SETTLE · NEIGHBORHOOD GUIDES
Coconut Grove is Miami’s oldest neighborhood — and it still feels like a village the city grew around, not a district it planned. Banyan-lined streets, sailboats moored off Dinner Key, and front porches instead of lobbies: the Grove is for people who want the bay, the trees, and a house with a yard without leaving Miami.
I’m Yara, and the Grove is where I send families who ask for “a real neighborhood” — somewhere kids can bike to the park, weekends happen on the water, and dinner doesn’t require a reservation app. It’s bohemian by history and sailor by habit, minutes from Brickell but a world apart in pace.
Who Coconut Grove is for
- Families who want a house with a yard and good schools without moving to the suburbs.
- Sailors, paddleboarders, and anyone whose weekend plans involve the bay.
- Remote workers and creatives who want village calm with the city 15 minutes away.
- Buyers priced out of Gables waterfront who still want character and canopy.
Renting in Coconut Grove
Coconut Grove rents run higher than most of Miami’s mainland — you’re paying for the bay, the canopy, and houses with yards. Most rentals are houses, townhouses, and low-rise condos rather than big towers, so inventory is limited and the good ones move fast.
| Unit | Typical range |
|---|---|
| 2 bedrooms | about $5,300–$9,500 |
| 3 bedrooms | about $5,850–$10,500 |
| Single-family home | from about $5,850 |
Approximate ranges from SETTLE’s Coconut Grove rental edition (October 2026) — not a promise of availability.
See current Coconut Grove rentals
Buying in Coconut Grove
Buying in the Grove means single-family homes, townhouses, and low-rise condos — there’s no Brickell-style tower forest here, and residents like it that way. Zillow put the area’s average home value around $1.25M in September 2026, up about 3% from the year before. In practice, recent public listings show 2-bedroom condos from the mid-$500Ks and single-family homes from about $1.2M, with bayfront estates running into the multi-millions. The spread between a cottage west of the highway and a bayfront estate is enormous, so talk to us before you anchor on a number.
Schools in Coconut Grove
Families here ask about Coconut Grove Elementary, G.W. Carver Middle, and Coral Gables Senior High — the public-school path most Grove addresses feed into. On the private side, Ransom Everglades (upper school on Main Highway) and Immaculata-La Salle sit right in the neighborhood. Always confirm your exact address’s zoning with Miami-Dade County Public Schools before you sign or buy — boundaries here don’t follow the streets you’d expect.
Parks and the outdoors
The Grove’s backyard is the bay. Peacock Park and David T. Kennedy Park sit right on Biscayne Bay with playgrounds, picnic areas, and sunset views; Kennedy Park also has one of the city’s best off-leash dog areas. The Barnacle Historic State Park — an 1891 home in a hammock of old-growth trees — is the oldest house in Miami-Dade still on its original site. On the water, Dinner Key Marina (city-operated, one of Florida’s largest) anchors a sailing scene that includes the Coconut Grove Sailing Club and the Coral Reef Yacht Club.
Shopping and everyday life
Daily life centers on Grand Avenue and Main Highway: cafés, bookstores, and local shops rather than malls. CocoWalk, the open-air plaza on Grand Avenue, covers dinner-and-a-movie nights. For groceries, the Publix at 2270 SW 27th Ave covers the weekly shop, and the Saturday farmers market on Grand Avenue covers the rest.
Getting around
Approximate drive times (no traffic, which is never the case on US-1 at 6pm):
- Brickell / Downtown Miami: about 15 minutes
- Coral Gables: about 10 minutes
- Miami International Airport: about 20 minutes
- Miami Beach: about 30 minutes
The Grove is one of Miami’s most walkable neighborhoods, with a free trolley circulating the village and the nearby Metrorail connecting to Downtown and the airport.
Good to know
- Much of the Grove near the bay sits in a flood zone — check the FEMA flood map for any address before you rent or buy, and budget for flood insurance on the water.
- Parking on Grand Avenue and Main Highway gets tight on weekend evenings; most houses come with driveways, which is half the point.
Tell us about your move
If Coconut Grove sounds like your kind of Miami, tell us what you’re looking for — budget, bedrooms, timeline, schools. We answer ourselves, usually the same day, and there’s zero pressure: if the Grove isn’t the fit, we’ll tell you which neighborhood is.
