeah Gardens expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $305,639. The overall cost of living runs about 7% above the national average. Set against a $59,759 median income, cost of living beats 2% of cities.
Is Hialeah Gardens safe?
Hialeah Gardens is safer than 10% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $321 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Hialeah Gardens?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 79 with lows near 59. That works out to about 100 pleasant days a year, more than 60% of cities.
Is Hialeah Gardens good for families?
Schools beat 62% of cities, crime safety beats 10%, and childcare runs $844 a month.
Compare Hialeah Gardens with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hialeah Gardens. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hialeah Gardens represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Hialeah Gardens detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hialeah Gardens: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hialeah Gardens: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hialeah Gardens: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hialeah Gardens: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hialeah Gardens detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
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