ZIP 33055 vs ZIP 33056

This side-by-side compares ZIP 33055 (Opa Locka, FL) and ZIP 33056 (Miami Gardens, FL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 33055 has a population of 43,194 at 2,777 people per square mile, while ZIP 33056 has 35,059 at 2,227 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 33055 reports a median household income of $62,286 against $68,583 in ZIP 33056, with per-capita income of $26,973 vs $27,247. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.0% in 33055 and 17.5% in 33056. Poverty rate reads 14.1% vs 13.9%, and unemployment 4.8% vs 9.5% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $369,600 in 33055 versus $372,200 in 33056, with median rent of $1,793 and $1,764 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.2% vs 62.4%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.