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25.67° N · 80.30° W · GEOID 1256625

Pinecrest

Miami-Dade County, Florida · part of the Miami, FL metro

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The short answer

Pinecrest is home to 18,462 people. Median household income is $206,417 a year and median rent is $1,946 a month, 11.3% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is lighter than in most places. The median home is valued at $1,406,400, about 6.8x annual median household income.

What sets Pinecrest apart is how far household money goes. After the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household keeps about $173,200 a year, more than in 97% of places its size. It is the highest of 458 Florida places we track. Also notable: Home value growth is 8.2% a year, against 5.9% a year in its closest peers.

93OF 100

CTXCitytistics Index

Exceptional

Pinecrest scores better than 93% of the 6,612 places we rate, and ranks 4th of 474 in Florida.

How the CTX is built

Category ratings · 0 to 100, typical place 50

Affordability 20%54
Economy 20%93
Safety 20%n/a
Amenities 15%63
Education 10%96
Commute 10%35
Growth 5%63

Not rated: safety, for want of data (the city police department does not report a full year to the FBI). The other weights are spread over the categories rated.

Median gross rent
$1,946
43% above the median place
Median household income
$206,417
157% above the median place
Median home value
$1,406,400
340% above the median place
Unemployment
3.0%
40% below the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Pinecrest

  • HousingOwning with a mortgage costs about $2,055 a month more than the median rent, a wider gap than in 99% of the 2,298 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track. It is the 2nd-highest of 472 Florida places we track.
  • AffordabilityHigh pay has not made renting easy. Household income is higher than in 97% of places we track, yet 60% of renters still spend 30% or more of income on rent.
  • Value for moneyRent is light relative to pay, but the county has a FEMA natural hazard risk score of 100 out of 100. Budget for insurance before counting the savings.
01

Moving to Pinecrest

Miami-Dade County loses about 18.7 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in67,097
Moved out107,355
Net−40,258

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Broward County, FL16,82129,098−12,277
Palm Beach County, FL2,6344,446−1,812
Lee County, FL1,1613,807−2,646
Orange County, FL1,5243,362−1,838
Hillsborough County, FL1,2462,603−1,357
New York County, NY2,031

Within Florida, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within FloridaOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$127K
Leavers$78K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Miami-Dade County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
3.7% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 2.8% from another state.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Miami-Dade County report $127,200 a year in income on average; those leaving, $78,100, so newcomers earn more than leavers.
Income you would need
$77,800 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $1,946 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $4,001 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $1,406,400.
Getting to work
28 minutes each way on average; 27.0% work from home; 3.0% take transit.
If it is close but not quite
Newton, MA matches it on character. Compare the two
Moved here in the past year1
3.7%
35% below the median place
Moved from another state1
2.8%
41% above the median place
Net movers per 1,000 people8
-18.7
below the median place (median -0.6)
All 5 moving measures
MeasurePinecrestAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year13.7%35% below
Moved from another state12.8%41% above
Net movers per 1,000 people8County figure-18.7below (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in8County figure$127,20080% above
Income of households moving out8County figure$78,10811% above
02

What it costs to live here

Rent is about 35% lower than we would expect for a place with these incomes, education levels, housing age and household types in the same metro area. That can mean good value, or drawbacks these figures do not capture, such as crime, schools or location.

Pinecrest11.3%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$77,840
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
11.3%
45% below the median place
Home price to income
6.8x
79% above the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
11%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$172,800
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

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Median home value1
$1,406,400
340% above the median place
Owner costs with a mortgage1
$4,001
114% above the median place
Property tax paid (median)1
$10,001
206% above the median place
All 15 cost and housing measures
MeasurePinecrestAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$1,94643% above
Rent to income111.3%45% below
Home price to income16.8x79% above
Prices vs US average2Metro figure114.213% above
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$2,56459% above
HUD area median income4County figure$89,80016% below
Property tax paid (median)1$10,001206% above
Median home value1$1,406,400340% above
Home prices, 1-year change5County figure2.8%13% below
Home prices, 5-year change5County figure79.5%54% above
Homeownership182.8%25% above
Renters paying 30%+159.9%18% above
Owner costs with a mortgage1$4,001114% above
Vacant homes16.1%13% below
Median year built119690% below
03

Work and pay

Income per person is $113,172, 182% above the median place.

Income per person1
$113,172
182% above the median place
Median household income1
$206,417
157% above the median place
Works from home1
27.0%
117% above the median place

More on work and pay, against the typical place

Poverty rate4.3% −60%
Unemployment3.0% −40%
Commutes by transit3.0% 3.5×
Mean commute28 min +11%
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasurePinecrestAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$206,417157% above
Income per person1$113,172182% above
Unemployment13.0%40% below
Average annual pay6County figure$81,81824% above
Pay growth, 1 year6County figure5.4%46% above
Jobs6County figure1,276,535above (median 150,665)
Poverty rate14.3%60% below
Mean commute128 min11% above
Works from home127.0%117% above
Commutes by transit13.0%252% above
04

Who lives here

Homes with broadband is 98.2%, 6% above the median place.

Homes with broadband1
98.2%
6% above the median place
No health insurance1
2.1%
67% below the median place
Bachelor's or higher1
72.4%
126% above the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

High school or higher98.2% +6%
Born abroad30.4% 3.4×
Household size3.0 +21%
Median age42.3 +8%
All 9 people measures
MeasurePinecrestAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population118,4622494th largest
Population change since 202071.4%17% above
Median age142.38% above
Bachelor's or higher172.4%126% above
High school or higher198.2%6% above
Household size13.021% above
Born abroad130.4%245% above
No health insurance12.1%67% below
Homes with broadband198.2%6% above
05

Life in Pinecrest

The nearest National Park Service site is Biscayne National Park, about 14 miles away.

