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Westchester, 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 Westchester, Miami-Dade County, Florida

Westchester, in Miami-Dade County, had 56,384 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $72,262 a year and half less, against $71,753 across Miami-Dade County; 10% of its people live below the poverty line. 65% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 35% 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 56,384 in the 2020 census; median age 47.0
Household income $72,262 the median, give or take $6,986 · Miami-Dade County: $71,753
Unemployment 1.9% Miami-Dade County, September 2026; 2.9% a year before
Homes 65% lived in by their owners; 35% rented
  • 17,383households
  • 30%of adults have a degree
  • 10%below the poverty line
  • 30 mintypical commute
  • 11%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care23%
  • Professional and business services13%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Building trades10%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment9%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities9%

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, 76° and 58°; warmest in August, 91° and 76° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 76° 58° F M A M J J A 91° 76° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 76° and 58°; warmest in August, 91° and 76° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 76° 58° F M A M J J A 91° 76° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 76° and lows near 58°; warmest in August, with highs near 91° and lows near 76°. About 70 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Miami Nwsfo weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Westchester

  1. Florida International UniversityUniversity or college6,477
  2. Publix Super MarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores182
  3. Publix Super MarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores153
  4. Olympia HeightsMail and parcel delivery139
  5. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.Supermarket80
  6. St. John Vianney College SeminaryUniversity or college48
  7. Celebrity School of BeautyCareer school43
  8. TamiamiMail and parcel delivery35

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 8 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 675 people in all. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24). 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 WestchesterRelatively moderate
  2. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  3. LightningRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Westchester’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively 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.