THE CORAL GABLES LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Miami Ridge/Atlantic Coastal Strip setting.
Coral Gables city has 12.9 square miles of land in Miami-Dade County. Its Census reference point is in Miami Ridge/Atlantic Coastal Strip, within Southern Florida Coastal Plain.
Very low-relief southern Florida terrain includes marsh, swamp, Everglades and palmetto-prairie settings. Small elevation differences can correspond to substantial changes in vegetation and water conditions.
Regional context: Southern Florida Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Coral Gables and Miami-Dade County
Coral Gables is associated with Miami-Dade County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Coral Gables by land and water
The Census records 24.4 square miles of water within Coral Gables, or 65.4% of its total area. It is 44.9 percentage points higher than the 20.5% recorded for Miami-Dade County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Coral Gables city has 5.7 times the land area of nearby South Miami city (2.27 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

