Median list price
$665,000
For-sale active inventory
Price / sq ft
$412
Across active listings
Active inventory
120
On the market right now
Median days on market
43
Well-priced units move faster
✦ Computed live from MIAMI MLS active inventory · refreshed every few hours · updated September 12, 2026
Market pulse
How Little Haiti is trading
Median asking price by month listed, plus how active inventory splits — all live from MIAMI MLS active listings (not closed sales).
Median list price, by month listed
12-mo avg-46.9%
Median list, recent vs. earlier
$810,991
12-month average
120
For-sale listings
What's on the market, by price
Share of active for-sale inventory
Recently sold in Little Haiti (6)
Public MIAMI MLS closingsClosed-sale data from the MIAMI MLS · deemed reliable but not guaranteed. MiamiCityRealty.com was not necessarily involved in these transactions; the listing and selling brokerages credited above are the parties to each sale.
The insider read
What Little Haiti actually is
The neighborhood occupies the central blocks of the City of Miami roughly from NE 54th Street (south) to NE 85th Street (north), between NE 2nd Avenue and the I-95 corridor. The area was previously known as Lemon City — a 1900s-1940s modest neighborhood. By the early 1990s, “Little Haiti” had become the canonical name, the Caribbean Marketplace had been built, Libreri Mapou had opened.
The defining cultural spine is NE 2nd Avenue — the 30-or-so-block stretch from roughly 54th Street north to 79th Street that holds the Caribbean Marketplace, Libreri Mapou, the Little Haiti Cultural Complex, Notre Dame d’Haiti, Chef Créole, Naomi’s Garden, multiple botanicas + barber shops + record stores + bakeries (the pâté kòde + the patties + the wedding cakes).
Little Haiti sits at an extraordinary geographic + economic position: it’s adjacent to Design District + Edgewater + Wynwood + Midtown (all of which have appreciated dramatically over the past decade), and it sits at one of the highest natural elevations on the mainland Miami coast (10-12 feet) — making it materially more flood-resistant than Miami Beach, Edgewater, Brickell waterfront, or other low-lying coastal Miami zones. This combination — Design District-adjacent location + climate-change-resistant elevation — has produced what urban planners call climate gentrification: institutional capital and developers actively pursuing Little Haiti acquisitions because the higher elevation insulates the asset class against rising sea levels. The flagship development is the proposed Magic City Innovation District (Bob Zangrillo + Plaza Equity Partners) — a roughly $1B mixed-use mega-project on the western edge that’s working through a Community Benefits Agreement with the City.
For real estate, Little Haiti is one of the most fundamentally interesting entry-tier markets in Miami-Dade. Median single-family ~$475K. The housing stock is dominated by 1920s-1950s small bungalows + concrete-block ranches (much of it Mediterranean Revival + Mission + simple Bungalow-style on small lots), with a meaningful share of 1960s-1980s small apartment buildings + a growing wave of newer infill townhomes + small condos (especially toward the Design District and Edgewater edges). The buyer pool: design-professional buyers drawn to the cultural authenticity + walkable urbanism + Design District proximity, climate-conscious investors betting on the elevation + climate-gentrification long-arc, and first-time-buyer professionals priced out of Edgewater + Wynwood + Design District proper.
The Little Haiti markets
- 1920s-1950s small bungalows + Mission + concrete-block ranches — the foundational stock, $375-650K.
- Design District + Edgewater-adjacent better-block single-family — appreciating tier, $650K-$1.2M.
- 1960s-1980s small apartment buildings + duplexes — investor + small-multifamily, $400-900K.
- Newer infill townhomes + small condos (Design District + Wynwood-adjacent) — $400-750K.
- Newer-construction luxury condos + select penthouses (Iron Side / Magic City periphery) — $600K-$2M+.
- Rentals — Design-District-overflow rental pool. Single-family $2,400-$4,200; apartments $1,400-$2,400; smaller bungalows $1,900-$2,800.
Live Little Haiti inventory
Every listing priced in dollars AND Bitcoin. Note: Little Haiti is within City of Miami (MLS labels these as “Miami”), so we filter by zip codes 33138, 33137, 33150 to surface the Little Haiti + adjacent Buena Vista + MiMo-edge inventory.
