A town of 16,282. Home to 19 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
The 3 things Opa-locka does most differently from other towns.
1940 · Connecticut -New Haven County - -Windha…6 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 19 places on the National Register.
1948
Chicago Colleens on April 22, 1948, from- All American Girls Professional Baseball League members performing calistheni…
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Ordered by what stands out in Opa-locka. Another town gets a different order.
Opa-locka beats the Florida average on 4 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 16.
| What stands out | Opa-locka | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5% | 9.1% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 12.2% | 14.6% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 25.1% | 12.7% |
1.3 miles of trails across 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Amelia Earhart Park | 0.4 mi | 100 |
| 2. Ingram Park | — | 20 |
| 3. Segal Park | — | 3 |
The public schools Opa-locka’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 51% of Florida’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon College Prep K-8 | K–8 | 424 | D |
| Nathan B. Young Elementary School | PK–5 | 310 | D |
| DR. Robert B. Ingram Elementary School | PK–5 | 232 | C− |
| Hanans Academic Development Center Private | K–5 | 30 | |
| North Park High School | 9–12 | 431 | D− |
| South Florida School of Excellence Private | PK–12 | 277 |
The typical Opa-locka home is worth about $477,000, up 0.8% in a year, 27% above the Florida typical home.
Opa-locka has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 91°, a January night drops to 59°, and snow is almost unheard of.
Most working residents leave Opa-locka for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Miami (18%), Miami Gardens (6%) and Hialeah (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 61% of U.S. communities.
Opa-locka's reported crime rate is well above Florida's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 211 violent crimes were reported in 2025.
19 places in Opa-locka on the National Register of Historic Places.
10 notable people were born in Opa-locka.
City in Florida, United States
Opa-locka is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. Spanning roughly 4.2 square miles (11 km2), it is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 16,463, up from 15,219 in 2010. Opa-locka was founded in 1926 by American aviator and industrialist Glenn Curtiss, who was inspired by the Middle Eastern folk tales of the One Thousand and One Nights. As such, the city is noted as having one of the largest collection of Moorish Revival architecture in the Western Hemisphere, and many of its roads bear names such as Sharazad Boulevard, Sinbad Avenue, Sabur Lane, Sultan Avenue, Ali Baba Avenue, Perviz Avenue, and Sesame Street. The na…
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4 towns share a border with Opa-locka.