Founded or incorporated in 1996. 1 site is on the National Register of Historic Places, 5 of them National Historic Landmarks. Its history on Wikipedia

  • Parrot Jungle Historic District listed 2011

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents7.0 −31%
Playgrounds per 10k7.6 −19%
Grocery stores per 10k2.7 +28%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k11.9 +7%
Libraries per 10k1.6 +86%
Named paths and bike trails5 km 2.5×
Bus and rail stops per sq mi14.1 67.1×

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

National Park Service sites nearby

  • Biscayne National Park 14 miles
  • Everglades National Park 34 miles
  • Big Cypress National Preserve 53 miles

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars22.2 +7%
Shops39.5 +30%
Arts, recreation and fitness5.9 +44%
Doctors' offices and clinics33.8 +67%
Child care centers2.8 +22%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Public schools13
1
89% below the median place
Public school students13
278
94% below the median place
Students per teacher13
18.5
20% above the median place
All 18 schools and local life measures
MeasurePinecrestAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools13189% below
Public school students1327894% below
Students per teacher1318.520% above
Restaurants and bars per 10k9County figure22.27% above
Shops per 10k9County figure39.530% above
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k9County figure5.944% above
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k9County figure33.867% above
Child care centers per 10k9County figure2.822% above
Parks per 10k107.031% below
Playgrounds per 10k107.619% below
Grocery stores per 10k102.728% above
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k1011.97% above
Libraries per 10k101.686% above
Named paths and bike trails105.0150% above
Transit stops per sq mi1014.1above (median 0.2)
Nearest National Park Service site1113.656% below
National Park Service sites within 60 miles11350% above
National Register listings12192% below
06

Safety, weather and risk

January average low is 58°F, 128% above the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Pinecrest. Larger places are fetched first.

January average low14
58°F
128% above the median place
Average temperature14
76°F
39% above the median place
Hurricane risk15
100.0
41% above the median place
All 11 weather and risk measures
MeasurePinecrestAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high14County figure91°F5% above
January average low14County figure58°F128% above
Average temperature14County figure76°F39% above
Annual precipitation14County figure57.5 in31% above
Natural hazard risk15County figure99.68% above
Hurricane risk15County figure100.041% above
Tornado risk15County figure98.721% above
Wildfire risk15County figure96.858% above
Heat wave risk15County figure99.310% above
Median air quality index16County figure479% above
Good air days16County figure56.4%18% below
08

Pinecrest in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 11% of the median income in 2030, about the same as 11% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases. On projected 2030 affordability, Pinecrest does better than 53% of places. Its projected home value growth beats 45%.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$1,946/mo (2024)$2,490/mo$2,040 to $3,030/mo+4.2%
Median household income$206,417 (2024)$262,000$221,500 to $310,000+4.1%
Median home value$1,406,400 (2024)$2,009,000$1,459,000 to $2,768,000+6.1%
Population18,635 (2025)19,08018,300 to 19,890+0.5%

The median home would be worth 7.7 years of the median income in 2030, against 6.8 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Pinecrest

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Newton, MA$2,370$190,304Compare
Winchester, MA$2,279$230,198Compare
Summit Park, UT$2,257$185,900Compare
Manhasset, NY$1,622$165,932Compare
Manhasset, NYSummit Park, UTWinchester, MANewton, MAPinecrest, FLPinecrestNewtonSummit ParkManhassetPinecrestNewtonSummit ParkManhasset

Places built like Pinecrest

Its statistical peers: the closest matches on size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, origin and remote work, in the same part of the country. Cost and outcomes are left out of the match, so the table shows how Pinecrest performs against places like it.

PlaceRent to incomeIncome growthPop. change
Pinecrest, FL11.3%5.6%/yr1.4%
Kings Park West, VA18.1%3.7%/yrn/aCompare
West Springfield, VA18.1%4.7%/yrn/aCompare
Rose Hill, VA17.0%7.1%/yrn/aCompare
Kemp Mill, MD17.8%4.7%/yrn/aCompare
Mantua, VA11.6%4.3%/yrn/aCompare
Palmetto Bay, FL17.7%2.9%/yr1.8%Compare

Common questions

Is Pinecrest a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Its Citytistics Index is 93 out of 100, better than 93% of the places we rate and 4th of 474 in Florida. Owning with a mortgage costs about $2,055 a month more than the median rent, a wider gap than in 99% of the 2,298 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track. It is the 2nd-highest of 472 Florida places we track. High pay has not made renting easy. Household income is higher than in 97% of places we track, yet 60% of renters still spend 30% or more of income on rent. On cost, space and class size it scores 81 out of 100 for families. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Pinecrest expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 11.3% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a lighter load here than usual. The median home is valued at $1,406,400.

What salary do you need to live in Pinecrest?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $77,840 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Pinecrest?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Newton, MA, Winchester, MA, Summit Park, UT and Manhasset, NY.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. Population Estimates · US Census Bureau · Vintage 2025
  8. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  9. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  10. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  11. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  12. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  13. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  14. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  15. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  16. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Pinecrest with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Pinecrest itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/pinecrest-florida

Citytistics. “Pinecrest, Florida.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/pinecrest-florida/

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