Housing in Model City at a glance
- Population
- about 26,418
- Housing units
- about 10,996
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $371,000Miami: $518,100 (-28%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,370 a monthMiami: $1,758 (-22%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 30.1%Miami: 30.8%
- Homes built before 1980
- 75.4%
- Median year built
- 1957
Model City sits near the bottom of Miami on cost. Owner value comes to $371,000, which sits 28% lower than the Miami figure and ranks 9th of 10, and renters pay $1,370, also 9th and 22% lower still. Little Haiti has a similar rent at $1,330 but values homes far higher. Allapattah, next door, is a touch lower on value at $364,000, whereas Little Haiti is valued at $529,000 and Wynwood/Edgewater at $558,000. Age is the other defining feature. Homes built before 1980 reach 75.4%, 2nd behind Flagami, with a midpoint of 1957, the earliest date among its neighbours, which include Wynwood/Edgewater's 2008. Ownership, at 30.1% of households, is nearly identical to Miami's 30.8%. Sitting north of the city's middle, the sector combines lower prices and very old housing with a tenure mix that mirrors the city's own, so neither renters nor owners outweigh the other more than they do citywide.
Questions about Model City
What is the median home value in Model City, Miami?
$371,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $518,100 for Miami as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in Model City?
$1,370 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,758 in Miami (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Model City own or rent?
Most rent: 30.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 30.8% in Miami (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 6 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city.
Model City is one of the 10 most populous of 11 NET (neighborhood enhancement team) areas of Miami: estimated population about 26,418 (Payotte estimate: Census ACS 2020-2024 populations of the census tracts whose internal point lies inside the boundary; boundaries from City of Miami GIS, NET Areas, consulted 2026-11-02).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for Miami as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
Near Model City
The closest sectors of Miami, by distance between population centres.
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Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Model City. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
Work in one of these trades in Model City? Ask for your spot.