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Miami-Dade County

Population in July 2007: 18,116.
Males: 8,652  (47.8%)
Females: 9,464  (52.2%)

Median resident age:  37.6 years
Florida median age:  38.7 years

Zip codes: 33173.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $71,487 (it was $58,903 in 2000)
Sunset:  $71,487
Florida:  $47,804

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $29,674
Sunset:  $29,674
Florida:  $26,696

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $454,950 (it was $161,900 in 2000)
Sunset:  $454,950
Florida:  $230,400

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $472,166; Detached houses: $472,496; Townhouses or other attached units: $370,744; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $802,520

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Races in Sunset:

  • Hispanic (69.7%)
  • White Non-Hispanic (26.1%)
  • Other race (2.5%)
  • Two or more races (2.2%)
  • Black (1.5%)
  • Chinese (1.1%)
  • Asian Indian (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in Sunset: 121.3 (high, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (4.6%), Italian (3.8%), Irish (3.5%), United States (3.4%), English (3.2%), Arab (1.3%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Land area: 3.56 square miles.

Population density: 5092 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Sunset

  • High school or higher: 81.7%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 30.8%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 11.3%
  • Unemployed: 4.5%
  • Mean travel time to work: 31.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Sunset CDP

  • Never married: 25.0%
  • Now married: 55.4%
  • Separated: 2.0%
  • Widowed: 6.8%
  • Divorced: 10.8%

8,669 residents are foreign born (46.7% Latin America).

This place:  50.5%
Florida:  16.7%


According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Sunset:  1.5% ($2,488)
Florida:  1.4% ($1,262)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: South Westside, FL (1.9 miles , pop. 91,953).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Kendale Lakes-Lindgren Acres, FL (4.0 miles , pop. 314,677).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Houston, TX (960.9 miles , pop. 1,953,631).

Nearest cities: Westwood Lakes, FL (1.2 miles ), Olympia Heights, FL (1.3 miles ), South Westside, FL (1.4 miles ), Glenvar Heights, FL (1.6 miles ), Kendall, FL (1.6 miles ), University Park, FL (1.7 miles ), Westchester, FL (1.8 miles ), Kendale Lakes, FL (1.9 miles ).

Latitude: 25.71 N, Longitude: 80.36 W

Daytime population change due to commuting: -911 (-5.3%)
Workers who live and work in this place: 755 (9.3%)

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Historical population

Most common industries for males (%):



  • Construction (10%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
  • Health care (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Educational services (5%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
  • Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Educational services (19%)
  • Health care (11%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
  • Finance and insurance (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
  • Personal and laundry services (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
  • Top executives (4%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
  • Cashiers (3%)
  • Accountants and auditors (3%)



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Sunset-area historical tornado activity is below Florida state average. It is 13% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/17/1959, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 5.0 miles away from the Sunset place center injured 77 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 4/10/1956, a category 3 tornado 21.8 miles away from the place center injured 20 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.



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Hospitals/medical centers near Sunset:
  • BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI INC (about 4 miles; MIAMI, FL)
  • MEADOWBROOK REHAB HOSP OF WEST GABLES (about 4 miles; MIAMI, FL)
  • MIAMI CHILDRENS HOSP (about 4 miles; MIAMI, FL)

Political contributions by individuals in Sunset, FL

Amtrak stations near Sunset:
  • 8 miles: MIAMI INT'L AIRPORT (MIAMI, TRANSIT BUS LOADING AREA) - Bus Station
  • 12 miles: MIAMI (8303 N.W. 37TH AVE.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, free short-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand, public transit connection.
  • 19 miles: HOMESTEAD (5 N.E. 3RD RD.) - Bus Station. Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines.

Operable nuclear power plants near Sunset:
  • 20 miles: Turkey Point 3 and 4 in Florida City, FL.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Sunset:
  • MIAMI-DADE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 12 miles; MIAMI, FL; Full-time enrollment: 25,323)
  • UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI (about 13 miles; CORAL GABLES, FL; FT enrollment: 13,050)
  • FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (about 13 miles; MIAMI, FL; FT enrollment: 22,716)
  • BARRY UNIVERSITY (about 18 miles; MIAMI, FL; FT enrollment: 5,780)
  • NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY (about 27 miles; FT LAUDERDALE, FL; FT enrollment: 12,554)
  • BROWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 29 miles; FT LAUDERDALE, FL; FT enrollment: 12,747)
  • ART INSTITUTE OF FORT LAUDERDALE (about 32 miles; FT LAUDERDALE, FL; FT enrollment: 2,488)

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Notable locations in Sunset: Miller Square (A), Miami-Dade County Fire and Rescue Headquarters (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Sunset include: Gateway Church (A), Saint Paul Church (B), Southwest Alliance Church (C), Southwest Community Church (D), Sunset Chapel (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lake: Loladero, Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Parks in Sunset include: Sunset Park (1), Kendalwood Park (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

Average household size:
This place:  3.1 people
Florida:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  82.1%
Whole state:  66.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  4.5%
Whole state:  5.8%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  7.1%
Whole state:  12.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  3.3%
Whole state:  5.7%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Sunset, FL


People in group quarters in Sunset
  • 69 people in nursing homes
  • 15 people in other group homes
  • 14 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 8 people in religious group quarters
  • 4 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded


Sunset compared to Florida state average:
  • Median household income above state average.
  • Median house value above state average.
  • Black race population percentage above state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Median age above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in above state average.


