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A town of 3,036, settled in 1946.
The typical home is worth about $1.9 million, 25 years of the Miami metro’s $77K median household income. Overall it grades C, 312th among Florida's 634 graded towns. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 85% of the country and 18% of its land is conserved. Its weakest subject is safety: its crime rate is higher than 78% of U.S. towns, with 7 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. Bal Harbour’s median rent is $2,804 a month, against $1,647 a month in Florida’s towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. Bal Harbour is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns. Only 29 of Florida’s 779 towns score higher on hazard risk.
Where Bal Harbour beats most towns.
2,513 counted in 2010 and 3,093 in 2020; an estimated 3,036 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Bal Harbour is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 224 in 1950, 3,093 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1951 and 2 maps from 1956 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bal Harbour. Close and well known come first.
Big draw9 mi Stadium & arenaHard Rock Stadium
Big draw9 mi Stadium & arenaNu Stadium
Big draw9 mi Stadium & arenaKaseya Center
10 mi Stadium & arenaLoanDepot Park
in town Park & preserveHaulover Park
25 mi National ParkEverglades National Park778K visitors a yearHard Rock Stadium: elisfkc2, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nu Stadium: Cuban Boy, CC0 · Kaseya Center: jjron, GFDL 1.2 · LoanDepot Park: Roberto Coquis, CC BY 2.0 · Haulover Park: Elmschrat, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Everglades National Park: Everglades NPS from Homestead, Florida, United States, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bal Harbour, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Bal Harbour.
Bal Harbour carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Florida (mostly hurricanes), is a second-home town and draws workers from Miami and beyond.
At 25 years of the Miami metro’s $77K median household income, the typical home (about $1.92M) costs more against local pay than in any other Florida town; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living. Home values rose 41% in five years, to about $1.92M, against 19% across Florida.
58% of Bal Harbour households own their home. Typical home values rose 6.9% in the year to September 2026.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its A+ for the outdoors ranks #10 of 638 in Florida.
Bal Harbour’s trail density is 4.0 miles per square mile. 2.4 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bal Harbour Waterfront Park | 0.2 mi | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
3,674 jobs are based in Bal Harbour, 3.7 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 35.5 minutes, against 28 across Florida.
Most working residents leave Bal Harbour for work: only 7% work in town. The average trip to work in Bal Harbour is 36 minutes. Jobs based in Bal Harbour grew to 3,674 in 2023, 1,749 more than in 2013.
| Bal Harbour | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 36 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 20% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $81,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its widest gap with Florida is tooth loss: 7.1% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 12.7% statewide.
23% of adults have obesity in Bal Harbour. Bal Harbour beats the Florida average on 18 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 14% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Bal Harbour.
| Bal Harbour | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 32% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.6% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Bal Harbour | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.1% | 12.7% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8% | 13.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 13% | 9.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Property crime runs at 25.4 per 1,000 residents, about twice the Florida rate, most of it theft. Reported crimes fell from 166 to 86 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Bal Harbour reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 78% report less. Only 9 of the 132 Florida towns we compare have a higher property crime rate than Bal Harbour.
| Bal Harbour | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 25.4 per 1,000 residents | 12.6 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.3 per 1,000 residents | 2.1 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
January nights average 61°, milder than in 100% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 89.4°.
Bal Harbour has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Bal Harbour | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 61°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 89°F | 91°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 96% of Florida towns, with expected losses of about $316 per resident a year; that rating is what its B for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1980, 30 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Bal Harbour.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
19 within 15 miles of the center of Bal Harbour
About 2 of every 100 Bal Harbour residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
Where Bal Harbour’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Village in Florida, United States
Bal Harbour or Bal Harbor Beach is a village in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The village is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. The population was 3,093 at the 2020 US Census.
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One town shares a border with Bal Harbour.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bal Harbour | #312 | C | D− | C− | B+ | A− |
| Surfside | #70 | B | D− | — | B+ | A− |
Surfside reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Bal Harbour with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Bal Harbour grades C overall, better than 34% of U.S. towns and #312 of 634 in Florida. It grades A− for health, C− for safety and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
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