Best Places33129, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 33129, 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.
33129 ranks 4,711th 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 33129
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.
33129's strengths and weaknesses
Where 33129 ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 98% of zip codes
- BikingBetter than 98% of zip codes
- TransitBetter than 98% of zip codes
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of zip codes
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of zip codes
Where 33129 ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of zip codes
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of zip codes
- Heat safetyBetter than only 9% of zip codes
- QuietBetter than only 15% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 33129
A household needs to earn about $215,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 33129 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $124,665, 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 33129'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 and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 33129
33129 runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 33129.
Who works in 33129, and how
Work in 33129 centers on professional & technical and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in 33129
33129 has more parkland per resident than 70% of zip codes. The coast is about 1 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of 33129 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 33129, month by month
33129 sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 79, with lows near 60. The comfortable stretch runs December through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 79° | 69° | 60° |
| April | 86° | 78° | 70° |
| July | 92° | 85° | 78° |
| October | 88° | 81° | 75° |
Flying in and out of 33129
Miami International sits about 6 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 33129
Schools across 33129 average a B+, better than 75% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Coconut Grove Elementary SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
- Key Biscayne K-8 CenterA+ · 73% proficient
- Southside Preparatory AcademyB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ponce De Leon Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Shenandoah Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Jose De Diego Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Booker T. Washington Senior HighD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 33129 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
33129 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 33129 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 33129
Is 33129 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 33129 ranks 4,711th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on state infrastructure, biking, and transit, and lowest on car insurance costs and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 33129 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $814,111. The overall cost of living runs about 40% above the national average. Set against a $124,665 median income, cost of living beats 68% of zip codes.
Is 33129 safe?
33129 is safer than 22% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $295 per resident a year.
Compare 33129 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 33129. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 33129 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.
33129 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 33129: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 33129: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 33129: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 33129: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
33129 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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