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School Enrollment by Level of School


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2004 Presidential Election results in Miami-Dade County Florida:


Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Electricity (91%)
  • Utility gas (4%)
  • No fuel used (3%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)


Religion statistics for Sunset

Adherents


NameCatholic ChurchSouthern Baptist ConventionSeventh-Day Adventist ChurchUnited Methodist ChurchEpiscopal Church
Adherents60.8%9.1%2.0%1.9%1.5%
Congregations8.0%17.8%5.8%5.5%3.4%
NameAssemblies of GodChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaChurch of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)Other religions
Adherents1.4%0.8%0.8%0.7%21.0%
Congregations6.0%2.3%2.6%3.6%45.1%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.


3.96% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($42,972 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  3.96%
Florida average:  8.71%

0.28% of residents moved from foreign countries ($2,671 average AGI)
Miami-Dade County:  0.28%
Florida average:  0.22%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Broward County, FL  1.01% ($36,908 average AGI)
from Palm Beach County, FL  0.17% ($34,307)
from New York County, NY  0.09% ($100,288)


5.08% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($39,860 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.08%
Florida average:  7.73%

0.11% of residents moved to foreign countries ($897 average AGI)
Miami-Dade County:  0.11%
Florida average:  0.12%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Broward County, FL  1.54% ($40,863 average AGI)
to Lee County, FL  0.22% ($25,891)
to Palm Beach County, FL  0.21% ($44,535)


