Economic Distress SELECT NEIGHBORHOODS IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
2016 edition In May, 2016, the FIU Metropolitan Center released the Miami-Dade County Prosperity Study.The study developed a broader Prosperity Initiatives Neighborhood Distress Index (PINDI) to analyze the communities within Miami-Dade where the prosperity gap is widest. Neighborhood distress is defined as a situation reflecting concentrated social and economic conditions which point toward lower living standards for residents.
POPULATION BELOW POVERTY poverty trends POVERTY RATES BY NEIGHBORHOOD
South Miami 12%
Cutler Ridge 21% Neighborhoods in red West Grove 24% 21% are those that had an Miami Gardens 25% increase in poverty
Golden Glades 28% from 2012 to 2016
North Miami 29%
Little Haiti 32%
Homestead 36%
Allapattah 37%
Little Havana 37%
Overtown 39%
Liberty City 42%
Florida City 44% Neighborhoods with the highest percent Gladeview 45% change in poverty from 2012 to 2016
Neighborhoods with the highest Florida City concentration of children in poverty in 30% 2016 Overall, most neighborhoods within the spine of distress 16% 18% 18% Gladeview have poverty rates well above 34%
Homestead Florida City Gladeview Miami-Dade County (20%).
South Miami 73%
INCOME AND UMEPLOYMENT TRENDS MEDIANMiami-Dade HOUSEHOLD12% INCOME UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
Florida City $31,240 13% Overtown
The median household income Overtown $30,707 for Miami-Dade County is 13% Florida City $44,224
Gladeview $23,481 13% Miami Gardens
Allapattah $22,023 14% Little Haiti
$21,618 The unemployment rate in 17% Gladeview Little Havana Miami-Dade County is 8.5% 21%
Liberty City $21,418 17% Liberty City
INCOME and Race 24% THE DISTRESSED NEIGHBORHOODS ARE PREDOMINATELY BLACK (LIBERTY23% CITY, GLADEVIEW, AND LITTLE HAITI) AND HISPANIC (ALLAPATTAH, HOMESTEAD, AND LITTLE HAVANA)
$46,690 POVERTY CONCENTRATIONS $41,520 Across all racial and ethnic groups, household incomes are lower in $33,704 distressed areas
$24,883 $23,280 $23,854 $23,891 $22,527 $21,469
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Hispanic Black/African-
Black/African- Gladeview Liberty City Miami-Dade County
Neighborhoods within the spine of distress typically have lower median household incomes and higher poverty rates when compared to Miami-Dade County. However, greater racial and ethnic divides exist between incomes at the County level.
Sources: 2012-2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Esri