🏡 Little Haiti Single-Family Homes — bungalows + concrete-block
3-4 BR single-family — the 1920s-50s small-house stock that defines Little Haiti residential.
$2,295,000
10619 NE 10th Pl, Miami Shores FL 33138 – Residential
10th Pl
- 4 beds
- 3.5 baths
- 2,557 sqft
🏛️ Little Haiti Larger Single-Family
5,000+ sqft — the rare larger homes, mostly Design District + Edgewater-adjacent.
🏘️ Little Haiti Townhomes
Newer infill townhomes — the Design District + Wynwood-overflow tier.
$349,000
8941 NE 4th Ave Rd # 8941, Miami Shores FL 33138 – Residential
4th Ave Rd
- 2 beds
- 1.5 baths
- 954 sqft
$315,000
8953 NE 4th Ave Rd # 8953, Miami Shores FL 33138 – Residential
4th Ave Rd
- 2 beds
- 1.5 baths
- 954 sqft
🏢 Little Haiti Luxury Condos
Newer mid-rise condos — Iron Side, Magic City-periphery, Design District-adjacent.
$1,795,000
2020 N Bayshore Dr # 1710, Miami FL 33137 – Residential
Bayshore Dr
- 3 beds
- 3 baths
- 1,679 sqft
$649,000
1000 QUAYSIDE TERRACE # 1901, Miami FL 33138 – Residential
QUAYSIDE TERRACE
- 3 beds
- 2.5 baths
- 1,913 sqft
🏬 Little Haiti Starter Condos
1BR + studios. Entry-tier ownership in a walkable culturally-anchored Miami neighborhood.
Little Haiti rentals
🏡 Little Haiti Single-Family Rentals
$2,400-$4,500/mo. Single-family + townhome rentals.
$5,000
3301 NE 1st Ave # H1102, Miami FL 33137 – Residential Lease
1st Ave
- 2 beds
- 2 baths
- 1,263 sqft
🏬 Little Haiti Standard Rentals
Under $2,500/mo. Apartments + 1BR condos — the Design-District-overflow pool.
$2,950
2001 Biscayne Blvd # 2310, Miami FL 33137 – Residential Lease
Biscayne Blvd
- 1 bed
- 1 bath
- 707 sqft
The places that make Little Haiti, Little Haiti
Caribbean Marketplace
5927 NE 2nd Avenue. The 1990 Caribbean Marketplace — designed by Miami architect Charles Harrison Pawley in the gingerbread-trimmed pink-and-orange Iron Market style — is the visual symbol of Little Haiti. Open vendor stalls, traditional crafts, folk art, food. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2017, restored 2014-2015 under the City of Miami’s stewardship of the Little Haiti Cultural Complex, and serves as the iconic photographic anchor for the entire neighborhood. The Iron Market silhouette + the pink + orange + green color palette are unmistakable.
Libreri Mapou
5919 NE 2nd Avenue. The Libreri Mapou — Jan Mapou’s bookstore + cultural-organization headquarters — has been the intellectual + literary anchor of Little Haiti since 1990. The store sells literature; hosts the Sosyete Koukouy cultural organization’s poetry readings, theater performances, and classes.
Little Haiti Cultural Complex
212-260 NE 59th Terrace. The City of Miami’s official cultural anchor — a complex including the Caribbean Marketplace, the Cultural Complex theater + galleries, and outdoor festival space. Hosts the Big Night in Little Haiti monthly third-Friday concert series (live music, food vendors, cultural programming — free, attended by thousands). Hosts the annual Sounds of Little Haiti festival, the Compa Festival, and a year-round calendar of arts programming.
