Best Areas to Live in Kendall
"Kendall" spans several distinct sub-areas with different housing stock, price points, and amenities -- picking the right one depends more on lifestyle priorities than on a single citywide reputation.
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Learn moreDadeland -- the walkable, retail-anchored eastern edge
Dadeland, at Kendall's eastern edge, is built around Dadeland Mall -- one of Miami-Dade's largest shopping centers, with more than 100 stores and restaurants -- giving this pocket of Kendall a genuinely walkable, retail-dense character that most of the rest of the area lacks (per regional tourism and real-estate sourcing).
The Hammocks -- an established, amenity-rich West Kendall community
The Hammocks, dating to 1981, offers a mix of single-family homes, townhouses, and condos around a lake with an 8-mile trail, clubhouses, and pool facilities -- a competitively priced, midsize-home community relative to the rest of West Kendall.
Kendale Lakes and The Crossings -- established family subdivisions
Kendale Lakes and The Crossings, both part of the broader West Kendall area, are well-established single-family subdivisions built out primarily for family living, with the area's characteristic mix of residential streets and nearby strip-mall retail rather than resort-style amenities.
Confirm the specific CDP a listing falls into
Because "Kendall" is used loosely to describe a large, informally-bounded area, some listings and data sources split it into separate CDPs -- Kendall, Kendall West, Kendale Lakes, The Hammocks, The Crossings, Three Lakes, Lakes of the Meadows, Country Walk -- each with its own boundaries and sometimes its own housing statistics. Confirm which specific CDP a property sits in before comparing prices across sources.
Key takeaways
- Dadeland (eastern Kendall): walkable, retail-anchored around Dadeland Mall (100+ stores).
- The Hammocks: established since 1981, lake with an 8-mile trail, clubhouses and pools, competitively priced midsize homes.
- Kendale Lakes and The Crossings: established single-family family subdivisions in West Kendall.
- "Kendall" is informally bounded -- confirm which specific CDP (Kendall, Kendall West, Kendale Lakes, etc.) a listing actually falls into.
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