Miami vs Miami Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Miami and Miami Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Miami has the higher population (446,663 vs 81,319 in Miami Beach). Miami Beach has the higher median household income ($67,014 vs $59,390 in Miami). Miami Beach has the higher median home value ($542,000 vs $475,200 in Miami).

Population, income & housing

	Miami	Miami Beach
Population	446,663	81,319
Median age	39.7 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,390	$67,014
Median home value	$475,200	$542,000
Median gross rent	$1,657	$1,733
Housing units	219,809	63,225
Homeownership rate	30.7%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.6%	51.2%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Miami	Miami Beach
Population	454,279 → 446,663 (-1.7%)	90,108 → 81,319 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$39,049 → $59,390 (+52.1%)	$53,971 → $67,014 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$317,700 → $475,200 (+49.6%)	$459,000 → $542,000 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,183 → $1,657 (+40.1%)	$1,396 → $1,733 (+24.1%)

Miami

Population

454,279446,663

Median household income

$39,049$59,390

Median home value

$317,700$475,200

Median gross rent

$1,183$1,657

Miami Beach

Population

90,10881,319

Median household income

$53,971$67,014

Median home value

$459,000$542,000

Median gross rent

$1,396$1,733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Miami	Miami Beach
Under 5	5.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	11.3%	10.5%
18 to 24	7.1%	5.6%
25 to 34	18.2%	16.4%
35 to 44	15.4%	16.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	15.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	12.9%
65 to 74	8.5%	10.7%
75 and over	7.8%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Miami	Miami Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	12.3%	34.0%
Black or African American	12.7%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	71.2%	55.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Miami	Miami Beach
No high school diploma	20.0%	10.0%
High school graduate	25.2%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	21.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Miami	Miami Beach
Drove alone	61.7%	47.3%
Carpooled	7.9%	5.7%
Public transit	6.9%	7.0%
Walked	5.4%	7.9%
Bicycle	0.8%	5.6%
Worked from home	14.2%	20.2%
Other means	3.2%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Miami	Miami Beach
1-unit, detached	23.1%	9.3%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	18.9%
20 or more units	47.6%	64.4%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Miami	Miami Beach
Poverty rate	19.2%	14.4%
Average household size	2.30	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1978	1969