Surfside vs West Miami

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

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

West Miami has the higher population (7,077 vs 5,566 in Surfside). Surfside has the higher median household income ($88,938 vs $56,509 in West Miami). Surfside has the higher median home value ($736,800 vs $436,700 in West Miami).

Population, income & housing

	Surfside	West Miami
Population	5,566	7,077
Median age	41.0 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$88,938	$56,509
Median home value	$736,800	$436,700
Median gross rent	$1,795	$2,176
Housing units	3,841	2,825
Homeownership rate	66.1%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.3%	34.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Surfside	West Miami
Population	5,725 → 5,566 (-2.8%)	7,788 → 7,077 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$69,063 → $88,938 (+28.8%)	$49,942 → $56,509 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$625,500 → $736,800 (+17.8%)	$335,800 → $436,700 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,977 → $1,795 (-9.2%)	$1,515 → $2,176 (+43.6%)

Surfside

Population

5,7255,566

Median household income

$69,063$88,938

Median home value

$625,500$736,800

Median gross rent

$1,977$1,795

West Miami

Population

7,7887,077

Median household income

$49,942$56,509

Median home value

$335,800$436,700

Median gross rent

$1,515$2,176

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Surfside	West Miami
Under 5	9.2%	9.0%
5 to 17	23.2%	7.9%
18 to 24	2.0%	9.6%
25 to 34	8.0%	15.3%
35 to 44	16.5%	14.1%
45 to 54	14.1%	13.4%
55 to 64	9.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.0%	7.4%
75 and over	7.1%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Surfside	West Miami
White (non-Hispanic)	57.5%	6.3%
Black or African American	4.7%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	34.1%	84.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Surfside	West Miami
No high school diploma	2.0%	17.9%
High school graduate	25.3%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	15.4%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	31.7%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Surfside	West Miami
Drove alone	65.2%	63.0%
Carpooled	5.5%	9.6%
Public transit	6.5%	2.2%
Walked	2.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	21.5%
Other means	1.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Surfside	West Miami
1-unit, detached	35.9%	51.3%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	48.0%	32.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Surfside	West Miami
Poverty rate	15.4%	17.6%
Average household size	2.71	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1971	1960