Which South Florida city has the highest rents?

Coconut Grove has the highest median asking rent of the 44 cities in this table, at $12,000 a month, with houses and townhomes asking a median $15,625 and condos and apartments $9,000. That is a median over only 13 active rentals, a small sample that will move a lot month to month. Figures computed from BeachesMLS on September 20, 2026.

What is the average rent in South Florida?

Across the 44 cities in this table the midpoint of the city medians is $3,125 a month. There is no single South Florida rent: the range runs from $1,975 in Oakland Park to $12,000 in Coconut Grove, and within any one city a house and a condo price very differently. We report medians rather than averages because a handful of very expensive leases pulls an average away from what a typical renter pays.

Where do these rent figures come from?

Every figure is computed from BeachesMLS listing and lease data through the Spark API and is never typed by hand. Asking rents are active rental listings on the day of the run; leased rents are leases that closed in the previous 90 days, compared with the same 90 days a year earlier. The full method is on the market data methodology page, and this edition's figures are published as JSON beside the table.

How current is this table?

These figures were computed on September 20, 2026. Unlike the individual city rental pages, which read the MLS live on every visit, this table is frozen when it is built so that the whole of South Florida is measured at one moment and the cities can honestly be compared with each other. For today's figures for one city, open that city's rental page.

Can I use these figures?

Yes, with attribution to South Florida Rent Index, BreakThru Realty and a link to this page. The JSON behind the table is published so the numbers can be checked.

Median Rent by South Florida City

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What it costs to rent a home in each of the 44 cities BreakThru Realty covers, from Miami-Dade to the Treasure Coast, with asking rents, the rents leases actually closed at, rent per square foot and the change on a year ago. Computed from BeachesMLS on September 20, 2026.

What the Figures Show

Coconut Grove has the highest median asking rent of the 44 cities measured, at $12,000 a month. That is a median over only 13 active rentals, a small sample that will move a lot month to month.
Oakland Park has the lowest, at $1,975 a month.
The midpoint across all 44 cities is $3,125 a month.
The table covers 23,301 active rentals in BeachesMLS.
Of the 44 cities where a year-over-year comparison was possible, 22 show a higher median leased rent than a year ago and 16 a lower one.

Median Rent by City

Ranked by median asking rent, highest first. City names link to that city's live rental market.

