Housing & affordability
18% of the score · 71/100
B−
Median home value$1,089,900
Miami $443,300
Median rent$2,373/mo
Miami $1,869/mo
Cost-burdened households40%
Miami 46%
Coral Gables
Miami-Dade County49,802 residentsMiami-Dade
58
C
Suburbgrade score
19th of 60 Miami suburbs. Strongest on employment & income, held back by amenities.
58
Miami median 55
0 · F
A+ · 100
Launch-day rule. Residents is not counted for Coral Gables yet: no poll responses so far. The overall score of 58 is computed on the other six categories, re-normalised to 100%. Answer the poll →
What living here is actually like
Written summary in preparation This page is waiting for its written summary, and for a person to check it. Until then it is excluded from search engines.
What Coral Gables is like to live in, by category
Bars show Coral Gables against Miami. Weights are published in full.Schools
18% of the score · 61/100
C
Within-state proficiency73rd pct
Miami median 68th pct
Student–teacher ratio18.9
Miami median 19.4
Graduation rate86%
Miami median 87%
Cost of living
14% of the score · 45/100
D
Housing cost index151
Miami 100
Eff. tax rate0.81%
Miami 0.86%
Local sales tax7.00%
Miami median 7.00%
Commute & transport
14% of the score · 70/100
B−
Mean commute23.8 min
Miami 29.3 min
Under 30 minutes66%
Miami 53%
Transit stops / sq mi3.3
Miami median 12 · within 2 miles
Amenities
12% of the score · 20/100
F
Restaurants & cafés3
Miami median 37 · within 2 miles
Groceries0
Miami median 8 · within 2 miles
Parks15
Miami median 30 · within 2 miles
Employment & income
12% of the score · 71/100
B−
Median household income$134,216
Miami $76,527
Unemployment3.6%
Miami 5.1%
Professional occupations66%
Miami 39%
Residents
12% of the score · inactive
—
No responses yet. Residents is excluded from the score until eight people answer.
Ask the people who live here
Twelve yes/no questions, one tap each. No dataset knows whether the yards are kept or whether anyone talks to their neighbours. Answers feed the Residents grade, which needs eight responses before it counts.
Nobody has answered for Coral Gables yet. If you live here, you can be the first.
Is it quiet at night?
—
Do you feel safe walking after dark?
—
Can you walk to a grocery store?
—
Is it good for young children?
—
Are yards and streets well kept?
—
Tap either button to answer — no account neededAll twelve questions →
Better than Coral Gables on amenities
Coral Gables's weakest grade is F. Six suburbs are within 25 miles and score higher on the same six inputs.
SuburbAmenitiesOverall
Miami7 mi from Coral GablesA+ 61 C Aventura21 mi from Coral GablesA 61 C North Miami16 mi from Coral GablesA− 53 C− North Miami Beach18 mi from Coral GablesA− 57 C− Hallandale Beach22 mi from Coral GablesA− 53 C− Westchester7 mi from Coral GablesB+ 59 C Restaurants & cafés: OpenStreetMap Sep 2026 · Groceries: OpenStreetMap Sep 2026
Common questions about living in Coral Gables
Is Coral Gables, FL a good place to live?
Coral Gables scores 58 out of 100, 19th of 60 Miami suburbs. It is strongest on employment & income and weakest on amenities. Every weight behind that score is published on the methodology page.
Is Coral Gables expensive to live in?
Cost of living grades D. The median home is $1,089,900, 146% above the Miami median, and the effective property tax rate is 0.81%. $2,373/mo is the median gross rent.
How good are the schools in Coral Gables?
Schools grade C. The districts serving Coral Gables sit at the 73rd pct within-state proficiency percentile, with a 86% graduation rate and a 18.9 student–teacher ratio. Coral Gables is served by Miami-Dade. Proficiency is only ever compared inside the same state.
How long is the commute from Coral Gables?
The mean commute is 23.8 min, with 66% of workers travelling under 30 minutes and 23% working from home. Transit density is 3.3 stops per square mile.
Can you walk anywhere in Coral Gables?
Within two miles there are 0 groceries, 3 restaurants and cafés and 15 parks, which grades F on amenities.
Are the homes in Coral Gables old or new?
The median home in Coral Gables was built in 1969 — older than the Miami median of 1982. That is a median, so a town can be half post-war and half new-build and still land there. 53% of homes are houses rather than flats.
Every answer is built from the figures on this page, with their sources and as-of dates on the methodology page.