Greater Downtown Area

City's most popular area, is home to some of the country's best restaurants, museums, shopping centers, and arenas.

Welcome to Greater Downtown Area

A bustling and fun area full of culture.
 
The Greater Downtown Area of Miami is the city's most popular area, home to some of the country's best restaurants, museums, shopping centers, and arenas. Anyone visiting will testify to the unmatched and luxurious lifestyle on display here, which is unparalleled. You get to enjoy the sun as you go on about your day shopping, heading to the beach, or sampling some of the world-class cuisines at various restaurants.
 
Furthermore, the Greater Downtown Area boasts the best luxury apartments on this side of the country, which have access to the beach, restaurants, designer boutiques, and endless waterfront views. The area is covered in trees, allowing for a relaxing walking experience for residents and tourists alike. The proximity to the beach and central business district makes the Greater Downtown Area the ideal place to live.
 

What to Love

  • A growing neighborhood ideal for young families
  • The social scene is unmatched
  • Exciting nightlife and thriving restaurants
  • Modern amenities everywhere
 

Local Lifestyle

Miami is one of the world's most culturally inclusive and socially advanced cities, and the Greater Downtown Area is at the center of it. The prolonged warm weather and the constant breeze off the Atlantic Ocean make every day feel like a vacation, as seen by the laid-back nature of the residents. The Greater Downtown Area is where most social and business meetings are held, as it houses the city's best open-air, beachside, and rooftop restaurants. The lifestyle here cannot be accurately explained; it can only be experienced.
 

Dining, Entertainment & Shopping

Brickell City Centre is a popular shopping mall at the heart of the Greater Downtown Area that offers an upscale experience in its restaurants, shops, and offices. In addition, the mall is close to most apartment buildings in the area, making it a quick commute for any resident.
 
Equinox Gym offers Miamians an ideal location to maintain their fitness at an exclusive establishment with all the modern training equipment.
 
KOMODO Restaurant is the go-to place for the best Southeast Asian cuisine. The restaurant features a multilevel space that provides all diners with an intimate and upscale feel.
 
Sexy Fish Miami encapsulates everything great about the Greater Downtown Area. The chic and upscale restaurant features high ceilings and magnificent decor that brings together the top-notch vibe it offers. Diners enjoy a variety of Asian meals prepared by some of the best chefs in Miami.
 

Things to Do

No tour of Miami is complete without a visit to the FTX Arena, where you can watch an NBA game featuring our hometown team, the Miami Heat. For a bit of a more refined performance,  the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts is one of the biggest institutions of its kind in the country and offers a unique and surreal experience with its many shows.
 
In addition, the Greater Downtown Area hosts the Miami International Boat Show in two venues, a must-see for boat enthusiasts.
 
The Phillip & Patricia Frost Museum of Science should be on your must-see list in downtown Miami, as you can marvel at the array of exhibits, from the planetarium to Ice Age giants. The Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) collects and showcases artwork from around the world created in the 20th and 21st centuries. Lastly, Art Basel Miami is an international contemporary art show that displays various pieces that intrigue and inspire viewers.
 

Schools

Some of the notable schools in the Greater Downtown area include:
 
  • Mater Academy East Charter, K - Grade 5
  • Ada Merritt K-8 Center, K - Grade 8
  • Lincoln-Marti Charter School Little Havana Campus, Kindergarten-Grade 8

Overview for Greater Downtown Area, FL

440,807 people live in Greater Downtown Area, where the median age is 39.9 and the average individual income is $34,295. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.

440,807

Total Population

39.9 years

Median Age

High

Population Density Population Density This is the number of people per square mile in a neighborhood.

$34,295

Average individual Income

Demographics and Employment Data for Greater Downtown Area, FL

Greater Downtown Area has 181,597 households, with an average household size of 2.38. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. Here’s what the people living in Greater Downtown Area do for work — and how long it takes them to get there. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. 440,807 people call Greater Downtown Area home. The population density is 12,246.11 and the largest age group is Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.

440,807

Total Population

High

Population Density Population Density This is the number of people per square mile in a neighborhood.

39.9

Median Age

50.4 / 49.6%

Men vs Women

Population by Age Group

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0-9 Years

10-17:

10-17 Years

18-24:

18-24 Years

25-64:

25-64 Years

65-74:

65-74 Years

75+:

75+ Years

Education Level

  • Less Than 9th Grade
  • Associate Degree
  • Bachelor Degree
181,597

Total Households

2.38

Average Household Size

$34,295

Average individual Income

Households with Children

With Children:

Without Children:

Marital Status

Married
Single
Divorced
Separated

Blue vs White Collar Workers

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Commute Time

0 to 14 Minutes
15 to 29 Minutes
30 to 59 Minutes
60+ Minutes

Schools in Greater Downtown Area, FL

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The following schools are within or nearby Greater Downtown Area. The rating and statistics can serve as a starting point to make baseline comparisons on the right schools for your family. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Type
Name
Category
Grades
School rating
Coral Way K-8 Center
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
4/5
Silver Bluff Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 5th
2/5
Shenandoah Middle School
PUBLIC
6th - 8th
1/5
Immaculata-La Salle High School
PRIVATE
9th - 12th
No rating available
Brito Miami Private School
PRIVATE
PreK - 12th
No rating available
The Gordon School Of Beth David Congregation
PRIVATE
PreK - 5th
No rating available
Village Montessori Day School
PRIVATE
PreK - K
No rating available
Carrollton School Of The Sacred Heart
PRIVATE
PreK - 12th
No rating available
Coconut Grove Montessori School - Main Campus
PRIVATE
PreK - 5th
No rating available
Ransom Everglades School
PRIVATE
6th - 12th
No rating available
La Prima Casa Montessori School
PRIVATE
PreK - 3rd
No rating available
PRIVATE
1st - 12th
No rating available
Coconut Grove Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 5th
5/5
Mater Grove Academy
PUBLIC
K - 8th
4/5
Jose Marti School #2
PRIVATE
4th - 8th
No rating available
Ransom Everglades School
PRIVATE
6th - 12th
No rating available
Vanguard School Of Coconut Grove Fl
PRIVATE
Undergrad - Undergrad
No rating available
Frances S. Tucker Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 5th
1/5
Jose Marti School 1
PRIVATE
PreK - 3rd
No rating available
St Hugh Catholic School
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Carrollton School-Sacred Heart
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Meni Ninho Meni Ninha Inc
PRIVATE
PreK - K
No rating available
Comstock Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 5th
1/5
Thena Crowder Early Childhood Diagnostic Special Education C
PUBLIC
PreK - K
No rating available
Morningside K-8 Academy
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
3/5
Santa Clara Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 5th
1/5
Phyllis R. Miller Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 5th
2/5
Maya Angelou Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 5th
1/5
School For Advanced Studies-Wolfson
PUBLIC
11th - 12th
No rating available
Booker T. Washington Senior High
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
1/5
Early Beginnings Academy
PUBLIC
PreK - 5th
No rating available
Mater East Academy Middle School
PUBLIC
6th - 8th
4/5
District Instructional Center (Dic)
PUBLIC
K - 12th
No rating available
Lincoln-Marti Charter School Little Havana Campus
PUBLIC
K - 8th
3/5
International Studies Charter Middle School
PUBLIC
6th - 8th
5/5
Miami Arts Charter
PUBLIC
6th - 12th
4/5
Green Springs High School
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
1/5
Sports Leadership And Management (Slam) Charter Middle School
PUBLIC
6th - 8th
2/5
Mater Virtual Academy Charter Middle/High School
PUBLIC
6th - 12th
3/5
International Studies Virtual
PUBLIC
6th - 12th
No rating available
Mater International Academy
PUBLIC
K - 5th
2/5
PRIVATE
PreK - 2nd
No rating available
Sunflowers Academy
PRIVATE
K - 8th
No rating available
Center Of Life Academy
PRIVATE
2nd - 12th
No rating available
St Michael The Archangel
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
United Cerebral Palsy Transitional Learning
PRIVATE
10th - 12th
No rating available
Kids Small World Learning Center
PRIVATE
PreK - 2nd
No rating available
PRIVATE
1st - 12th
No rating available
Growing Minds Teaching Center
PRIVATE
K - 5th
No rating available
Lincoln-Marti School # 28
PRIVATE
K - 12th
No rating available
Lincoln-Marti School LLC
PRIVATE
K - 12th
No rating available
Paul Laurence Dunbar K-8 Center
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
1/5
Jesse J. McCrary Junior Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 5th
1/5
Georgia Jones Ayers Middle School
PUBLIC
6th - 8th
No rating available
Riverside Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 5th
1/5
Shenandoah Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 5th
2/5
Phyllis Wheatley Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 5th
No rating available
Miami Edison Senior High School
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
1/5
Miami Jackson Senior High School
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
1/5
New World School Of The Arts
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
5/5
Miami Children's Museum Charter School
PUBLIC
K - 5th
4/5
Theodore R. And Thelma A. Gibson Charter School
PUBLIC
K - 6th
1/5
Law Enforcement Officers Memorial High School
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
4/5
Miami-Dade Online Academy- Virtual Instruction Program
PUBLIC
K - 12th
4/5
Sports Leadership Of Miami Charter High School
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
3/5
Alpha Charter Of Excellence
