Best PlacesNorth Bay Village, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around North Bay Village, 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.
North Bay Village ranks 1,524th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in North Bay Village
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 North Bay Village
The parts of North Bay Village, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Oceanfront
Normandy Isles
Downtown Miami
Biscayne Point
North Shores
North Bay Village shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 11% of the country and others in the top 8%. Pick the area first, then the home.
North Bay Village's strengths and weaknesses
Where North Bay Village ranks high
- BikingBetter than 98% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- TransitBetter than 95% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
Where North Bay Village ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 1% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in North Bay Village
A household needs to earn about $146,000 a year to comfortably buy the median North Bay Village home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $86,261, 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 North Bay Village's effective rate of 0.91%, 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 North Bay Village
North Bay Village runs older than the country, 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 North Bay Village.
Who works in North Bay Village, and how
Work in North Bay Village centers on hospitality & food and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 62%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 18%
Life in North Bay Village
North Bay Village has more restaurants and bars per resident than 86% of cities and more parkland per resident than 78% of cities. The coast is about 1 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of North Bay Village and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in North Bay Village, month by month
North Bay Village 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 North Bay Village
Miami International sits about 11 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 North Bay Village
Schools across North Bay Village average an A−, better than 79% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- North Beach Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Treasure Island Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Mater Academy (miami Beach)B+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Miami Beach Nautilus Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every North Bay Village school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
North Bay Village 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 North Bay Village against the other 2,097 cities.
Who North Bay Village suits
Common questions about living in North Bay Village
Is North Bay Village a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, North Bay Village ranks 1,524th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on biking, walkability, and state infrastructure, and lowest on empty homes 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 North Bay Village expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $552,210. The overall cost of living runs about 23% above the national average. Set against a $86,261 median income, cost of living beats 16% of cities.
Is North Bay Village safe?
North Bay Village is safer than 5% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $374 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in North Bay Village?
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.
What are the best neighborhoods in North Bay Village?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Oceanfront, Normandy Isles, and Downtown Miami. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare North Bay Village with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to North Bay Village. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in North Bay Village 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.
North Bay Village detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for North Bay Village: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in North Bay Village: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of North Bay Village: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in North Bay Village: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
North Bay Village 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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