Glenvar Heights, Florida
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Glenvar Heights is a
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(CDP) and neighborhood in
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, United States. It is part of the
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of
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. The population was 20,786 at the 2020 US census, up from 16,898 in 2010 US census.


Geography

Glenvar Heights is located southwest of
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at (25.708579, -80.313477). It is bordered to the north by Coral Terrace, to the east by
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, to the southeast by Pinecrest, to the south by Kendall, to the west by
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and Olympia Heights, and to the northwest by Westchester. According to the
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, the CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 4.63%, are water.


Demographics


2020 census

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 20,786 people, 7,837 households, and 4,275 families residing in the CDP. As of the 2010 United States census, there were 16,898 people, 6,709 households, and 3,874 families residing in the CDP.


2000 census

As of the
census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
of 2000, there were 16,243 people, 7,243 households, and 3,947 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 7,591 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 87.71%
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(37.9% were
Non-Hispanic White Non-Hispanic Whites, also referred to as White Anglo Americans or Non-Latino Whites, are White Americans who are classified by the United States census as "White" and not of Hispanic or Latino origin. According to annual estimates from the Unit ...
), 3.00%
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, 0.19% Native American, 2.91% Asian, 0.06%
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, 3.42% from other races, and 2.72% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 55.46% of the population. As of 2000, there were 7,243 households, out of which 23.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.9% were
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living together, 11.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.5% were non-families. 34.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.95. In 2000, in the CDP, the population was spread out, with 18.2% under the age of 18, 11.1% from 18 to 24, 33.7% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.8 males. In 2000, the median income for a household in the CDP was $40,209, and the median income for a family was $53,279. Males had a median income of $35,867 versus $30,510 for females. The
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for the CDP was $27,473. About 7.7% of families and 12.7% of the population were below the
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, including 10.7% of those under age 18 and 11.8% of those age 65 or over. As of 2000, speakers of Spanish as a
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accounted for 60.96% of residents, while English made up 35.18%, French was at 1.01%,
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at 0.60%, and Portuguese consisted of 0.54% of the population.


Transportation

The Miami Metrorail Dadeland North station straddles the border of Glenvar Heights and Kendall CDPs. The Don Shula Expressway Toll Road makes up the northeastern border of Glenvar Heights. Additionally, the Snapper Creek Expressway runs through Glenvar Heights in the south, intersecting with US Route 1 in the southeast corner of the CDP, and the Palmetto Expressway passes through the center of the neighborhood.


Education

Miami-Dade County Public Schools Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) is the public school district serving Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in the U.S. state of Florida. Founded in 1885, it is the largest school district in Florida, the largest in the South ...
operates public schools. - Compare this map against addresses of schools. South Miami Middle School and South Miami K-8 Center are adjacent to, but not in, Glenvar Heights.
South Miami Senior High School South Miami Senior High School is a high school located at 6856 SW 53rd Street in Glenvar Heights, Florida, Glenvar Heights, - Compare this map against the address of the school. unincorporated area, unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida, in ...
is in Glenvar Heights. St. Thomas the Apostle School of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami is in Glenvar Heights. - Compare the address against the map.


References

{{authority control Census-designated places in Miami-Dade County, Florida Census-designated places in Florida