Best PlacesMiami Shores, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Miami Shores, 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.
Miami Shores ranks 1,369th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Miami Shores
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.
Miami Shores' strengths and weaknesses
Where Miami Shores ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- TransitBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- BikingBetter than 94% of cities
Where Miami Shores ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 11% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Miami Shores
A household needs to earn about $196,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Miami Shores home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $108,415, 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 Miami Shores' effective rate of 0.79%, 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 Miami Shores
Miami Shores's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Miami Shores.
Who works in Miami Shores, and how
Work in Miami Shores centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Miami Shores
Miami Shores has more restaurants and bars per resident than 90% of cities and more parkland per resident than 78% of cities. The coast is about 9 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Miami Shores and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Miami Shores, month by month
Miami Shores 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 Miami Shores
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 Miami Shores
Schools across Miami Shores average a B−, better than 46% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Treasure Island Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- David Lawrence Jr. K-8 CenterB · 45% proficient
- Morningside K-8 AcademyB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Miami Beach Nautilus Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- North Miami Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Horace Mann Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Doctors Charter School Of Miami ShoresB+ · 52% proficient
- Alonzo & Tracy Mourning Senior High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Miami Shores school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Miami Shores 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 Miami Shores against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Miami Shores suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 22% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Miami Shores
Is Miami Shores a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Miami Shores ranks 1,369th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on walkability, state infrastructure, and transit, and lowest on an overheated housing market and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Miami Shores expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $751,428. The overall cost of living runs about 26% above the national average. Set against a $108,415 median income, cost of living beats 38% of cities.
Is Miami Shores safe?
Miami Shores is safer than 1% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $499 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Miami Shores?
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 60% of cities.
Is Miami Shores good for families?
Schools beat 46% of cities, crime safety beats 1%, and childcare runs $844 a month.
Compare Miami Shores with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Miami Shores. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Miami Shores 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.
Miami Shores detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Miami Shores: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Miami Shores: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Miami Shores: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Miami Shores: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Miami Shores 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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