Kendall, Florida
Encyclopedia
Kendall is a suburb
an neighborhood
of metropolitan
Miami, Florida
, United States
. As of the 2000 census, the area had a total population of 75,226.
While the defined boundaries of the community have been labeled Kendall by the US Census Bureau, locals often included western communities, such as The Hammocks
, Country Walk
, The Crossings
, Kendale Lakes
, Kendall West
, and Three Lakes
, subdivision
s of Kendall. According to the census, Kendall is home to over 11,000 Colombian American
s, one of the largest populations in the United States.
Kendall is served by the Miami Metrorail
at Dadeland North
and Dadeland South
stations. Both stations provide service from Dadeland
to Downtown Miami
, and Miami Central Station
at Miami International Airport
in 2012
. Dadeland South station is a major transit depot in the area, connecting the southernmost suburbs of Homestead
and Florida City
to Metrorail via limited-stop
bus rapid transit
along the South Miami-Dade Busway.
of the company who moved to the area in the 1900s to manage the company's land. As the land was not open to homesteading
, development was slow well into the 20th century. A post office opened in 1914, and the first school opened in 1929. After the end of the land boom
in 1926, some residents left. Two Seminole
camps were in the Kendall area, and Seminoles continued to live there into the 1940s.
According to the United States Census Bureau
, the Kendall region has an approximate total area of 42.3 km² (16.3 mi²). 41.8 km² (16.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.6 km² (0.2 mi²) of it (1.35%) is water.
does make it slightly cooler at night during the winter and slightly warmer during the day in the summer.
As of 2010, there were 31,899 households, and 8.7% were vacant. As of 2000, 33.4% households had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.0% were married couples
living together, 13.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.0% were non-families. 24.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.14.
In 2000, the region's population was spread out with 23.3% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 31.8% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 11.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 88.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.4 males.
In 2000, the median income for a household in the area was $51,330, and the median income for a family was $61,241. Males had a median income of $42,875 versus $31,416 for females. The per capita income
for the area was $27,914. About 5.7% of families and 8.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.0% of those under age 18 and 10.9% of those age 65 or over.
As of 2000, speakers of Spanish
as a first language
accounted for 52.46% of all residents, while English
speakers comprised 40.38%, Portuguese
was 1.49%, French
at 1.12%, and French Creole made up 0.95% of the population.
As of 2000, Kendall had the twenty-first highest percentage of Cuba
n residents in the US, with 21.31% of the populace. It had the twenty-fifth highest percentage of Colombia
n residents in the US, at 4.56% of the population, and the sixteenth highest percentage of Nicaragua
n residents in the US, at 2.48% of its population. It also had the twenty-fifth most Peru
vians in the US, at 2.01% (tied with Carteret, New Jersey
,) while it had the tenth highest percentage of Venezuela
n residents in the US, at 1.47% of the population. As a result of the city's large French community, the French American School of Miami is located in Kendall. It is the only French American school in the southern United States.
at:
}} Dadeland North
(SW 70th Avenue and U.S. 1)}} Dadeland South
(Dadeland Boulevard and U.S. 1)
has its headquarters in Kendall.
Prior to its dissolution Air Florida
was headquartered in the Dade Towers in what is now the Kendall CDP.
operates the Kendall District Station in the CDP.
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
serves Kendall.
Suburb
The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...
an neighborhood
Neighborhoods of Miami-Dade County
The neighborhoods of Miami-Dade County encompass all municipalities, neighborhoods , and largely populated clusters in the U.S...
of metropolitan
Miami-Dade County, Florida
Miami-Dade County is a county located in the southeastern part of the state of Florida. As of 2010 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 2,496,435, making it the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States...
Miami, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. As of the 2000 census, the area had a total population of 75,226.
While the defined boundaries of the community have been labeled Kendall by the US Census Bureau, locals often included western communities, such as The Hammocks
The Hammocks, Florida
The Hammocks is an unincorporated census-designated place Miami suburb in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The population was 51,003 at the 2010 census.-Name:The name of the CDP originates from a planned community called The Hammocks...
, Country Walk
Country Walk, Florida
Country Walk is a census-designated place Miami suburb in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The population was 15,997 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Country Walk is located at ....
, The Crossings
The Crossings, Florida
The Crossings is a census-designated place Miami suburb in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The population was 22,758 at the 2010 census.-Geography:The Crossings is located at ....
, Kendale Lakes
Kendale Lakes, Florida
Kendale Lakes is a census-designated place Miami suburb in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The population was 56,901 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Kendale Lakes is located at ....
, Kendall West
Kendall West, Florida
Kendall West is a census-designated place and an unincorporated Miami suburb in Miami-Dade County, Florida, west of the Florida Turnpike. The population was 38,034 at the 2000 census...
