Olympia Heights vs South Miami

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

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

Olympia Heights has the higher population (13,179 vs 11,926 in South Miami). Olympia Heights has the higher median household income ($107,381 vs $88,313 in South Miami). South Miami has the higher median home value ($736,900 vs $497,300 in Olympia Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Olympia Heights	South Miami
Population	13,179	11,926
Median age	46.9 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$107,381	$88,313
Median home value	$497,300	$736,900
Median gross rent	$2,341	$1,700
Housing units	4,214	5,164
Homeownership rate	85.4%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	55.2%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Olympia Heights	South Miami
Population	13,958 → 13,179 (-5.6%)	12,046 → 11,926 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$61,776 → $107,381 (+73.8%)	$62,067 → $88,313 (+42.3%)
Median home value	$348,500 → $497,300 (+42.7%)	$569,300 → $736,900 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,702 → $2,341 (+37.5%)	$1,338 → $1,700 (+27.1%)

Olympia Heights

Population

13,95813,179

Median household income

$61,776$107,381

Median home value

$348,500$497,300

Median gross rent

$1,702$2,341

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)

	Olympia Heights	South Miami
Under 5	5.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	11.5%	12.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	10.2%
25 to 34	13.6%	16.1%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	15.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	16.0%	15.5%
65 to 74	10.1%	10.9%
75 and over	11.0%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Olympia Heights	South Miami
White (non-Hispanic)	11.6%	27.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	9.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	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	87.6%	52.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Olympia Heights	South Miami
No high school diploma	15.3%	6.3%
High school graduate	29.6%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	26.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Olympia Heights	South Miami
Drove alone	69.2%	62.4%
Carpooled	5.5%	5.1%
Public transit	1.6%	6.4%
Walked	0.5%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	22.7%	20.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Olympia Heights	South Miami
1-unit, detached	91.1%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.5%	25.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Olympia Heights	South Miami
Poverty rate	12.4%	11.5%
Average household size	3.16	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1958	1966