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12,399people live here $108,958median household income▲ 35% above US $2,124median rent per month▲ 50% above US $557,500median home value▲ 68% above US

Olympia Heights is an unincorporated community in Miami-Dade County, FL. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Olympia Heights

Olympia Heights is an unincorporated community in Florida with county unemployment below the national average and household incomes running above the national average. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Olympia Heights deals with rent well above the national average, home prices well above the national average, commute times longer than most cities, and air quality that falls short of national benchmarks.

The good

Low unemployment in the county
Higher-than-average incomes

The not so good

Rent well above the national average
High home prices
Above-average commute times
Air quality concerns
Shrinking population
High student-teacher ratio

How Olympia Heights compares

Median household income

Olympia Heights$108,958

Florida avg$74,568

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Olympia Heights$2,124

Florida avg$1,669

US$1,413

Median home value

Olympia Heights$557,500

Florida avg$359,000

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Olympia Heights

Based on Olympia Heights's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$4,248

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $84,960 a year
59% of Olympia Heights renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$111,500

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $55,750
Homes cost 5.1× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of living▲ 50% above US

$2,124/mo median rent

Rent is expensive here, at $2,124 a month median and well above the national average. This is the kind of city where housing costs deserve serious budgeting before committing to a move. Home prices are steep, with a median around $557,500. Renting first to get a feel for the city before buying is often the more practical route.

Median home value $557,500 · 59% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

2.7% county unemployment

Unemployment in Miami-Dade County is 2.7%, well below the national average of 4.3%. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Miami-Dade County (county-wide)

Safety

336 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Olympia Heights doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Miami-Dade County Police Department jurisdiction as a whole, which runs close to the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 1810/100k · Policed by Miami-Dade County Police Department (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting around▲ 15% above US

30 min average commute

Commutes run about average, at 29.8 minutes. Fine day to day, but it adds up over a year, and where someone lives relative to where they work starts to matter. 7 in 10 workers drive to work; 26% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

66%

Work from home

26%

Carpool

4.7%

Public transit

2.1%

Other

0.7%

Walk

0.5%

Climate

Summers are warm, with highs around 88°F, and winters are mild, with lows rarely dropping below 65°F. Rainfall is regular throughout the year.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforceNear US average

35% bachelor's degree or higher

Education levels run about average, with 35% college-educated. It's a mix of white-collar and blue-collar work, which can be an asset or a limitation depending on the field.

Schools

3 public schools inside the boundary

There are 3 public schools inside the boundary and 1 private school. The student-to-teacher ratio is 20:1, slightly above the national average of 16:1.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Biscayne National Park (18 miles away). There are 3 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Olympia Heights's strongest points are county unemployment below the national average and household incomes running above the national average; the main tradeoffs are rent well above the national average and home prices well above the national average. A year of median rent ($2,124/mo) equals 23% of the median household income here, about the same as the 21% typical nationwide. It tends to suit job seekers (county-wide unemployment is low) and remote workers (26% of workers here already work from home). It may be a harder fit for renters on a tight budget.

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