Street Economics® · Detection #3 evidence layer

South Dade Network Map

A place and its economy mapped as a network and a lineage: towns, people, employers, the Transitway, the Redland, the parks, the gathering places, the plans, the projects and the capital behind them, 1836 to 2026, with Hurricane Andrew as the pivot. The first map on the lineage map engine with no music on it.

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371 places, people and institutions · 811 connections · 10 layers · 15 communities
Version 1.0.1. Data current through 11 September 2026. Activity after that date is described as announced or scheduled, never as completed.

Network view. Three more: Lineage timeline, Cities on a South Dade basemap and 3D, plus a Play animation from 1836 to 2026.

What the map shows

South Dade has many documented destinations and one major historic gathering cluster in downtown Homestead. The mapped pattern is dispersed: 58 documented gathering places, 20 within 600 metres of a Transitway station, 2 clusters of three or more, and 24 standing alone. The map documents fragmentation and uneven concentration; the detection’s argument about belonging remains an interpretation of that pattern.

The population series is the map’s own: the eight ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) 33030, 33031, 33032, 33033, 33034, 33035, 33170 and 33189 rise from 191,276 in the 2010 Census to 265,396 in the ACS 2020 to 2024 five year estimate. Every figure on this site is computed from the same dataset that drives the map, the PDF and the workbook, and every node carries a year, a source and a confidence grade. 23 nodes carry the Andrew flag because a source records their destruction and rebuilding after August 1992. This site is the evidence layer for Street Economics® Detection #3, South Dade: A Place to Live, Not Belong. Not Yet. The detection makes the argument; the map, the reference, the PDF and the dataset carry the evidence, public documents only.

Read the reference

The same text as the PDF, generated from the same data file as the map, so the counts never disagree.

Reading the mapA place is a network before it is a planWhat the nodes and lines mean, the inclusion rules, the timeline placement rule, the geography and the ten layers of the place.Lineage, era by eraHow the place was madeThe lineage era by era: the railroad and the towns, the base and the parks, the storm, the rebuilding and the Transitway.The condition that is changingThe population series, eight ZCTAsThe eight ZCTAs, Census 2010 and 2020 and every ACS five year vintage, stated so the sums can be repeated.South Dade, aloneWhere the anchors areThe Cities view drawn for print, and the dispersion of gathering places measured on the dataset.Status as of 11 September 2026Observed and announcedEvery project on the map, worded from the filing that gives its status as of the cutoff.Network metricsWho carries the connectionsDegree, distinct neighbours and betweenness computed on this dataset, on the full graph and on the moves and capital graph.MethodConfidence and sourcesConfidence grades, the source hierarchy, the status taxonomy, open items and the full source register.AppendixIndex of nodesEvery place, person and institution on the map, grouped by layer and ordered by year.

Current cases: how a place gets made

Six cases singled out because each shows a different mechanism behind the detection’s argument. Node size and centrality are computed, not adjusted.

Towns and districts · HomesteadHurricane AndrewThe reset that made the current place. Landfall on 24 August 1992; the recovery institutions all enter within thirteen years.Transit and roads · the corridorThe TransitwayThe spine that changed what is reachable. Railroad right of way, busway, bus rapid transit, sixteen stations.Agriculture and the Redland · PrincetonRedland Market VillageThe authentic non downtown. A family owned market on US 1 since 1987 with no centrality, which is the point.Gathering places and culture · HomesteadDowntown HomesteadThe one place trying to be a centre. The largest cluster of gathering places on the map, on Krome Avenue.People and population · eight ZCTAsThe population seriesThe condition that is changing. Census 2010 to ACS 2020 to 2024, stated so the sum can be repeated.Documented absence · South DadeThe missing centreA dispersed pattern, documented: many destinations, one historic cluster, and the rest standing alone.

Ten layers of the place

Every node belongs to one layer, the one that best describes the part of the place it sits in. Open any layer in the index of nodes.

Towns and districts22 nodes People and population39 nodes Employment anchors17 nodes Transit and roads47 nodes Agriculture and the Redland42 nodes Parks, water and recreation32 nodes Gathering places and culture39 nodes Plans and agencies26 nodes Development and capital104 nodes The digital layer3 nodes

Most connected in this dataset

Betweenness on the full graph: the nodes that bridge otherwise separate parts of the map. Full table and method.

Miami-Dade Countyagency · betweenness 0.145
Hurricane Andrewevent · betweenness 0.107
Florida East Coast Railway extension to Homesteadroad · betweenness 0.084
South Dade TransitWayroad · betweenness 0.074
US 1 South Dixie Highwayroad · betweenness 0.059
Miami-Dade Parks, Recreation and Open Spacesagency · betweenness 0.056
Downtown Homesteadplace · betweenness 0.054
Homestead Community Redevelopment Agencyagency · betweenness 0.039

Data and downloads

The PDF reference, the Excel dataset and data.json, with the rules, the evidence standard and how to cite, on the data page. Corrections and additions go through the submission form.