Best PlacesNorth Miami Beach, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around North Miami Beach, 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.
North Miami Beach ranks 1,874th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in North Miami Beach
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.
North Miami Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where North Miami Beach ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of cities
- TransitBetter than 96% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- BikingBetter than 93% of cities
Where North Miami Beach ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 5% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in North Miami Beach
A household needs to earn about $93,000 a year to comfortably buy the median North Miami Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $67,354, 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 Miami Beach's effective rate of 0.75%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in North Miami Beach
North Miami Beach's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for North Miami Beach.
Who works in North Miami Beach, and how
Work in North Miami Beach centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in North Miami Beach
North Miami Beach has more restaurants and bars per resident than 86% of cities and more parkland per resident than 90% of cities. The coast is about 5 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of North Miami Beach and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in North Miami Beach, month by month
North Miami Beach sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 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 | 93° | 85° | 77° |
| October | 88° | 80° | 73° |
Flying in and out of North Miami Beach
Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International sits about 10 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 15.7 million passengers in 2025, with 180 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around North Miami Beach
Schools across North Miami Beach average a B, better than 61% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Norman S. Edelcup/sunny Isles Beach K-8A · 65% proficient
- Ojus Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Virginia A Boone-highland Oaks SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- John F. Kennedy Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
- Highland Oaks Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- North Miami Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Alonzo & Tracy Mourning Senior High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Slam Academy High School North CampusC− · 27% proficient
- C. G. Bethel High SchoolF · 9% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every North Miami Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
North Miami Beach 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 Miami Beach against the other 2,097 cities.
Who North Miami Beach suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 12% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in North Miami Beach
Is North Miami Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, North Miami Beach ranks 1,874th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on walkability, transit, and state infrastructure, and lowest on crime 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 Miami Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $359,091. The overall cost of living runs about 7% above the national average. Set against a $67,354 median income, cost of living beats 5% of cities.
Is North Miami Beach safe?
North Miami Beach is safer than 1% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $497 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in North Miami Beach?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 79 with lows near 59. That works out to about 82 pleasant days a year, more than 46% of cities.
Is North Miami Beach good for families?
Schools beat 61% of cities, crime safety beats 1%, and childcare runs $844 a month.
Compare North Miami Beach with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to North Miami Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in North Miami Beach 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 Miami Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for North Miami Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in North Miami Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of North Miami Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in North Miami Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
North Miami Beach 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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