, and Three Lakes
Three Lakes, Florida
Three Lakes is a census-designated place Miami suburb in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The population was 6,955 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Three Lakes is located at ....
, subdivision
Subdivision (land)
Subdivision is the act of dividing land into pieces that are easier to sell or otherwise develop, usually via a plat. The former single piece as a whole is then known in the United States as a subdivision...
s of Kendall. According to the census, Kendall is home to over 11,000 Colombian American
Colombian American
Colombian Americans are citizens of the United States who trace their nationality or heritage from the South American nation of Colombia. They are the largest South American ethnic group in the United States.-Causes of migration:...
s, one of the largest populations in the United States.
Kendall is served by the Miami Metrorail
Metrorail (Miami)
The Miami Metrorail, officially Metrorail and commonly called the Metro, is the heavy rail rapid transit system of Miami, Florida, United States, serving the Miami metropolitan area. The Metro is operated by Miami-Dade Transit, a departmental agency of Miami-Dade County...
at Dadeland North
Dadeland North (Metrorail station)
Dadeland North is a Metrorail station in Miami, Florida in the suburb of Kendall.This station is located at the intersection of South Dixie Highway and Southwest 83rd Street on the Snapper Creek, near the Snapper Creek Expressway...
and Dadeland South
Dadeland South (Metrorail station)
Dadeland South is a Metrorail transfer station in the Miami suburb of Kendall, Florida at Dadeland. It is the southern terminus of the metro system....
stations. Both stations provide service from Dadeland
Dadeland, Florida
Dadeland is an urban neighborhood in the metropolitan Miami suburb of Kendall, Florida, United States.-History:Development in the-then desolate area began in earnest in 1960 with the completion of Palmetto Expressway and Dadeland Mall, the largest shopping mall in Greater Miami at the time...
to Downtown Miami
Downtown Miami
Downtown Miami is an urban residential neighborhood, and the central business district of Miami, Miami-Dade County, and South Florida in the United States...
, and Miami Central Station
Miami Central Station
Miami Central Station, also called Miami Airport Station, is a rapid transit, commuter rail, intercity rail, and intercity bus union station currently under construction in Miami, Florida, United States, in the Grapeland Heights neighborhood....
at Miami International Airport
Miami International Airport
Miami International Airport , also known as MIA and historically Wilcox Field, is the primary airport serving the South Florida area...
in 2012
2012 in rail transport
- Events : 14 January – Construction is expected to be completed on the Marina Bay Extension of the Circle MRT Line. 31 January – First Group/Keolis' First TransPennine Express franchise, First TransPennine Express, expires 4 February – National Express's East Anglia franchise expires 31 March –...
. Dadeland South station is a major transit depot in the area, connecting the southernmost suburbs of Homestead
Homestead, Florida
Homestead is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States nestled between Biscayne National Park to the east and Everglades National Park to the west. Homestead is primarily a Miami suburb and a major agricultural area....
and Florida City
Florida City, Florida
Florida City is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States and is the southernmost municipality in the South Florida metropolitan area, which had an estimated population of 5,413,212 in 2007. The population was 7,843 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population estimated by the U.S....
to Metrorail via limited-stop
Limited-stop
In public transport, a limited-stop bus, tram or train service is a service that operates along the same route as a local bus service, but omits certain stops in order to offer a faster trip between the places served. The term is normally used on routes with a mixture of fast and slow services...
bus rapid transit
Bus rapid transit
Bus rapid transit is a term applied to a variety of public transportation systems using buses to provide faster, more efficient service than an ordinary bus line. Often this is achieved by making improvements to existing infrastructure, vehicles and scheduling...
along the South Miami-Dade Busway.
History
Much of what is now Kendall was purchased from the State of Florida in 1883 by the Florida Land and Mortgage Company. It is named after Henry John Broughton Kendall, a directorBoard of directors
A board of directors is a body of elected or appointed members who jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization. Other names include board of governors, board of managers, board of regents, board of trustees, and board of visitors...
of the company who moved to the area in the 1900s to manage the company's land. As the land was not open to homesteading
Homestead Act
A homestead act is one of three United States federal laws that gave an applicant freehold title to an area called a "homestead" – typically 160 acres of undeveloped federal land west of the Mississippi River....
, development was slow well into the 20th century. A post office opened in 1914, and the first school opened in 1929. After the end of the land boom
Florida land boom of the 1920s
The Florida land boom of the 1920s was Florida's first real estate bubble, which burst in 1925, leaving behind entire new cities and the remains of failed development projects such as Aladdin City in south Miami-Dade County and Isola di Lolando in north Biscayne Bay...
in 1926, some residents left. Two Seminole
Seminole
The Seminole are a Native American people originally of Florida, who now reside primarily in that state and Oklahoma. The Seminole nation emerged in a process of ethnogenesis out of groups of Native Americans, most significantly Creeks from what is now Georgia and Alabama, who settled in Florida in...
camps were in the Kendall area, and Seminoles continued to live there into the 1940s.
