Aventura vs South Miami Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Aventura and South Miami Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

Aventura and South Miami Heights are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Aventura has the higher population (39,372 vs 37,525 in South Miami Heights). Aventura has the higher median household income ($82,777 vs $64,657 in South Miami Heights). Aventura has the higher median home value ($416,300 vs $357,000 in South Miami Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Aventura	South Miami Heights
Population	39,372	37,525
Median age	48.4 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$82,777	$64,657
Median home value	$416,300	$357,000
Median gross rent	$2,423	$1,442
Housing units	27,014	12,181
Homeownership rate	64.5%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.3%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aventura	South Miami Heights
Population	37,303 → 39,372 (+5.5%)	37,119 → 37,525 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$63,892 → $82,777 (+29.6%)	$43,562 → $64,657 (+48.4%)
Median home value	$355,200 → $416,300 (+17.2%)	$226,300 → $357,000 (+57.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,880 → $2,423 (+28.9%)	$1,179 → $1,442 (+22.3%)

Aventura

Population

37,30339,372

Median household income

$63,892$82,777

Median home value

$355,200$416,300

Median gross rent

$1,880$2,423

South Miami Heights

Population

37,11937,525

Median household income

$43,562$64,657

Median home value

$226,300$357,000

Median gross rent

$1,179$1,442

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aventura	South Miami Heights
Under 5	4.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.5%	15.0%
18 to 24	4.9%	7.2%
25 to 34	8.8%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	14.4%	14.4%
55 to 64	13.8%	15.8%
65 to 74	13.8%	9.6%
75 and over	12.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aventura	South Miami Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	47.3%	5.0%
Black or African American	1.6%	16.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	45.0%	74.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aventura	South Miami Heights
No high school diploma	4.7%	19.0%
High school graduate	14.9%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.6%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	23.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aventura	South Miami Heights
Drove alone	60.4%	78.8%
Carpooled	7.4%	10.7%
Public transit	1.9%	1.6%
Walked	1.8%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.5%	6.8%
Other means	2.7%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aventura	South Miami Heights
1-unit, detached	5.1%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	2.7%
20 or more units	88.2%	23.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Aventura	South Miami Heights
Poverty rate	11.6%	15.4%
Average household size	2.22	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	32	36
Median year structure built	1989	1979