Moving from Austin
What your Austin rent actually buys in Miami.
Austin average
$1,642
865 sq ft
Cheapest in Miami
$1,558
Little Haiti
Your Austin rent clears the average in 1 of Miami's 32 neighborhoods, and falls short in 31.
The average Miami apartment is also about 68 sq ft bigger than the one you're in now.
Both states skip the income tax, so that argument is a wash. Miami is materially more expensive than Austin — the trade is the ocean and a city that is far less new.
In reach at $1,642
Neighborhoods whose average rent is at or below what you already pay.
Out of reach at $1,642
We'd rather tell you now than let you fall in love with one of these.
But rent isn't how you pick a neighborhood.
It's how you rule one out. Take the quiz and we'll tell you which of the 32 is actually yours — and what it costs.
Find my Miami →Average asking rent for market-rate apartments in buildings of 50 or more units. Austin and Miami figures are both from RentCafe / Yardi Matrix, July 2026, so the comparison is like for like. Austin source.