Best PlacesCoral Gables, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Coral Gables, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Distance to the water drives a lot of the difference between one part and the next. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Coral Gables ranks 525th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Coral Gables
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.
The best areas in Coral Gables
The parts of Coral Gables, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Downtown Coral Gables
Italian Village
Granada
Riviera
Douglas, Crafts & West Little Havana
Scores across Coral Gables run from about the 17th to the 94th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Coral Gables' strengths and weaknesses
Where Coral Gables ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 97% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of cities
- BikingBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
Where Coral Gables ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than only 7% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 10% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Coral Gables
A household needs to earn about $285,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Coral Gables home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $156,392, 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 Coral Gables' effective rate of 0.81%, 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 Coral Gables
Coral Gables's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Coral Gables.
Who works in Coral Gables, and how
Work in Coral Gables centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Coral Gables
Coral Gables has more restaurants and bars per resident than 93% of cities and more parkland per resident than 77% of cities. The coast is about 5 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Coral Gables and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Coral Gables, month by month
Coral Gables sees roughly 75 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 Coral Gables
Miami International sits about 4 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 Coral Gables
Schools across Coral Gables average an A−, better than 82% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Sunset Elementary SchoolA+ · 87% proficient
- Henry S. West Laboratory SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Pinecrest Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
Top middle schools
- George Washington Carver Middle SchoolA+ · 86% proficient
- Palmetto Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Ponce De Leon Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- International Studies Preparatory AcademyA · 78% proficient
- Coral Gables Senior High SchoolB · 46% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Coral Gables school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Coral Gables 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 Coral Gables against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Coral Gables suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 22% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Coral Gables
Is Coral Gables a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Coral Gables ranks 525th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on an educated workforce, state infrastructure, and walkability, and lowest on an overheated housing market and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Coral Gables expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,089,355. The overall cost of living runs about 55% above the national average. Set against a $156,392 median income, cost of living beats 65% of cities.
Is Coral Gables safe?
Coral Gables is safer than 14% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $301 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Coral Gables?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 79 with lows near 60. That works out to about 75 pleasant days a year, more than 36% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Coral Gables?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Downtown Coral Gables, Italian Village, and Granada. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Coral Gables with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Coral Gables. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Coral Gables 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.
Coral Gables detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Coral Gables: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Coral Gables: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Coral Gables: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Coral Gables: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Coral Gables 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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