[2] Kendall West is located 17 miles (27 km) west-southwest of downtown Miami at 25°42′20″N 80°26′26″W / 25.70556°N 80.44056°W / 25.70556; -80.44056 (25.705499, -80.440526).

[4] It is bordered to the east by Kendale Lakes, to the south by The Hammocks, and to the west and north by farmland or undeveloped land.

[1] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 36,536 people, 11,474 households, and 9,438 families residing in the CDP.

[9] As of the 2010 United States census, there were 36,154 people, 11,036 households, and 8,840 families residing in the CDP.

As of 2000, speakers of Spanish as a first language accounted for 84.44% of residents, while English made up 13.48%, and both French Creole and Portuguese were the mother tongue for 0.47% of the population.