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Best Cities for Families Report: Miami doesn’t bode well

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At Apartment List, we know that people care about a lot of factors when they’re searching for a home. Everyone wants a great apartment at a great price, but families look for different things in a city than young singles.

Last year, we released our list of the best cities for young families; this year, we refreshed our analysis with the latest and greatest data to help you make the best decision for your homebuyers. This report is specifically tailored for Miami.

The Apartment List methodology

Our analysis centered around the four factors that we identified as being important to families:

We weighted these factors using the percentages listed above, and used this index to assign grades and rankings to the nearly 500 cities in our study.

Miami’s family-friendly factor

Miami’s scores were as follows:

Miami’s highest score was its child score, with 24 percent of its population being under the age of 18. Next highest was its education score, with a graduation rate of 77 percent.

Scores dropped off steeply from there, for crime and housing. About 5,892 crimes are committed per 100,000 people in Miami, and the average renter is cost-burdened, with the rent for a two-bedroom apartment requiring 44 percent of median renter income.

Overall, Miami is not the best city for a family.

Yuki Graviet Knapp is a Content Marketing Associate with the Growth Team at Apartment List and is a resident of the Bay Area.