What is the median rent in Leisure City, FL?

Name: Median rent in Leisure City, FL, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Leisure City, FL is $1,723 (±$70) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 4,529 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Leisure City, the median gross rent went from $1,136 in 2015–2019 to $1,723 in 2020–2024 (+51.7%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,723 (±$70)
Rented homes: 4,529 (±758)
$2,000 or more: 27.9%
Since 2015–2019: +51.7%

How much rent costs in Leisure City

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Leisure City	Miami-Dade County	Florida	United States
Less than $500	6.8% (±3.8 points)	5.7%	3.6%	6.3%
$500 to $999	8.8% (±4.8 points)	6.3%	10.7%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	16.6% (±5.5 points)	19.0%	26.0%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	39.9% (±9.0 points)	28.8%	28.8%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	20.7% (±6.4 points)	19.5%	17.4%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	5.7% (±2.6 points)	9.9%	7.2%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	1.5% (±1.0 points)	10.8%	6.3%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,500 to $1,999, paid by 39.9% of renting households.

27.9% of rented homes in Leisure City cost $2,000 or more a month.

Leisure City against Miami-Dade County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Leisure City	Miami-Dade County	Florida	United States
Median gross rent	$1,723 (±$70)	$1,829 (±$10)	$1,669 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	4,529 (±758)	451,853 (±5,202)	2,716,443 (±16,958)	42,849,984

In Leisure City, median gross rent is lower than in Miami-Dade County ($1,829).

It is not measurably different from Florida ($1,669).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

In Miami-Dade County, Leisure City ranks 46 of 66 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 311 of 793.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Leisure City has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$1,136 (±$43)	$1,723 (±$70)	+51.7%	Up after inflation
Households that rent	47.2% (±4.0 points)	56.4% (±5.2 points)	+9.2 percentage points	Measurable increase
Rental vacancy rate	1.6% (±1.5 points)	3.1% (±2.3 points)	+1.5 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Leisure City

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Leisure City
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Leisure City	—	$1,723 (±$70)	—
Naranja	1.8 mi	$1,713 (±$60)	Not measurably different
Homestead	2.0 mi	$1,674 (±$57)	Not measurably different
Florida City	4.0 mi	$1,362 (±$122)	Lower
Princeton	4.0 mi	$1,647 (±$165)	Not measurably different
Goulds	5.5 mi	$1,423 (±$329)	Not measurably different
South Miami Heights	7.2 mi	$1,605 (±$98)	Not measurably different
Richmond West	8.0 mi	$2,644 (±$264)	Higher
Cutler Bay	8.5 mi	$1,978 (±$158)	Higher

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Florida City, FL ($1,362).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Richmond West, FL ($2,644), Cutler Bay, FL ($1,978).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Miami-Dade County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
40	Miami Gardens	$1,787 (±$53)
41	Sweetwater	$1,771 (±$82)
42	South Miami	$1,764 (±$149)
43	Coral Terrace	$1,759 (±$168)
44	Miami	$1,758 (±$26)
45	North Miami Beach	$1,750 (±$62)
46	Leisure City	$1,723 (±$70)
47	Naranja	$1,713 (±$60)
48	North Miami	$1,702 (±$47)
49 (tie)	Hialeah	$1,689 (±$24)
49 (tie)	Virginia Gardens	$1,689 (±$158)
51	Homestead	$1,674 (±$57)
52	Princeton	$1,647 (±$165)

Showing 13 of 66 places in Miami-Dade County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Leisure City is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Leisure City

What is the average rent in Leisure City, FL?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Leisure City is $1,723 (±$70) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Leisure City?

In Leisure City, the median gross rent went from $1,136 in 2015–2019 to $1,723 in 2020–2024 (+51.7%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

How many rentals in Leisure City cost more than $2,000 a month?

27.9% of rented homes in Leisure City have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 6.8% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Leisure City higher than in Miami-Dade County?

In Leisure City, median gross rent is lower than in Miami-Dade County ($1,829).

It is not measurably different from Florida ($1,669).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Leisure City CDP, Florida (place:39950, in state:12).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.