Notre Dame d’Haiti Catholic Church
110 NE 62nd Street. Established 1981. The church is an active social-services institution.
Chef Créole + Naomi’s Garden + food row
NE 2nd Avenue and surrounding blocks. Chef Créole (200 NW 54th Street + multiple locations) — the legendary Haitian-seafood institution, the go-to for conch (lambi), griot (deep-fried marinated pork shoulder), pikliz (the spicy slaw that makes everything better), diri kole ak pwa (red beans and rice), plantain (banann peze + banann fri), poul nan sòs (chicken in sauce). Naomi’s Garden Restaurant + Lounge (650 NW 71st Street) — sit-down Haitian + Caribbean dining + weekend live music. Buena Vista Deli (adjacent, more French-Caribbean), the multiple Haitian bakeries (the pâté kòde + patties + wedding cakes are essential). The food row is real, and it’s part of why buyers commit to the neighborhood — you can eat Haitian for every meal for a month and never repeat.
Sweat Records + Churchill’s Pub
5505 NE 2nd Avenue + 5501 NE 2nd Avenue. Sweat Records (founded 2005 by Lauren “Lolo” Reskin) — independent record store + vegan café + live-DJ + Miami-arts anchor. The store is woven into the indie-music + zine + leftist-political + Miami-arts scene; it’s where Miami subcultures gather, plan, organize. Next door, Churchill’s Pub — the legendary 1979-opened dive bar + punk + indie + experimental-music venue that Anthony Bourdain visited + filmed. Churchill’s changed ownership in 2020 and continues operating as a music venue. The two-storefront cluster on NE 2nd Avenue is a Little Haiti arts anchor + a magnet for the Design District-overflow crowd.
The 2nd Avenue murals
NE 2nd Avenue, multiple walls between 54th + 79th Streets. The walls along the cultural spine are covered in murals. Self-guided mural-walk is the canonical first-visit Little Haiti experience. Several walls are by artists Serge Toussaint + Atomik + Hoxxoh + others.
Little Haiti Soccer Park
6301 NE 2nd Avenue. The community-anchor park — soccer fields, basketball courts, playground, community-program space. Hosts the annual Compa Festival (the konpa music + culture festival), Sounds of Little Haiti, soccer leagues, community organizing. The park is the everyday-civic heart of Little Haiti.
Iron Side / Magic City periphery
Western edge along NE 4th + NE 6th Avenues, NE 60s + 70s blocks. The Iron Side warehouse-art-district cluster (built out 2010s) brought contemporary galleries + design + creative-office to the Little Haiti perimeter. The proposed Magic City Innovation District — the Bob Zangrillo / Plaza Equity Partners $1B+ mixed-use mega-project covering ~17 acres on the western edge. The development is moving forward under a Community Benefits Agreement negotiated 2019-2021 between developer + City of Miami (committing $31M+ in community benefits, affordable housing set-asides, and cultural-preservation programming). The buildout is phased over 15+ years.
Living in Little Haiti
Schools
- Toussaint L’Ouverture Elementary, Edison Park K-8 Center, Morningside K-8 Academy — district public.
- Miami Edison Senior High School — district public, the central Little Haiti high school + a historic institution.
- Edison Middle, Horace Mann Middle — district public.
- Mater Academy + Doral Academy charter networks — multiple campuses serving the area.
- Notre Dame d’Haiti Catholic School, Holy Cross Lutheran + multiple Catholic + Christian options.
- For academic magnets families apply to MAST Academy, TERRA Environmental, Design + Architecture Senior High (DASH, located in nearby Design District), School for Advanced Studies.
Getting around
- NE 2nd Avenue — the cultural + commercial north-south spine.
- NE 54th Street + NE 79th Street (Causeway-bound) — main east-west arteries.
- I-95 — eastern boundary, immediate access ramps.
- Biscayne Boulevard (US-1) — east-edge commercial spine bordering MiMo District.
- Design District Metromover-adjacent + Miami trolley + bus routes.
- Design District 5 min · Wynwood 8 min · Edgewater 6 min · Downtown 12 min · Brickell 15 min · Miami Beach 15-20 min · MIA 15-18 min.
- Walking distance from many residential blocks to the Caribbean Marketplace + cultural-spine institutions.
Little Haiti 2026 market: what we’re watching
- Climate-gentrification trajectory. The 10-12 ft elevation differential vs Miami Beach + Edgewater + Brickell waterfront is no longer theoretical — institutional capital + climate-conscious individual buyers are pricing it. Little Haiti single-family + small-multifamily acquisitions by climate-focused investors have measurably increased 2023-2025. Watch elevation-corrected price-per-square-foot trends.
