Best PlacesOlympia Heights, Miami, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Olympia Heights, Miami, 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.
Olympia Heights, Miami ranks 3,812th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Olympia Heights, Miami
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.
Olympia Heights, Miami's strengths and weaknesses
Where Olympia Heights, Miami ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- School gradeB+, better than 83% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$844 a month, better than 82% of neighborhoods
Where Olympia Heights, Miami ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Short commute31.5 minutes each way, better than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Olympia Heights, Miami
A household needs to earn about $161,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Olympia Heights, Miami home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $102,662, 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 Olympia Heights, Miami's 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 Olympia Heights, Miami
Olympia Heights, Miami runs older than the country, 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 Olympia Heights, Miami.
Who works in Olympia Heights, Miami, and how
Work in Olympia Heights, Miami centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Olympia Heights, Miami
Olympia Heights, Miami has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 89% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 16 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Olympia Heights, Miami and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Olympia Heights, Miami, month by month
Olympia Heights, Miami sees roughly 78 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 Olympia Heights, Miami
Miami International sits about 7 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 Olympia Heights, Miami
Schools across Olympia Heights, Miami average a B+, better than 83% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Greenglade Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Emerson Elementary SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Snapper Creek Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Miami Middle SchoolA · 59% proficient
- W. R. Thomas Middle SchoolA− · 52% proficient
- Glades Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- G. Holmes Braddock Senior HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Ronald W. Reagan/doral Senior High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Southwest Miami Senior HighC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Olympia Heights, Miami school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Olympia Heights, Miami 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 Olympia Heights, Miami against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Olympia Heights, Miami suits
Common questions about living in Olympia Heights, Miami
Is Olympia Heights, Miami a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Olympia Heights, Miami ranks 3,812th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and few empty homes, and lowest on car insurance costs and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Olympia Heights, Miami expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $613,201. The overall cost of living runs about 22% above the national average. Set against a $102,662 median income, cost of living beats 54% of neighborhoods.
Is Olympia Heights, Miami safe?
Olympia Heights, Miami is safer than 41% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $337 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Olympia Heights, Miami?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 79 with lows near 60. That works out to about 78 pleasant days a year, more than 38% of neighborhoods.
Is Olympia Heights, Miami good for families?
Schools beat 83% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 41%, and childcare runs $844 a month.
Compare Olympia Heights, Miami with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Olympia Heights, Miami. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Olympia Heights, Miami 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.
Olympia Heights, Miami detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Olympia Heights, Miami: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Olympia Heights, Miami: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Olympia Heights, Miami: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Olympia Heights, Miami: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Olympia Heights, Miami 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.
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