Best PlacesMiami Springs, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Miami Springs, 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 Springs ranks 23,622nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Miami Springs
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 Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Miami Springs ranks high
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
Where Miami Springs ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Miami Springs
A household needs to earn about $150,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Miami Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $91,694, 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 Springs' effective rate of 1.02%, 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 Springs
Miami Springs'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 Springs.
Who works in Miami Springs, and how
Work in Miami Springs centers on professional & technical and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Miami Springs
Miami Springs has more restaurants and bars per resident than 96% of towns and more parkland per resident than 82% of towns. The coast is about 13 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Miami Springs and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Miami Springs, month by month
Miami Springs 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 Miami Springs
Miami International sits about 2 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 Springs
Schools across Miami Springs average a B, better than 69% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Integrated Science And Asian Culture (isaac) AcademyA+ · 77% proficient
- Downtown Doral Charter Elementary SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- Springview Elementary SchoolA · 72% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ruben Dario Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Miami Springs Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Downtown Doral Charter Upper SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Ronald W. Reagan/doral Senior High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Miami Springs Senior High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Miami Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Miami Springs 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 Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Miami Springs suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 18% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Miami Springs
Is Miami Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Miami Springs ranks 23,622nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, walkability, and transit, and lowest on car insurance costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Miami Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $556,327. The overall cost of living runs about 19% above the national average. Set against a $91,694 median income, cost of living beats 42% of towns.
Is Miami Springs safe?
Miami Springs is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $404 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Miami Springs?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 79 with lows near 60. That works out to about 74 pleasant days a year, more than 36% of towns.
Is Miami Springs good for families?
Schools beat 69% of towns, crime safety beats 8%, and childcare runs $844 a month.
Compare Miami Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Miami Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Miami Springs 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 Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Miami Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Miami Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Miami Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Miami Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Miami Springs 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.