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Cost of living in South Miami Heights, Florida

South Miami Heights, Florida has about 38,766 people. Typical rent is $1,605 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $65,417 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Ranked #447 in Florida on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $1,605 a month.

South Miami Heights is a Census community, not a separate city government in Florida. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $65,417 a year.

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People
38,766
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,605
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$65,417
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$407,100
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$2,564
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL HUD Metro FMR Area
Gas
$4.084
Florida, week of October 12, 2026

South Miami Heights, Florida has about 38,766 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $407,100.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Miami-Dade County is $2,564 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in South Miami Heights. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area, prices sit at 114.2 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Florida does not tax wages. A typical combined sales tax is 7.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not South Miami Heights's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Florida home paid 15.03¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not South Miami Heights's bill.

For the week of October 12, 2026, EIA's all-grades gasoline price in Florida was $4.084 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $1,960.32 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in Florida shares this price.

Among 730 places we list in Florida with a rent figure, 371 have higher typical rent than South Miami Heights.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.