Florida · Census place 1232275
Homestead, Florida
Homestead is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida with an estimated 85,796 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 33rd largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 85,796
- #33 of 333 in Florida
- Change since 2020
- +6.5%
- +5,274 people
- Land area
- 15.1 sq mi
- + 0.50 sq mi water
- Density
- 5,689 / sq mi
- State median 2,498
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Homestead population, 2020 to 2024
Homestead added 5,274 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.5%. In the latest year it moved by +1,465. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 90th; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Homestead is 3.9 times that size.
Homestead covers 15.08 square miles of land and 0.50 of water, for 5,689 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Homestead is denser than the typical town.
What county Homestead is in
All of Homestead's residents live in Miami-Dade County, which had 2,838,461 residents in 2024. Homestead holds 3.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Homestead
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Homestead by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 33030, 33033, 33035. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Homestead is
The Census internal point of Homestead is at 25.466700, -80.444300. Tallahassee, the capital, is 415.6 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Miami, FL (487,014 people), 25.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 25.466700, -80.444300
- DMS
- 25°28'0.12"N 80°26'39.48"W
- UTM
- 17N 555862.4E 2816742.9N
- Geohash
- dhwbckn4r
- Plus code
- 76QXFH84+M7
Daylight in Homestead
At 25.47° N, Homestead gets about 13 h 44 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Homestead
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Florida City, 2.1 miles away, with 13,157 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Homestead, FL?
85,796 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 5,274 (6.5%) from 80,522 in July 2020.
What county is Homestead in?
Miami-Dade County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Homestead?
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 33030, 33033, 33035.
How far is Homestead from Tallahassee?
415.6 miles (668.9 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Homestead.
What is the nearest larger city to Homestead?
Miami, FL, with 487,014 residents, 25.9 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.