City	County	Active rentals	Median asking rent	Houses & townhomes	Condos & apartments	Rent per sq ft	Median leased rent, 90 days	Leased rent vs. a year ago
Coconut Grove	Miami-Dade	13	$12,000/mo	$15,625/mo	$9,000/mo	$7.38	$9,750/mo	+56%
Palm Beach	Palm Beach	150	$9,000/mo	$35,000/mo	$7,500/mo	$6.92	$4,500/mo	+12.5%
Key Biscayne	Miami-Dade	174	$8,850/mo	$19,450/mo	$7,950/mo	$5.33	$6,600/mo	+8.2%
Parkland	Broward	25	$7,000/mo	$7,998/mo	$3,395/mo	$2.48	$6,500/mo	+12.1%
Bal Harbour	Miami-Dade	108	$6,500/mo	$15,500/mo	$6,500/mo	$6.01	$4,600/mo	-14.8%
Sunny Isles Beach	Miami-Dade	783	$5,300/mo	$19,000/mo	$5,200/mo	$4.00	$3,000/mo	-14.3%
Wellington	Palm Beach	487	$5,250/mo	$5,725/mo	$3,000/mo	$2.78	$3,400/mo	0%
Jupiter	Palm Beach	334	$4,750/mo	$4,450/mo	$4,900/mo	$3.49	$2,500/mo	0%
Pinecrest	Miami-Dade	58	$4,575/mo	$9,500/mo	$2,200/mo	$3.91	$9,000/mo	-2.7%
Coral Gables	Miami-Dade	244	$4,200/mo	$8,400/mo	$2,850/mo	$3.41	$3,000/mo	+6.2%
Lighthouse Point	Broward	54	$4,125/mo	$5,900/mo	$2,200/mo	$2.95	$6,400/mo	+36.2%
Brickell	Miami-Dade	1,302	$3,950/mo	$2,650/mo	$4,000/mo	$4.37	$3,583/mo	-0.5%
Palm Beach Gardens	Palm Beach	286	$3,800/mo	$5,000/mo	$2,750/mo	$2.67	$4,300/mo	+7.5%
Palm City	Martin	37	$3,750/mo	$3,625/mo	$8,250/mo	$1.88	$3,175/mo	+12.4%
Weston	Broward	181	$3,700/mo	$4,000/mo	$2,500/mo	$2.47	$4,225/mo	+3%
Lauderdale-by-the-Sea	Broward	147	$3,700/mo	$7,478/mo	$3,400/mo	$3.24	$2,500/mo	+4.2%
Miami Beach	Miami-Dade	1,832	$3,500/mo	$8,000/mo	$3,500/mo	$4.48	$2,700/mo	+3.8%
Hutchinson Island	St. Lucie	39	$3,425/mo	$2,900/mo	$3,425/mo	$2.66	$2,000/mo	-37.5%
Aventura	Miami-Dade	549	$3,298/mo	$6,000/mo	$3,200/mo	$2.76	$2,900/mo	+3.6%
Jensen Beach	Martin	191	$3,200/mo	$3,350/mo	$3,200/mo	$2.79	$2,000/mo	+5.9%
Boca Raton	Palm Beach	863	$3,150/mo	$5,000/mo	$2,400/mo	$2.45	$2,300/mo	+4.5%
Doral	Miami-Dade	343	$3,150/mo	$4,500/mo	$2,700/mo	$2.61	$2,700/mo	0%
Miami	Miami-Dade	6,277	$3,100/mo	$3,200/mo	$3,000/mo	$3.69	$2,700/mo	-5.3%
North Palm Beach	Palm Beach	109	$2,900/mo	$5,900/mo	$2,713/mo	$2.57	$1,988/mo	-17.2%
Stuart	Martin	269	$2,800/mo	$2,998/mo	$2,500/mo	$2.41	$1,850/mo	-5.1%
Boynton Beach	Palm Beach	362	$2,750/mo	$3,350/mo	$2,200/mo	$2.27	$2,100/mo	+1.2%
Fort Lauderdale	Broward	1,543	$2,700/mo	$3,900/mo	$2,300/mo	$2.77	$2,016/mo	-3.8%
Sebastian	Indian River	8	$2,700/mo	$2,900/mo	$2,200/mo	$1.64	$1,998/mo	-11.2%
Port St. Lucie	St. Lucie	500	$2,650/mo	$2,800/mo	$1,750/mo	$1.62	$2,650/mo	+1.9%
Hollywood	Broward	1,300	$2,600/mo	$3,400/mo	$2,490/mo	$2.87	$1,900/mo	-3.8%
Delray Beach	Palm Beach	650	$2,569/mo	$4,000/mo	$2,200/mo	$2.22	$2,000/mo	+3.9%
Pompano Beach	Broward	747	$2,500/mo	$3,300/mo	$2,250/mo	$2.37	$1,950/mo	0%
Hobe Sound	Martin	37	$2,500/mo	$3,200/mo	$2,000/mo	$2.44	$2,705/mo	-8.3%
South Miami	Miami-Dade	43	$2,400/mo	$4,600/mo	$2,000/mo	$3.75	$2,100/mo	0%
Fort Pierce	St. Lucie	311	$2,400/mo	$2,395/mo	$2,475/mo	$1.66	$2,193/mo	+3.2%
Pembroke Pines	Broward	375	$2,350/mo	$3,400/mo	$2,000/mo	$2.08	$2,050/mo	-2.4%
Plantation	Broward	180	$2,300/mo	$3,900/mo	$2,000/mo	$2.16	$1,900/mo	-5%
Deerfield Beach	Broward	304	$2,300/mo	$3,000/mo	$2,000/mo	$2.47	$1,950/mo	+3.3%
Davie	Broward	218	$2,250/mo	$3,300/mo	$2,100/mo	$2.10	$2,000/mo	-7%
West Palm Beach	Palm Beach	1,009	$2,250/mo	$2,850/mo	$1,975/mo	$2.27	$1,885/mo	+1.9%
Coral Springs	Broward	391	$2,100/mo	$3,050/mo	$1,950/mo	$2.10	$1,900/mo	0%
Vero Beach	Indian River	123	$2,100/mo	$2,500/mo	$1,750/mo	$1.80	$2,400/mo	+2.1%
Lake Worth Beach	Palm Beach	148	$2,000/mo	$3,000/mo	$1,700/mo	$2.45	$1,673/mo	+4.6%
Oakland Park	Broward	197	$1,975/mo	$3,200/mo	$1,875/mo	$2.17	$1,800/mo	-2.7%