Strongest AM radio stations in Sunset:
  • WSUA (1260 AM; 50 kW; MIAMI, FL; Owner: WSUA BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WQBA (1140 AM; 50 kW; MIAMI, FL; Owner: WQBA-AM LICENSE CORP.)
  • WWFE (670 AM; 50 kW; MIAMI, FL; Owner: FENIX BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WVCG (1080 AM; 50 kW; CORAL GABLES, FL; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
  • WNMA (1210 AM; 49 kW; MIAMI SPRINGS, FL; Owner: RADIO UNICA OF MIAMI LICENSE CORP.)
  • WAQI (710 AM; 50 kW; MIAMI, FL; Owner: LICENSE CORPORATION #1)
  • WRHC (1550 AM; 45 kW; CORAL GABLES, FL; Owner: WRHC BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WACC (830 AM; 5 kW; HIALEAH, FL; Owner: RADIO PEACE CATHOLIC BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WRFX (940 AM; 50 kW; MIAMI, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WRHB (1020 AM; 9 kW; KENDALL, FL; Owner: NEW WORLD BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WQAM (560 AM; 5 kW; MIAMI, FL; Owner: WQAM LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WMYM (990 AM; 5 kW; MIAMI, FL; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WJCC (1700 AM; 10 kW; MIAMI SPRINGS, FL; Owner: RADIO UNICA OF MIAMI LICENSE CORP.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Sunset:
  • WDNA (88.9 FM; MIAMI, FL; Owner: BASCOMB MEMORIAL BROADCASTING FOUNDATION)
  • WXDJ (95.7 FM; NORTH MIAMI BEACH, FL; Owner: WXDJ LICENSING, INC.)
  • WAMR-FM (107.5 FM; MIAMI, FL; Owner: WQBA-FM LICENSE CORP.)
  • WRTO (98.3 FM; GOULDS, FL; Owner: LICENSE CORPORATION #2)
  • WMCU (89.7 FM; MIAMI, FL; Owner: TRINITY INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION, INC.)
  • WCMQ-FM (92.3 FM; HIALEAH, FL; Owner: WCMQ LICENSING, INC.)
  • WVUM (90.5 FM; CORAL GABLES, FL; Owner: WVUM, INC.)
  • WHQT (105.1 FM; CORAL GABLES, FL; Owner: COX RADIO, INC.)
  • WLVE (93.9 FM; MIAMI BEACH, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WMIB (103.5 FM; FORT LAUDERDALE, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WMXJ (102.7 FM; POMPANO BEACH, FL; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS CO. OF FLORIDA)
  • WPOW (96.5 FM; MIAMI, FL; Owner: WPOW LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WZTA (94.9 FM; MIAMI BEACH, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WFLC (97.3 FM; MIAMI, FL; Owner: COX RADIO, INC.)
  • WPYM (93.1 FM; MIAMI, FL; Owner: COX RADIO-MIAMI, LLC)
  • WBGG-FM (105.9 FM; FORT LAUDERDALE, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WLRN-FM (91.3 FM; MIAMI, FL; Owner: THE SCHOOL BOARD OF MIAMI - DADE COUNTY, FL)
  • WHYI-FM (100.7 FM; FORT LAUDERDALE, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WKIS (99.9 FM; BOCA RATON, FL; Owner: WKIS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WRMA (106.7 FM; FORT LAUDERDALE, FL; Owner: WRMA LICENSING, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Sunset:
  • WIMP-CA (Channel 25; MIAMI, FL; Owner: SUNSHINE BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WJAN-CA (Channel 41; MIAMI, FL; Owner: SHERJAN BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WVEB-CA (Channel 21; MIAMI, ETC., FL; Owner: HISPANIC KEYS BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WTVJ (Channel 6; MIAMI, FL; Owner: NBC STATIONS MANAGEMENT, INC.)
  • WGEN-LP (Channel 55; MIAMI, FL; Owner: WDLP BROADCASTING COMPANY, LLC)
  • WPBT (Channel 2; MIAMI, FL; Owner: COMMUNITY TV FOUNDATION OF S. FLORIDA, INC.)
  • WPMF-LP (Channel 31; MIAMI, FL; Owner: JAMES J. CHLADEK)
  • WSVN (Channel 7; MIAMI, FL; Owner: SUNBEAM TELEVISION CORP.)
  • WPLG (Channel 10; MIAMI, FL; Owner: POST-NEWSWEEK STATIONS, FLORIDA, INC.)
  • WLTV (Channel 23; MIAMI, FL; Owner: WLTV LICENSE PARTNERSHIP, G.P.)
  • WLRN-TV (Channel 17; MIAMI, FL; Owner: THE SCHOOL BOARD OF MIAMI - DADE COUNTY, FL)
  • WBFS-TV (Channel 33; MIAMI, FL; Owner: VIACOM STATIONS GROUP OF MIAMI INC.)
  • WPXM (Channel 35; MIAMI, FL; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
  • WAMI-TV (Channel 69; HOLLYWOOD, FL; Owner: TELEFUTURA MIAMI LLC)
  • WBZL (Channel 39; MIAMI, FL; Owner: CHANNEL 39, INC.)
  • WSCV (Channel 51; FORT LAUDERDALE, FL; Owner: TELEMUNDO OF FLORIDA LICENSE CORP.)
  • WLMF-LP (Channel 53; MIAMI, FL; Owner: PAGING SYSTEMS, INC.)
  • WPPB-TV (Channel 63; BOCA RATON, FL; Owner: THE SCHOOL BOARD OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA)
  • W58BU (Channel 58; HALLANDALE, FL; Owner: NBC STATIONS MANAGEMENT,INC.)
  • WHFT-TV (Channel 45; MIAMI, FL; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING OF FLORIDA, INC.)
  • W24CA (Channel 24; MARATHON, FL; Owner: KEY COMMUNICATIONS OF TEXAS)
  • W54BB (Channel 54; ROCK HARBOR, FL; Owner: WDLP BROADCASTING COMPANY, LLC)
  • WEYS-LP (Channel 56; ROCK HARBOR, FL; Owner: CAYO HUESO NETWORKS, LLC)
  • WFUN-CA (Channel 48; MIAMI, ETC., FL; Owner: LOCALONE TEXAS, LTD.)
  • WHDT-LP (Channel 44; MIAMI, FL; Owner: GUENTER MARKSTEINER)


National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 6
Total length: 35 meters (115ft)
Total average daily traffic: 151,064
Total average daily truck traffic: 6,962


Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007
(Based on 2 full and 2 partial tracts)
A) FHA, FSA/RHS & VA
Home Purchase Loans		B) Conventional
Home Purchase Loans		C) Refinancings
D) Home Improvement Loans
F) Non-occupant Loans on
< 5 Family Dwellings (A B C & D)		G) Loans On Manufactured
Home Dwelling (A B C & D)
NumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage Value
LOANS ORIGINATED2$289,730187$263,027347$256,03449$185,81538$188,0661$30,390
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED0$047$237,99675$236,71623$140,0568$148,7581$56,010
APPLICATIONS DENIED0$0134$361,969217$295,39147$148,41118$254,9610$0
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN1$89,37031$283,23170$268,6497$241,6336$221,3480$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS0$016$280,08634$264,5192$114,0000$00$0
Choose year:  2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000

Detailed HMDA statistics for the following Tracts: 0084.07 , 0085.02, 0086.01, 0086.02

Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007
(Based on 2 full and 2 partial tracts)
A) Conventional
Home Purchase Loans		B) Refinancings
C) Non-occupant Loans on
< 5 Family Dwellings (A & B)
NumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage Value
LOANS ORIGINATED42$293,7736$347,3255$146,400
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED10$271,3486$275,4771$131,000
APPLICATIONS DENIED2$263,8050$00$0
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN2$234,0601$289,0500$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS0$00$00$0
Choose year:  2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000

Detailed PMIC statistics for the following Tracts: 0084.07 , 0085.02, 0086.01, 0086.02

Conventional Home Purchase Loans

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