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What your Houston rent actually buys in Miami.

Houston average

$1,349

884 sq ft

Cheapest in Miami

$1,558

Little Haiti

Your Houston rent doesn't reach the average in any Miami neighborhood we track. The closest is Little Haiti at $1,558 — you'd be $209 short of the average there.

The average Miami apartment is also about 49 sq ft bigger than the one you're in now.

Houston is the cheapest market on this list, and Miami is one of the most expensive. This is the biggest jump anyone on this site is making — plan for it.

Out of reach at $1,349

We'd rather tell you now than let you fall in love with one of these.

Little Haiti · $1,558Homestead · $1,931North Beach · $2,035Flagami · $2,103Grapeland Heights · $2,171Hialeah · $2,201Miami Lakes · $2,360Coconut Grove · $2,398North Miami · $2,421Mid-Beach · $2,438The Roads · $2,521Allapattah · $2,541Kendall · $2,543Overtown · $2,546Little Havana · $2,579North Miami Beach · $2,596Upper East Side · $2,669Aventura · $2,744Sunny Isles Beach · $2,762Doral · $2,877Park West · $2,896Sweetwater · $2,913Coral Way · $3,232South Miami · $3,234Downtown · $3,288Edgewater · $3,400Midtown · $3,400Wynwood · $3,468Design District · $3,468South Beach · $3,583Brickell · $3,747Coral Gables · $4,127

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.

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Average asking rent for market-rate apartments in buildings of 50 or more units. Houston and Miami figures are both from RentCafe / Yardi Matrix, July 2026, so the comparison is like for like. Houston source.