The Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm Beach metro has 6.2M residents (per 2024 ACS 5-year Estimates ), a 2024 median household income of $77K, median home value of $443K, median age of 42, and a 37% bachelor's-degree share among adults 25 and older. The analysis below clusters neighborhoods within the metro's urbanized areas, covering 5.8M of those 6.2M residents. A coastal band of barrier-island and waterfront neighborhoods from Palm Beach through Key Biscayne leads on home values, incomes, and education, while an inland strip stretching from west Pompano Beach south through west Hialeah and out to west Homestead sits at the bottom.
Median home value
The top neighborhood is the cluster around East Key Biscayne at $1.2M, the barrier-island community across Biscayne Bay from Miami — a village on the same island as Crandon Park, well above the metro median of $443K. The cluster around East of West Palm Beach registers $1.0M on the coast in Palm Beach County. The cluster around North of Pinecrest in south Miami-Dade comes in at $952K, Weston on the western edge of Broward County at $862K, and the cluster around North of Palm Beach Gardens at $848K.
The bottom of the home-value map sits in an inland strip. The cluster around North of Pompano Beach reads $218K, the cluster around West of Royal Palm Estates $234K, and the cluster around West of Pompano Beach $254K — three neighborhoods west of the Atlantic ridge in Broward and Palm Beach counties. The cluster around South of Lauderhill registers $262K and the cluster around South of West Palm Beach $269K, all roughly half the metro median.
Median household income
Top incomes shift slightly off the home-value leaders. Weston tops the metro at $175K, followed by the cluster around North of Palm Beach Gardens at $172K, East Key Biscayne at $152K, the cluster around North of Parkland at $149K, and the cluster around West of Pembroke Pines at $146K — a set of outer-suburban Broward and Palm Beach neighborhoods running roughly twice the metro median of $77K.
The lowest-income neighborhoods cluster in north-central Miami-Dade and the south end of the metro. Two different clusters labeled around North of Miami register $44K and $47K, with the cluster around West of Hialeah at $52K and the cluster around South of West Little River at $50K. At the metro's south end, the cluster around West of Homestead comes in at $48K.
Median age
The oldest neighborhood is Cluster 71 at 71, sitting between Boca Raton and Delray Beach on the map. Cluster 120 reads 64 further up the Palm Beach coast, the cluster around West of Delray Beach 63, the cluster around North of Palm Beach Gardens 61, and the cluster around South of Lighthouse Point 57 — all on or near the Palm Beach / north Broward coast, well above the metro median of 42.
The youngest neighborhoods sit around Homestead at the south end of the metro. The cluster around West of Homestead reads 30, the cluster around North of Homestead 32, the cluster around North of Homestead Base 33, another cluster around North of Homestead 35, and the cluster around West of Fort Lauderdale also 35.
Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree
East Key Biscayne tops the metro at 77%, followed by Weston at 70%, the cluster around North of Palm Beach Gardens at 69%, the cluster around East Miami at 65%, and the cluster around North of Pinecrest at 63% — all far above the metro's 37% share.
The lowest shares sit in the same inland strip that anchors the bottom of the home-value and income maps. The cluster around West of Homestead reads 11%, the cluster around North of Miami (at $47K income) 12%, the cluster around South of Miami Gardens 13%, the cluster around North of Pompano Beach 15%, and the cluster around South of West Little River 16%.
Where the metrics overlap
East Key Biscayne, Weston, and the cluster around North of Palm Beach Gardens sit at the top of three metrics each — home value, income, and bachelor's share — and North of Palm Beach Gardens also tops the age map at 61. North of Pinecrest leads on home value and education but not income. On the bottom side, the cluster around West of Homestead sits at the floor of income, age, and bachelor's share simultaneously, and the cluster around North of Pompano Beach sits at the floor of home value and education together.
Age breaks from the wealth pattern. The Homestead area runs young across the board while the Palm Beach coast runs old, regardless of where the income and home-value extremes fall within each region.
Key Takeaways
- The cluster around East Key Biscayne leads the metro on home value ($1.2M), income ($152K), and bachelor's share (77%).
- Weston and the cluster around North of Palm Beach Gardens also appear at the top of three metrics each; North of Palm Beach Gardens additionally tops the age map at 61.
- The cluster around West of Homestead sits at the bottom on income ($48K), age (30), and bachelor's share (11%) at once.
- The cluster around North of Pompano Beach holds the lowest home value ($218K) and one of the lowest education shares (15%).
- Cluster 71 between Boca Raton and Delray Beach has the metro's oldest median age at 71, more than double the youngest neighborhood at 30.