South Miami Heights Elementary

It's a residential, family-oriented pocket of south Miami-Dade with larger lots and steady demand — 98 homes changed hands in the past year. The zone includes learning centers like the Instructional Center System Wide, and its distance from the coast means more house for the money than central Miami.

It depends where you look. The median list price is $929,999, but active listings start at $485,000 and stretch to $2,295,000, so there's room at both ends. Note that the median sold price over the last year was $574,500 — a reminder that listing prices skew higher than what actually closes.

Expect to pay around $443 per square foot on average, which puts a typical 1,872-sqft home in the upper-$800,000s to low-$900,000s at list. Recent sales tell a more grounded story, with a median sold price of $574,500 across 98 transactions.

Balanced and steady. Homes take a median of 54 days to sell and close at about 97% of asking, so well-priced listings move while sellers still hold most of their leverage. With 29 active listings, buyers have a workable but not overwhelming selection.

Most of this zone is single-family with no reported HOA, so ongoing dues are typically not a factor. Property taxes run a median of about $6,153 per year, and if you're weighing renting instead, the median rent here is around $3,550 a month.