Source: BeachesMLS via the Spark API, computed September 20, 2026. Medians, not averages. Seasonal and one-time quotes are excluded. Not an appraisal.

Asking Rent and Leased Rent Are Different Numbers

Most published rent figures are asking rents: what owners are currently advertising. This table reports both, because they answer different questions. The asking rent tells a renter what they will be shown this week. The median leased rent, taken from leases that actually closed in the last 90 days, tells an owner what tenants agreed to pay, which is the figure a rental valuation is built on. Where the two diverge in a city, the market is moving, and the direction is usually visible in the year-over-year column beside them.

Why Houses and Condos Are Reported Separately

A citywide median mixes a studio apartment with a five-bedroom house on the water, so it describes neither. Every city here is split into houses and townhomes on one side and condos and apartments on the other, the same two segments each city rental page reports, because those are the two markets a renter is actually choosing between and they price very differently in the same postcode.

What This Table Leaves Out

Seasonal and one-time quotes are excluded from every median. A furnished Coconut Grove house let for the winter is quoted as a season total rather than a monthly rent, and dropping those in with monthly leases would lift a median without anything in the market having changed. Barns, boat slips and parking spaces are filed as residential leases in the MLS and are left out for the same reason. Rents outside $300 to $100,000 a month are treated as data-entry errors.

Using These Figures

South Florida Rent Index figures may be quoted or reproduced with attribution to South Florida Rent Index, BreakThru Realty, and a link to this page. The underlying figures are published as JSON beside the table so they can be checked rather than taken on trust. If you need a cut we do not publish here — a neighbourhood, a building, a bedroom count, or a longer history — ask and we will run it.

How These Figures Are Produced

Source: BeachesMLS via the Spark API, computed September 20, 2026.
Coverage: 44 cities across Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River counties.
Asking rent: the median list price of active residential leases, split into houses and townhomes, and condos and apartments.
Leased rent: the median closing amount of leases that closed in the previous 90 days, against the same 90 days one year earlier.
Excluded: seasonal, weekly and one-time quotes, which are stay totals rather than monthly rents; barns, boat slips, parking and storage; and amounts outside $300 to $100,000 a month.
Medians, not averages, throughout. Not an appraisal.

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Median Rent by City: Questions

Which South Florida city has the highest rents?: Coconut Grove has the highest median asking rent of the 44 cities in this table, at $12,000 a month, with houses and townhomes asking a median $15,625 and condos and apartments $9,000. That is a median over only 13 active rentals, a small sample that will move a lot month to month. Figures computed from BeachesMLS on September 20, 2026.
What is the average rent in South Florida?: Across the 44 cities in this table the midpoint of the city medians is $3,125 a month. There is no single South Florida rent: the range runs from $1,975 in Oakland Park to $12,000 in Coconut Grove, and within any one city a house and a condo price very differently. We report medians rather than averages because a handful of very expensive leases pulls an average away from what a typical renter pays.
Where do these rent figures come from?: Every figure is computed from BeachesMLS listing and lease data through the Spark API and is never typed by hand. Asking rents are active rental listings on the day of the run; leased rents are leases that closed in the previous 90 days, compared with the same 90 days a year earlier. The full method is on the market data methodology page, and this edition's figures are published as JSON beside the table.
How current is this table?: These figures were computed on September 20, 2026. Unlike the individual city rental pages, which read the MLS live on every visit, this table is frozen when it is built so that the whole of South Florida is measured at one moment and the cities can honestly be compared with each other. For today's figures for one city, open that city's rental page.
Can I use these figures?: Yes, with attribution to South Florida Rent Index, BreakThru Realty and a link to this page. The JSON behind the table is published so the numbers can be checked.