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Palmetto Estates, Florida.

A community in Miami-Dade County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Miami-Dade County’s.

Living in Palmetto Estates, Miami-Dade County, Florida

Palmetto Estates, in Miami-Dade County, had 13,498 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $82,064 a year and half less, against $71,753 across Miami-Dade County; 12% of its people live below the poverty line. 86% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 14% are rented. Unemployment in Miami-Dade County was 1.9% in September 2026, and the county had 1.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 13,498 in the 2020 census; median age 42.9
Household income $82,064 the median, give or take $3,955 · Miami-Dade County: $71,753
Unemployment 1.9% Miami-Dade County, September 2026; 2.9% a year before
Homes 86% lived in by their owners; 14% rented
  • 4,223households
  • 25%of adults have a degree
  • 12%below the poverty line
  • 34 mintypical commute
  • 4%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care26%
  • Professional and business services13%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities11%
  • Building trades9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Miami-Dade County had 1,276,535 jobs in 2025, 1.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 77° and 57°; warmest in August, 92° and 75° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 77° 57° F M A M J J A 92° 75° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 77° and 57°; warmest in August, 92° and 75° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 77° 57° F M A M J J A 92° 75° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 77° and lows near 57°; warmest in August, with highs near 92° and lows near 75°. About 56 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Miami Kendall Tamiami Exec Airport weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Miami-Dade County

  1. Miami-dade SchoolsSchool district34,420FTE
  2. Jackson MemorialGeneral hospital13,922FTE
  3. University of Miami HospitalGeneral medical and surgical hospitals12,463
  4. American Airlines Group AA-MIA-MIAMIScheduled air transportation11,300
  5. University of MiamiUniversity or college9,941
  6. Miami Dade CollegeUniversity or college7,124
  7. Florida International UniversityUniversity or college6,477
  8. Baptist HospitalGeneral hospital5,297FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 1,368 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 246,881 people in all across the county; Palmetto Estates has two of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Hurricanesrelatively high in parts of Palmetto EstatesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Palmetto Estates’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Miami-Dade County.