It is approximately 8.2 kilometres (5.1 mi) south of the central business district of Nairobi.

Located along the Nairobi expressway and Mombasa Road, the neighbourhood is well connected to transport infrastructure, it has a railway stop that connects to the city center, machakos county and other neighbourhoods.

Imara Daima is zoned as a mixed residential development neighbourhood.

[2] Home to the middle-class segment of Nairobi residents, the estate is predominantly characterised by gated neighbourhoods with maisonettes and bungalows, roofed with maroon tiles.

Imara Daima ward, an electoral division within Embakasi South Constituency borrows its name from the estate.