Homestead, Florida: schools and neighborhood data

Homestead in Miami-Dade County. Census figures are 2020-24 American Community Survey estimates.

Population

82,807 (2020-24)

Median household income

$65,423 (2020-24, in 2024 dollars)

Below the poverty line

18.4% of residents (2020-24)

Homeowners

48.3% of occupied homes (2020-24)

Residents by group

67.4% Hispanic, 18.4% Black, 10.7% White, 0.7% Asian (2020-24)

Foreign-born residents

40.8% (2020-24)

Public school students at schools in the city

15,771 (2024-25)

Reported crime

4.4 violent and 15.2 property offenses per 1,000 residents (2025, Homestead Police Department)

New homes permitted

935 housing units (2025)

School districts serving Homestead

• Miami-Dade County Public Schools

Schools located in Homestead

• Center For International Education A Cambridge Associate Sc (high school)
• Everglades Preparatory Academy High School (high school)
• Homestead Senior High School (high school)
• Keys Gate Charter High School (high school)
• Medical Academy For Science And Technology (M.A.S.T.) @ Hom (high school)
• School For Advanced Studies Homestead (high school)
• Somerset Academy Charter High School (South Homestead) (high school)
• Somerset Preparatory Academy High School Homestead (high school)
• Everglades Preparatory Academy (middle school)
• Homestead Middle School (middle school)
• Somerset Academy Charter Middle School (South Homestead) (middle school)
• Somerset Preparatory Academy Middle School (Homestead) (middle school)
• Acceleration Academies Llc Homestead (school)
• Chambers High School (school)
• Gateway Environmental K-8 Learning Center (k-8 school)
• Keys Gate Charter School (k-8 school)
• Laura C. Saunders Elementary School (elementary school)
• Neva King Cooper Educational Center (school)
• Redondo Elementary School (elementary school)
• Somerset Academy Charter Elementary School (South Homestead (elementary school)
• Somerset Arts Academy (elementary school)
• Somerset Oaks Academy (k-8 school)
• Somerset Preparatory Academy (Homestead) (elementary school)
• The Charter School At Waterstone (k-8 school)
• West Homestead K-8 Center (k-8 school)

Sources

• American Community Survey 5-year estimates (via Census Reporter), U.S. Census Bureau
• NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations, National Center for Education Statistics
• FBI Crime Data Explorer, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Building Permits Survey, U.S. Census Bureau