Miami Suburbs to Live In: Prices, Parks, Transit and Schools by Neighborhood

Last updated: November 4, 2026. Data: MIAMI REALTORS, Q3 2026.

Miami suburbs to live in: the short answer

The five Miami suburbs buyers search for most are Coral Gables, Pinecrest, Palmetto Bay, Coconut Grove and Kendall. In Q3 2026, their single-family medians ran from $1.2 million in Kendall to $2.9 million in Pinecrest, against $685,000 for Miami-Dade as a whole.

They are not the same kind of place. Coral Gables and Pinecrest are independent municipalities with their own police departments. Palmetto Bay is a village that contracts its policing to the county. Coconut Grove is a neighborhood inside the City of Miami, and Kendall is unincorporated county land. Those differences decide who provides your services, who sets your local tax rate, and whose crime statistics apply to your address.

The five suburbs at a glance

The Miami-Dade market right now

Single-family homes and condos are moving in opposite directions. In Q3 2026, the countywide single-family median rose 3.8% to $685,000 with 5.1 months of supply, close to a seller’s market. The condo and townhouse median was flat at $409,500 (down 0.1%) with 12.3 months of supply, a buyer’s market. (MIAMI REALTORS, Q3 2026)

In all five suburbs below, single-family prices rose faster than the county, between 9.5% and 20.2% year over year.

Coral Gables: historic architecture and walkable downtown

Coral Gables is an independent city planned in the 1920s by George Merrick, known for Mediterranean Revival architecture, tree-lined streets and a walkable downtown. It also offers more condo options than Pinecrest or Palmetto Bay, plus its own Metrorail station.

Home prices, Q3 2026

• Single-family median: $2,150,000, up 9.5% year over year, across 84 sales
• Condo and townhouse median: $597,500, up 13.8%, across 54 sales
• Single-family supply: 4.5 months

Housing types: Historic single-family homes, newer estates on larger lots, and condominiums concentrated near downtown Coral Gables.

Parks and landmarks: Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, an 83-acre garden open to the public since 1938, sits inside the city, bordered on the north and west by Matheson Hammock Park.

Getting around: The University Metrorail station is in Coral Gables. Douglas Road station connects to the Coral Gables Trolley and several Metrobus routes.

Local services: Coral Gables has its own police department, accredited by CALEA, with 191 sworn officers.

Browse current inventory: Coral Gables homes for sale.

Pinecrest: large lots and the highest median of the five

Pinecrest is a village of 7.54 square miles about 11 miles southwest of downtown Miami, incorporated on March 12, 1996. Most of its land is zoned Residential Estate, allowing one single-family home per acre or per 2.5 acres, so lots are large. It also had the highest single-family median of the five in Q3 2026.

Home prices, Q3 2026

• Single-family median: $2,925,000, up 10.9% year over year, across 62 sales
• Single-family supply: 6.3 months, the most of the five, which gives buyers more room to negotiate
• Condos and townhouses: very limited, with only 7 sales in the quarter

Housing types: Mostly single-family homes on large lots, with a small condo supply near the US-1 corridor.

Parks and landmarks: Pinecrest Gardens is a 14-acre botanical garden on the former Parrot Jungle site. The village bought the property in 2002 and opened it as a garden in 2003. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and includes a petting zoo.

Getting around: US-1, locally called Pinecrest Parkway, forms the western border. The Dadeland North and Dadeland South Metrorail stations are in the adjacent Dadeland area.

Local services: Pinecrest created its own police department in June 1997 and runs its own 911 dispatch center.

Browse current inventory: Pinecrest homes for sale.

Palmetto Bay: bayfront village with the tightest supply

Palmetto Bay is a village on Biscayne Bay in South Miami-Dade, incorporated in 2002. Its single-family homes sell for well under half the Pinecrest median, and it had the tightest single-family supply of the five in Q3 2026.

Home prices, Q3 2026

• Single-family median: $1,217,500, up 10.7% year over year, across 75 sales
• Single-family supply: 3.3 months, which favors sellers
• Condos and townhouses: very limited, with only 7 sales in the quarter

Housing types: Single-family neighborhoods, from inland subdivisions to bayfront and canal-front homes, plus some townhouses and condos.