Geography
Kendall is located at 25°40′0"N 80°21′24"W (25.666781, -80.356533).According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, the Kendall region has an approximate total area of 42.3 km² (16.3 mi²). 41.8 km² (16.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.6 km² (0.2 mi²) of it (1.35%) is water.
Climate
Climate in Kendall is naturally similar to the remainder of Miami-Dade County, although its location and elevation inland along the Miami Rock RidgeMiami Rock Ridge
The Miami Rock Ridge is a continuous limestone outcropping which formerly encompassed a large extent of far southern Florida, including portions of the Everglades ecosystem...
does make it slightly cooler at night during the winter and slightly warmer during the day in the summer.
Demographics
| Kendall Demographics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Census United States Census, 2010 The Twenty-third United States Census, known as Census 2010 or the 2010 Census, is the current national census of the United States. National Census Day was April 1, 2010 and is the reference date used in enumerating individuals... |
Kendall | Miami-Dade County | Florida |
| Total population | 75,371 | 2,496,435 | 18,801,310 |
| Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 | |||
| Population density | 4,687.2/sq mi | 1,315.5/sq mi | 350.6/sq mi |
| White or Caucasian (including White Hispanic) | 87.9% | 73.8% | 75.0% |
| (Non-Hispanic White or Caucasian Non-Hispanic Whites Non-Hispanic Whites or White, Not Hispanic or Latino are people in the United States, as defined by the Census Bureau, who are of the White race and are not of Hispanic or Latino origin/ethnicity. Hence the designation is exclusive in the sense that it defines who is not included as opposed to who is... ) |
28.4% | 15.4% | 57.9% |
| Black or African-American | 4.4% | 18.9% | 16.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) | 63.7% | 65.0% | 22.5% |
| Asian | 3.0% | 1.5% | 2.4% |
| Native American or Native Alaskan | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.4% |
| Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Two or more races (Multiracial) Multiracial American Multiracial Americans, US residents who identify themselves as of "two or more races", were numbered at around 9 million, or 2.9% of the population, in the census of 2010. However there is considerable evidence that the real number is far higher. Prior to the mid-20th century many people hid their... |
2.2% | 2.4% | 2.5% |
| Some Other Race | 2.4% | 3.2% | 3.6% |
As of 2010, there were 31,899 households, and 8.7% were vacant. As of 2000, 33.4% households had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.0% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 13.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.0% were non-families. 24.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.14.
In 2000, the region's population was spread out with 23.3% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 31.8% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 11.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 88.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.4 males.
In 2000, the median income for a household in the area was $51,330, and the median income for a family was $61,241. Males had a median income of $42,875 versus $31,416 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the area was $27,914. About 5.7% of families and 8.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.0% of those under age 18 and 10.9% of those age 65 or over.
As of 2000, speakers of Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
as a first language
First language
A first language is the language a person has learned from birth or within the critical period, or that a person speaks the best and so is often the basis for sociolinguistic identity...
accounted for 52.46% of all residents, while English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
speakers comprised 40.38%, Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese is a group of Portuguese dialects written and spoken by most of the 190 million inhabitants of Brazil and by a few million Brazilian emigrants, mainly in the United States, United Kingdom, Portugal, Canada, Japan and Paraguay....
was 1.49%, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
at 1.12%, and French Creole made up 0.95% of the population.
As of 2000, Kendall had the twenty-first highest percentage of Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
n residents in the US, with 21.31% of the populace. It had the twenty-fifth highest percentage of Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
n residents in the US, at 4.56% of the population, and the sixteenth highest percentage of Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...
n residents in the US, at 2.48% of its population. It also had the twenty-fifth most Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
vians in the US, at 2.01% (tied with Carteret, New Jersey
Carteret, New Jersey
Carteret is a borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 22,844.Carteret was created as the borough of Roosevelt on 11 April 1906, incorporating Woodbridge Township, and was a result of a referendum on 22 May 1906...
,) while it had the tenth highest percentage of Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
n residents in the US, at 1.47% of the population. As a result of the city's large French community, the French American School of Miami is located in Kendall. It is the only French American school in the southern United States.