PUBLIC
K - 5th
1/5
Charter High School Of The Americas
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
3/5
St Michael The Archangel Catholic School
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Community Development Inc. Dba McDonalds Playworld
PRIVATE
K - 12th
No rating available
Interamerican Learning Center
PRIVATE
PreK - K
No rating available
Meyga Learning Center
PRIVATE
K - 9th
No rating available
Lindsey Hopkins Technical College
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
No rating available
Eneida M. Hartner Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 5th
1/5
Orchard Villa Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 5th
No rating available
Miami Northwestern Senior High
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
1/5
Design & Architecture Senior High
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
5/5
Jose De Diego Middle School
PUBLIC
6th - 8th
No rating available
Downtown Miami Charter School
PUBLIC
K - 6th
2/5
International Studies Charter High School
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
5/5
Ada Merritt K-8 Center
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
5/5
Young Womens Preparatory Academy
PUBLIC
6th - 12th
5/5
Mater Academy East Charter High School
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
3/5
Mater International Preparatory
PUBLIC
6th - 9th
4/5
Mater Academy Of International Studies
PUBLIC
K - 5th
3/5
PUBLIC
PreK - 12th
5/5
Bridgeprep Academy Of Greater Miami
PUBLIC
K - 5th
2/5
Ebenezer Christian Academy
PRIVATE
K - 12th
No rating available
St Marys Cathedral School
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Tamiami United Methodist Daycare & Elementary School
PRIVATE
PreK - 6th
No rating available
Morningside Montessori School
PRIVATE
PreK - K
No rating available
Care Elementary School
PRIVATE
K - 5th
No rating available
Carousel Learning Academy
PRIVATE
PreK - K
No rating available
Watch Me Grow Learning Center III
PRIVATE
K - 1st
No rating available
A G Day Care Learning Center
PRIVATE
PreK - K
No rating available
B. Wright Leadership Academy
PRIVATE
K - 12th
No rating available
Clara Mohammed School Of Miami
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Metropolitan International School Of Miami
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Citrus Grove Middle School
PUBLIC
6th - 8th
No rating available
Toussaint L'Ouverture Elementary
PUBLIC
PreK - 5th
2/5
Lenora Braynon Smith Elementary
PUBLIC
PreK - 5th
1/5
Auburndale Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 5th
2/5
Citrus Grove Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 5th
1/5
Frederick R. Douglass Elementary
PUBLIC
PreK - 5th
No rating available
Edison Park K-8 Center
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
1/5
Kensington Park Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 5th
2/5
Shadowlawn Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 5th
2/5
Southside Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 8th
3/5
Miami Senior High School
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
2/5
Mater Academy East Charter
PUBLIC
K - 5th
5/5
Young Men's Preparatory Academy
PUBLIC
6th - 12th
2/5
PUBLIC
7th - 12th
No rating available
Secondary Student Success Center 802
PUBLIC
6th - 12th
No rating available
Bridgeprep Academy Interamerican Campus
PUBLIC
K - 8th
4/5
PUBLIC
6th - 12th
No rating available
Itech@thomas A Edison Educational Center
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
2/5
Mater Preparatory Academy
PUBLIC
K - 8th
No rating available
Bola Childcare Learning Center
PRIVATE
PreK - 3rd
No rating available
Western General Education
PRIVATE
9th - 12th
No rating available
Key Point Academy
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
La Progresiva School
PRIVATE
PreK - 12th
No rating available
Montealegre Senior High School
PRIVATE
9th - 12th
No rating available
Sts Peter & Paul School
PRIVATE
PreK - 8th
No rating available
Watch Me Grow Learning Center Inc
PRIVATE
PreK - 3rd
No rating available
Acceleration Academies Lejeune
PUBLIC
9th - 12th
1/5
Yin Yang Academy
PRIVATE
K - 4th
No rating available
Henry M. Flagler Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 5th
3/5
Kinloch Park Middle School
PUBLIC
6th - 8th
No rating available
Fairlawn Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 5th
3/5
Kinloch Park Elementary School
PUBLIC
PreK - 5th
3/5
Ebenezer Day Care
PRIVATE
K - 2nd
No rating available
Tiny Steps Daycare Learning Center
PRIVATE
PreK - 3rd
No rating available

Around Greater Downtown Area, FL

There's plenty to do around Greater Downtown Area, including shopping, dining, nightlife, parks, and more. Data provided by Walk Score and Yelp.

84
Very Walkable
Walking Score
69
Bikeable
Bike Score
75
Excellent Transit
Transit Score

Points of Interest

Explore popular things to do in the area, including Lolita Restaurant, Saint Laurent, and Rupees.

Name Category Distance Reviews
Ratings by Yelp
Dining 0.36 miles 12 reviews 5/5 stars
Shopping 2.83 miles 5 reviews 5/5 stars
Shopping 1.9 miles 5 reviews 5/5 stars
Shopping 3.43 miles 5 reviews 5/5 stars
Shopping 4.41 miles 15 reviews 5/5 stars
Shopping 4.43 miles 7 reviews 5/5 stars
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