North Miami Beach vs South Miami Heights

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

North Miami Beach 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.

North Miami Beach has the higher population (43,104 vs 37,525 in South Miami Heights). South Miami Heights has the higher median household income ($64,657 vs $57,633 in North Miami Beach). South Miami Heights has the higher median home value ($357,000 vs $317,800 in North Miami Beach).

Population, income & housing

	North Miami Beach	South Miami Heights
Population	43,104	37,525
Median age	39.6 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,633	$64,657
Median home value	$317,800	$357,000
Median gross rent	$1,626	$1,442
Housing units	18,023	12,181
Homeownership rate	51.1%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Miami Beach	South Miami Heights
Population	42,971 → 43,104 (+0.3%)	37,119 → 37,525 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$43,788 → $57,633 (+31.6%)	$43,562 → $64,657 (+48.4%)
Median home value	$194,300 → $317,800 (+63.6%)	$226,300 → $357,000 (+57.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,195 → $1,626 (+36.1%)	$1,179 → $1,442 (+22.3%)

North Miami Beach

Population

42,97143,104

Median household income

$43,788$57,633

Median home value

$194,300$317,800

Median gross rent

$1,195$1,626

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)

	North Miami Beach	South Miami Heights
Under 5	6.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.0%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.2%
25 to 34	14.8%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	14.5%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.4%	15.8%
65 to 74	9.8%	9.6%
75 and over	6.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Miami Beach	South Miami Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	16.3%	5.0%
Black or African American	37.2%	16.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	41.1%	74.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Miami Beach	South Miami Heights
No high school diploma	16.6%	19.0%
High school graduate	31.2%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Miami Beach	South Miami Heights
Drove alone	67.4%	78.8%
Carpooled	12.6%	10.7%
Public transit	5.7%	1.6%
Walked	0.5%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	6.8%
Other means	4.4%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Miami Beach	South Miami Heights
1-unit, detached	39.0%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	2.7%
20 or more units	41.9%	23.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	North Miami Beach	South Miami Heights
Poverty rate	14.7%	15.4%
Average household size	2.75	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	31	36
Median year structure built	1967	1979