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Gateway West

Florida City · Caution

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I *think* these are Irma houses lined up in Florida City, but I'm not sure — the queen of subtle (Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0)

46out of 100

Caution

Overall safety score

“Go with care. While daytime stops at major retail centers and highway travel hubs are generally fine, elevated violent and property crime rates in Florida City require constant vigilance. Avoid wandering off main commercial corridors on foot, particularly after dark.”
— Gogo, on Gateway West

Walk score

48/100

Bike score

44/100

Recent local news: Florida City continues to experience elevated per-capita rates of property theft, vehicular break-ins, and occasional gun-related incidents compared to the broader Miami-Dade County average.

About the area

Car-DependentCommercial StripHighway GatewayHigh-Poverty Pocket

Gateway West is a bustling highway-adjacent commercial and residential district situated along the primary gateway to the Florida Keys. It consists of strip centers, budget motels, big-box retailers, and residential subdivisions. Visitors predominantly encounter the area as a convenient staging ground or refueling corridor before heading south.

Scores are safety-driven: recent crime levels and local news, plus Census data on income and poverty, housing, education and household make-up, and access to vehicles, internet and health coverage. Walk and bike scores are shown separately and do not affect the safety score. A guide, not a guarantee. Neighborhood outlines come from official city and US Census boundary data.

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