Parks and landmarks:

• Coral Reef Park covers about 53 acres split by the C-100 canal, with ball fields, beach volleyball, a covered playground, a soccer field and exercise stations.
• Palmetto Bay Park, one of three parks deeded to the village at incorporation, has a large Boundless Playground.
• The Thalatta Estate is a village-owned 1926 Mediterranean Revival house on four acres of bayfront grounds, just south of the Deering Estate.

Getting around: Palmetto Bay has no Metrorail station.

Local services: Palmetto Bay has no police department of its own. Its Policing Unit operates on contract with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, which replaced the county police department on January 7, 2025.

Browse current inventory: Palmetto Bay homes for sale.

Coconut Grove: Miami’s oldest neighborhood, on the bay

Coconut Grove is a neighborhood within the City of Miami, not a separate city. It is Miami’s oldest continuously inhabited neighborhood and was an independent city until Miami annexed it in 1925. Its single-family prices rose fastest of the five in Q3 2026.

Home prices, Q3 2026 (ZIP 33133)

• Single-family median: $2,825,000, up 20.2% year over year, across 68 sales
• Single-family supply: 4.7 months
• Coconut Grove has no separate municipal figure, and ZIP 33133 also includes some Coral Gables addresses

Housing types: Wide variation, from historic single-family homes under heavy tree canopy to bayfront estates and high-rise condos near the commercial core. Compare at the sub-neighborhood level rather than relying on one median.

Parks and landmarks: The Barnacle Historic State Park preserves the oldest house in Miami-Dade County still standing on its original site.

Getting around: The Coconut Grove Metrorail station reopened in late May 2025 after a four-month renovation, and sits next to the Grove Central mixed-use development. Metrobus routes also serve the neighborhood.

Local services: Coconut Grove is served by the City of Miami Police Department.

Browse current inventory: Coconut Grove homes for sale.

Kendall: the widest range of prices and home types

Kendall is a census-designated place in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, not a city, so its services come from the county. It has the most sales activity of the five and the widest range of entry points, from condos in the $300,000s to single-family homes above $1 million.

Home prices, Q3 2026

• Single-family median: $1,200,000, up 13.5% year over year, across 96 sales, the most of the five
• Single-family supply: 3.6 months
• Condo and townhouse median: $340,000, down 12.8%, across 87 sales
• Neighboring Kendall West and Kendale Lakes had single-family medians of $685,000 and $727,500

Housing types: Single-family homes, townhouses and a large condo market.

Getting around: Dadeland South station, in the Dadeland area of Kendall, is the southern end of both Metrorail lines.

Local services: As unincorporated county land, Kendall is served by the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office and other county departments.

Browse current inventory: Kendall homes for sale.

Home prices compared, Q3 2026

Pinecrest and Coconut Grove carry the highest single-family medians of the five; Palmetto Bay and Kendall have the tightest supply.

Single-family homes

Townhouses and condos

Source: MIAMI REALTORS / Florida Realtors, Miami-Dade Local Residential Market Metrics, Q3 2026, compiled from MLS data, released October 16, 2026 (single-family, condos, ZIP 33133). Coconut Grove has no separate municipal figure, so ZIP 33133 is shown.

How to compare schools

Public school assignment in Miami-Dade depends on your exact address, not the neighborhood name.

1. Find the assigned neighborhood school for a specific address and grade with Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ SchoolFinder.
2. Look up each school’s state grade in the Florida Department of Education school grades; the 2026 results were updated September 8, 2026.
3. Use SchoolFinder’s interest and map searches to compare magnet and choice programs, and check charter and private options separately, since enrollment rules differ.

How to check crime data for any address

Crime statistics are reported by law enforcement agency, not by neighborhood, so start with the agency that covers the address.

For year-over-year comparisons, use the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Uniform Crime Reports and the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Be careful with sites that rank neighborhoods: some blend city- or county-wide figures into neighborhood scores or mix data years.

Frequently asked questions

Sources

• MIAMI REALTORS, Miami-Dade single-family local market metrics, Q3 2026
• MIAMI REALTORS, Miami-Dade townhouse and condo local market metrics, Q3 2026
• MIAMI REALTORS, Miami-Dade single-family metrics by ZIP code, Q3 2026
• Pinecrest Gardens, horticultural history
• Village of Pinecrest Police Department
• Coral Gables Police Department
• Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, FY 2026-27 proposed budget
• Miami-Dade Transit, Metrorail stations
• Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
• Coconut Grove
• Florida Department of Education, school grades
• Coconut Grove Metrorail station, renovation and reopening
• Miami-Dade County Public Schools SchoolFinder