[4] On July 27, 1977, six people were killed and a further two were injured during a mass shooting at a house in Carol City.

At the time, the shooting was the largest case of mass murder in Miami-Dade County history.

[6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the community has a total area of 20.0 km2 (7.7 sq mi).

[12] As of 2000, the Carol City section of Miami Gardens had the twenty-seventh highest percentage of Cuban residents in the US, with 18.75% of the populace.

[15] It had the fifty-sixth most Haitians in the U.S. at 2.50% (tied with five other areas in the U.S., including Plantation and Taft, Florida)[16] while it had the twentieth highest percentage of Nicaraguans at 2.20% of all residents.

[17] The Carol City neighborhood of Miami Gardens is home to the seventieth highest percentage of Colombian residents in the U.S. at 2.15% of the population.

Elementary schools within the former CDP that are in unincorporated areas include Lake Stevens, North Glade, and Charles David Wyche Jr.[19] Carol City Middle School is located in Miami Gardens and in the former CDP.

[19][20] The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami formerly operated the Saint Monica School in the Carol City CDP.