Best PlacesSouth Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach ranks 2,425th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in South Beach Miami Beach, 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.
South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach ranks high
- BikingBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
Where South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach
A household needs to earn about $267,000 a year to comfortably buy the median South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $124,278, 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 South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach's effective rate of 0.88%, 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 South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach
South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach 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 South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach.
Who works in South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach, and how
Work in South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach centers on professional & technical and hospitality & food. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 39%
- Work from home 38%
- Transit, walk, or bike 23%
Life in South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach
South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 92% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 0 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach, month by month
South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach 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 South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach
Miami International sits about 10 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 South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach
Schools across South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach average a B, better than 75% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Miami Beach South Pointe Elementary SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Miami Beach Feinberg/fisher K-8C · 32% 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 South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
South Beach Miami Beach, 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 South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach
Is South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach ranks 2,425th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on biking, state infrastructure, and low taxes, and lowest on empty homes and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,008,752. The overall cost of living runs about 41% above the national average. Set against a $124,278 median income, cost of living beats 72% of neighborhoods.
Is South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach safe?
South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach is safer than 10% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $561 per resident a year.
Compare South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in South Beach Miami Beach, 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.
South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in South Beach Miami Beach, Miami Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
South Beach Miami Beach, 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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