- Magic City Innovation District phased buildout. The phased $1B+ mixed-use mega-project on the western edge is moving from approvals into construction. Adjacent-block pricing will move with each phase’s delivery. The Community Benefits Agreement compliance (affordable housing, cultural programming) is the social-license condition + worth tracking.
- Design District + Edgewater-spillover. As Design District + Edgewater pricing pushes east-side Little Haiti adjacent buyers, the Little Haiti edge pricing rises faster than the interior. The Wynwood-overflow + Design-District-overflow infill townhome wave continues.
- Cultural-preservation zoning + community-benefits enforcement. The City of Miami + County are deeply engaged in shaping what redevelopment looks like. Watch for zoning overlays, historic-district designations (the Caribbean Marketplace area is partial-historic), CRA-area boundary debates.
- Investor + cash-flow rental pool. Strong Design-District-overflow rental demand; cap rates work meaningfully better than Edgewater or Wynwood proper. Particularly for older small multifamily + 1920s-50s bungalows on smaller lots.
Frequently asked questions
Is Little Haiti safe?
Generally yes for the main residential + cultural-corridor zones, with normal block-by-block variability you’d expect in any older urban Miami neighborhood. The NE 2nd Avenue cultural corridor + Design District-adjacent + Magic City-periphery zones are heavily-trafficked, Police-monitored, and stable. Some interior + western-perimeter blocks have more variability. Crime trends have improved meaningfully over the past decade. Pull crime overlays + drive specific addresses + walk the block in person before any offer.
What’s the climate-gentrification story?
Little Haiti sits at one of the highest natural elevations on the mainland Miami coast — 10-12 feet above sea level, vs Miami Beach’s ~3-7 feet + Edgewater + Brickell waterfront’s 2-4 feet. As sea level rise + king tide flooding + storm-surge insurance costs reshape coastal Miami’s economic geography, higher-elevation inland neighborhoods become materially more valuable for long-term hold. Institutional capital + climate-conscious individual buyers have measurably increased Little Haiti acquisitions 2020-2025. This produces what urban planners call climate gentrification — displacement pressure driven not by ordinary gentrification dynamics but by climate-adaptation capital re-pricing elevation differentials.
Is Little Haiti a good first-time-buyer market?
Yes — meaningful and significantly underrated. $375-650K gets a real small bungalow or starter single-family in a walkable culturally-anchored urban neighborhood with strong rental fall-back, fast Design District + Wynwood + Edgewater access, climate-resistant elevation, and one of the most genuinely vibrant cultural streets in the United States as your front door. The trade-off: older housing stock + variable block-by-block condition are part of the package. For first-time buyers who value urban authenticity + cultural depth + value pricing + climate-resilience, very hard to beat in this part of Miami.
Schools serving Little Haiti?
District public: Toussaint L’Ouverture Elementary, Edison Park K-8, Morningside K-8, Edison + Horace Mann Middle, Miami Edison Senior High. Charter: Mater + Doral Academy networks. Private: Notre Dame d’Haiti Catholic, Holy Cross Lutheran, multiple Catholic + Christian options. For magnets families apply to MAST, TERRA, DASH (Design + Architecture Senior High, in adjacent Design District), School for Advanced Studies.
Can I buy a Little Haiti property with Bitcoin?
Yes. Title companies in the Design District + Edgewater + Wynwood corridor that work Little Haiti addresses are experienced with BTC closings at all price points. The local business community has growing crypto-comfort. BTC pricing displayed on every listing.
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What the numbers say about living in Little Haiti
Each figure below is live from MIAMI MLS active inventory + FEMA flood data — nothing illustrative.
Flood reality
About 6% of active for-sale homes here are mapped in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. Confirm a specific home's zone, elevation and insurance before you buy.
What you'll pay
Median asking price is $665,000 (about $412/sq ft) — -11% vs MCR median.
What's available
Single Family Residence is the most common home type among the 120 homes for sale right now.
Renting here
Median asking rent is $2,450/month across 55 active rentals — useful if you're weighing rent vs. buy.
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