Rents are 10% below what Sunny Isles Beach's 10-year trend predicts — a better deal than its own history suggests.
Rent by unit size
These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $3,409 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
May. Asking rents in Sunny Isles Beach usually run 0.5% below trend in May and 0.5% above it in December, about $34 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in Sunny Isles Beach is 2% below its high of $3,479 in October 2022, at $3,409 as of September 2026.
Rent in Sunny Isles Beach changed +1.8% over the year to September 2026. Across the 270 Florida cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +1.8%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in Sunny Isles Beach rose 58.4% while median household income rose 11.9% ($55,350 to $61,921). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in Sunny Isles Beach is 58.1% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has fallen 2 months in a row, and rose in 6 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($61,921) is $1,548 a month. That is less than HUD's Fair Market Rent for a studio ($1,655).
Aventura, 2 miles away, rents for 13% less ($2,976/mo), about $5,200 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Sunny Isles Beach. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
Sunny Isles Beach, FL is roughly split between renters and owners, has a large retiree population, has a median income below the national average, 53.2% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Sunny Isles Beach, FL has changed in 5 years
Since 2021, the typical rent in Sunny Isles Beach, FL has climbed from $2,351 to $3,409, a 45.0% change over five years. Household income in the area moved from $51,760 to $61,921 across the same window, up 19.6% versus 2021. That spread, with rent up faster than earnings, points to a tougher affordability environment than five years ago. Renters now make up 45.8% of households, compared with 48% five years ago. College-educated residents now make up 53.2% of adults here, versus 46.7% in 2021. Reading these numbers side by side helps frame whether current listings in Sunny Isles Beach, FL look reasonable against where the market sat half a decade ago.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Sunny Isles Beach is $3,409/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,655/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,508/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,827/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $3,501/mo.
At 66% of local median household income ($61,921/yr), Sunny Isles Beach ranks as expensive compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 1.8% over the past year.
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