Latest Findings:
Community Information:
The Miami-Hialeah MSA includes Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties, Florida. In 2015, the MSA included approximately 2,006,000 occupied dwelling units, 24.5% of which were located in the central cities of Miami, Boca Raton, Deerfield Beach, Delray Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Jupiter (town), Kendall (unincorporated), Miami Beach, Pompano Beach, and West Palm Beach. The housing stock of the MSA ranked among the youngest and most heavily rental of the cities surveyed. The percentage of pre-1940 homes ranked fourth (2.0%) for the MSA. The median house age in the Miami-Hialeah MSA was 1980. The percentage of rental units ranked 45th (42.7%) for the MSA. Compared to other locations, the Miami-Hialeah area had a higher poverty rate, ranking 51st (20.2%) for the entire MSA.
Positive Findings:
Compared to the national average, homes in the Miami metro area were of higher basic quality and had fewer homes with moderate or severe physical defects, broken plaster or peeling paint, heating equipment or sewage disposal breakdowns, open cracks or hole in walls, signs of rodents, water leaks from inside or outside, water supply stoppage, and foundation, roofing, siding, or window problems. Dwellings inside and outside the central city were of higher basic quality than average and less likely to have severe physical defects, broken plaster or peeling paint, open cracks or holes in walls, heating equipment breakdowns, water supply stoppage, water leaks from inside or outside, evidence of rodents, or problems with windows or siding. Rental properties also rated higher than average for basic housing quality and were less likely to have severe physical defects, heating equipment breakdowns, broken plaster or peeling paint, open cracks or holes in walls, water supply stoppage, water leaks from inside or outside, evidence of rodents, or problems with the foundation, roof, and siding. Also found to be of higher quality when compared to the national average, owner-occupied homes were less likely to have moderate physical problems, water supply stoppage, water leaks from inside or outside, signs of rodents, heating equipment or sewage disposal breakdowns, open cracks or holes in the walls, and roofing, siding, and window issues.
Areas for Improvement:
Compared to the national average, homes in the Miami-Hialeah-area, including those inside and outside the central city and owner-occupied dwellings, had more problems with roaches, room heaters without flues, rooms with no working electrical outlets, and exposed wiring than the national average. Rental properties were also more likely than average to have room heaters without flues, rooms with no working electrical outlets, and signs of roaches.