Best Places33054, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 33054, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
33054 ranks 30,731st of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 33054
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
33054's strengths and weaknesses
Where 33054 ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 98% of zip codes
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of zip codes
- TransitBetter than 94% of zip codes
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of zip codes
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of zip codes
Where 33054 ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of zip codes
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of zip codes
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of zip codes
- QuietBetter than only 4% of zip codes
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 33054
A household needs to earn about $88,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 33054 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $48,823, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 33054's effective rate of 0.88%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 33054
33054 runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 33054.
Who works in 33054, and how
Work in 33054 centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in 33054
The coast is about 12 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across 33054, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 33054, month by month
33054 sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 79, with lows near 59. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 79° | 68° | 59° |
| April | 87° | 77° | 69° |
| July | 92° | 84° | 77° |
| October | 88° | 80° | 73° |
Flying in and out of 33054
Miami International sits about 8 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 26.2 million passengers in 2025, with 233 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around 33054
Schools across 33054 average a C+, better than 49% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- North Dade Center For Modern LanguagesA · 64% proficient
- Miami Lakes K-8 CenterA− · 57% proficient
- Palm Springs Elementary SchoolB− · 44% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hialeah Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Carol City Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Norland Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Jann Mann Educational CenterD+ · 25% proficient
- North Park High SchoolF · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 33054 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
33054 measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 33054 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Who 33054 suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 8% already work from home.
Common questions about living in 33054
Is 33054 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 33054 ranks 30,731st of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and transit, and lowest on car insurance costs and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 33054 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $334,614. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $48,823 median income, cost of living beats 3% of zip codes.
Is 33054 safe?
33054 is safer than 11% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $423 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in 33054?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 79 with lows near 59. That works out to about 100 pleasant days a year, more than 64% of zip codes.
Is 33054 good for families?
Schools beat 49% of zip codes, crime safety beats 11%, and childcare runs $844 a month.
Compare 33054 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 33054. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 33054 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
33054 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 33054: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 33054: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 33054: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 33054: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
33054 detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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