Moving from New York
What your NYC rent actually buys in Miami.
New York average
$5,453
731 sq ft
Cheapest in Miami
$1,558
Little Haiti
Your New York rent clears every neighborhood in Miami — all 32 of them, including Coral Gables at $4,127.
The average Miami apartment is also about 202 sq ft bigger than the one you're in now.
You are leaving the most expensive rental market in the country. Every single Miami neighborhood is cheaper than the Manhattan average — including the most expensive one on our list.
In reach at $5,453
Neighborhoods whose average rent is at or below what you already pay.
Little Haiti
Creative grit, Caribbean heart.
$1,558
$3,895 spare
Homestead
The cheapest way to live in Miami-Dade.
$1,931
$3,522 spare
North Beach
The last affordable stretch of sand.
$2,035
$3,418 spare
Flagami
Flagler to the Tamiami — quiet, cheap, central.
$2,103
$3,350 spare
Grapeland Heights
You will never miss a flight again.
$2,171
$3,282 spare
Hialeah
The most Cuban city in America.
$2,201
$3,252 spare
Miami Lakes
A planned town that actually worked.
$2,360
$3,093 spare
Coconut Grove
Lush, relaxed, and deeply rooted.
$2,398
$3,055 spare
North Miami
Value, the bay, and a very good museum.
$2,421
$3,032 spare
Mid-Beach
South Beach for people who've done South Beach.
$2,438
$3,015 spare
The Roads
Brickell-adjacent, and nothing like it.
$2,521
$2,932 spare
Allapattah
Warehouses, galleries, and the next ten years.
$2,541
$2,912 spare
Kendall
Suburban space with city access.
$2,543
$2,910 spare
Overtown
Historic Black Miami, mid-comeback.
$2,546
$2,907 spare
Little Havana
The soul of Miami, one cafecito at a time.
$2,579
$2,874 spare
North Miami Beach
Not the beach, but close — and half the price.
$2,596
$2,857 spare
Upper East Side
MiMo motels, bayfront streets, and no pretense.
$2,669
$2,784 spare
Aventura
Towers, the mall, and the Intracoastal.
$2,744
$2,709 spare
Sunny Isles Beach
Glass towers, straight onto the sand.
$2,762
$2,691 spare
Doral
Business, family, and a world of flavors.
$2,877
$2,576 spare
Park West
The clubs, the arena, and the museums.
$2,896
$2,557 spare
Sweetwater
FIU's front yard, and Little Managua.
$2,913
$2,540 spare
Coral Way
Banyans, bungalows, and a straight shot downtown.
$3,232
$2,221 spare
South Miami
A downtown you can walk, and schools you don't worry about.
$3,234
$2,219 spare
Downtown
The center of everything, finally waking up.
$3,288
$2,165 spare
Edgewater
Bayfront living, emerging energy.
$3,400
$2,053 spare
Midtown
Where Wynwood meets Brickell — and the rent is right.
$3,400
$2,053 spare
Wynwood
Art, energy, and endless walls.
$3,468
$1,985 spare
Design District
Luxury, design, and open-air ambition.
$3,468
$1,985 spare
South Beach
The icon. The energy. The beach.
$3,583
$1,870 spare
Brickell
Miami's financial core, elevated.
$3,747
$1,706 spare
Coral Gables
Mediterranean elegance, tree-lined permanence.
$4,127
$1,326 spare
But rent isn't how you pick a neighborhood.
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Find my Miami →Average asking rent for market-rate apartments in buildings of 50 or more units. New York and Miami figures are both from RentCafe / Yardi Matrix, July 2026, so the comparison is like for like. New York source.