Florida City vs South Miami

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

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

Florida City has the higher population (12,791 vs 11,926 in South Miami). South Miami has the higher median household income ($88,313 vs $47,754 in Florida City). South Miami has the higher median home value ($736,900 vs $353,200 in Florida City).

Population, income & housing

	Florida City	South Miami
Population	12,791	11,926
Median age	32.8 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,754	$88,313
Median home value	$353,200	$736,900
Median gross rent	$1,328	$1,700
Housing units	4,208	5,164
Homeownership rate	30.6%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	55.2%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Florida City	South Miami
Population	11,928 → 12,791 (+7.2%)	12,046 → 11,926 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$35,253 → $47,754 (+35.5%)	$62,067 → $88,313 (+42.3%)
Median home value	$153,100 → $353,200 (+130.7%)	$569,300 → $736,900 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,168 → $1,328 (+13.7%)	$1,338 → $1,700 (+27.1%)

Florida City

Population

11,92812,791

Median household income

$35,253$47,754

Median home value

$153,100$353,200

Median gross rent

$1,168$1,328

South Miami

Population

12,04611,926

Median household income

$62,067$88,313

Median home value

$569,300$736,900

Median gross rent

$1,338$1,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Florida City	South Miami
Under 5	8.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	22.5%	12.8%
18 to 24	10.3%	10.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	16.1%
35 to 44	15.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.8%
55 to 64	7.0%	15.5%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.9%
75 and over	4.5%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Florida City	South Miami
White (non-Hispanic)	3.6%	27.5%
Black or African American	41.0%	9.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	55.4%	52.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Florida City	South Miami
No high school diploma	33.1%	6.3%
High school graduate	33.3%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	26.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Florida City	South Miami
Drove alone	76.6%	62.4%
Carpooled	10.3%	5.1%
Public transit	2.9%	6.4%
Walked	0.8%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	20.5%
Other means	1.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Florida City	South Miami
1-unit, detached	42.5%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	14.4%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	15.1%	5.5%
20 or more units	16.2%	25.8%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Florida City	South Miami
Poverty rate	31.0%	11.5%
Average household size	3.22	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	35	32
Median year structure built	1992	1966