Media
West Kendall is served by the Miami market for local radio and television. Kendall has its own newspaper, The Kendall Gazette, which is published twice monthly and is part of Miami's Community Newspapers, the "Voice of the Community".Transportation
Kendall is served by Metrobus throughout the area, and by the MetrorailMetrorail (Miami)
The Miami Metrorail, officially Metrorail and commonly called the Metro, is the heavy rail rapid transit system of Miami, Florida, United States, serving the Miami metropolitan area. The Metro is operated by Miami-Dade Transit, a departmental agency of Miami-Dade County...
at:
}} Dadeland North
Dadeland North (Metrorail station)
Dadeland North is a Metrorail station in Miami, Florida in the suburb of Kendall.This station is located at the intersection of South Dixie Highway and Southwest 83rd Street on the Snapper Creek, near the Snapper Creek Expressway...
(SW 70th Avenue and U.S. 1)}} Dadeland South
Dadeland South (Metrorail station)
Dadeland South is a Metrorail transfer station in the Miami suburb of Kendall, Florida at Dadeland. It is the southern terminus of the metro system....
(Dadeland Boulevard and U.S. 1)
Economy
Pollo TropicalPollo Tropical
Pollo Tropical is a restaurant chain specializing in the Floribbean cuisine of South Florida . The chain has its headquarters in Kendall, unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida.The first Pollo Tropical opened in November 1988, in Miami...
has its headquarters in Kendall.
Prior to its dissolution Air Florida
Air Florida
Air Florida was an American low-cost carrier that operated from 1971 to 1984. In 1975 it was headquartered in the Dadeland Towers in what is now the Kendall CDP in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida.-History:...
was headquartered in the Dade Towers in what is now the Kendall CDP.
Government and infrastructure
The Miami-Dade Police DepartmentMiami-Dade Police Department
The Miami-Dade Police Department , formerly known as the Metro-Dade County Police Department , Dade County Public Safety Department and the Dade County Sheriff's Office is a Limited Service County Police Department serving Miami-Dade County, Florida's unincorporated areas, although they have...
operates the Kendall District Station in the CDP.
Public schools
The first public school in Kendall was Kendall School, now renamed Kenwood K-8 Center. Kenwood is the site of the Kenwoods Hammock, a native forest planting which has become a world-renowned stop for bird watchers.Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Miami-Dade County Public Schools is a public school district serving Miami-Dade County, Florida. Founded in 1885, it is the largest school district in Florida and the Southeastern United States, and the fourth largest in the United States, with a student enrollment of 380,006 as of July 5, 2010...
serves Kendall.
Elementary schools
- Archimedean Academy
- Archimedean Middle Conservatory
- Bowman Foster Ashe Elementary School
- Bent Tree Elementary School
- Calusa Elementary
- Dante B. Fascell Elementary School
- Jane S. Roberts K-8 School
- Kendale Elementary
- Kenwood Elementary
- Leewood Elementary SchoolLeewood Elementary SchoolLeewood Elementary School is a Miami-Dade public elementary school located on 10343 SW 124th St in Miami, Florida. It serves prekindergarten through the eight grade. Leewood has received an "A" on its Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test grading for the past several years...
- Sunset Park Elementary SchoolSunset Park Elementary SchoolSunset Park Elementary School is an elementary school located at 10235 S.W. 84th Street in Miami, Florida. The school is popular due to its multi-ethnic community which is reflective of the cultural diversity of Miami-Dade County.- Mission statement :...
- Westminster Christian SchoolWestminster Christian SchoolWestminster Christian School is a PK3-12 school in Palmetto Bay, Florida. WCS is governed by a board of directors- 13 people elected by parents of current enrollees. It is operated by a Superintendent who is hired by the Board.WCS provides a Reformed Protestant religious education...
- Westwood Christian School
- Winston Park K-8 Center
- Kendale Lakes Elementary
- William Lehman Elementary
Private schools
- Florida Christian SchoolFlorida Christian SchoolFlorida Christian School is a Non-Denominational Christian school in Olympia Heights, unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida. The school offers co-ed classes from preschool through high school...
- Gateway Christian School
- Westwood Christian School
- St. Catherine of Siena Catholic School
Colleges and universities
- Kaplan UniversityKaplan UniversityKaplan University is the "doing business as" name of the Iowa College Acquisition Corporation, a company that owns and operates for-profit colleges...
(Support Center) - Keiser College
- Miami-Dade College (Kendall Campus)
- Nova Southeastern UniversityNova Southeastern UniversityNova Southeastern University, commonly referred to as NSU or Nova, is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian, research university located in Broward County, Florida, with its main campus in the town of Davie...
(Miami Student Educational Center) - College of Business and TechnologyCollege of business and technology' is a higher education & career education institution based in the city of Miami, Florida. CBT operates three additional campuses in the cities of Miami, Hialeah, and Cutler Bay Florida....
(Kendall Campus)