In Miami Population Surge, Brickell Zip Codes Rank Highest

Two Brickell zip codes are the top ranked for people moving from out of state, according to a new analysis of Miami’s population surge by moveBuddha.

The study analyzed searches by individuals who were either planning to move themselves or hire a moving company in the subsequent year.

Brickell had significantly more inbound moving demand than outbound.

Brickell’s 33131 zip code had the top In-to-Out Ratio in the study at 1.84, while the 33130 Brickell zip code ranked third with a ratio of 1.31.

The 33139 South Beach zip code ranked second at 1.38.

Overall, Miami saw saw 4.64 times the number of in-moves in January 2022 compared to January 2020. That ratio remained similar through the end of 2022, the study said.

 

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Not Anonymous
6 months ago

This shows how people prefer a well-connected, walkable, and dense neighborhood. Downtown and Edgewater are on the road to this status, but they need more high-end retail and more pedestrian areas.

anonymous
6 months ago

edgewater is sadly not very walkable

MM305
6 months ago

Its way more walkable than Kendall, South Miami, Miami Gardens, ECT… Basically it is not as walkable as Brickell and Downtown – but thats it.

joe
6 months ago

West avenue area is also more walkable/sunset harbor/etc…

Anonymous
6 months ago

Apples to oranges, or rather apples to pumpkins. You’re comparing a neighborhood directly adjacent to downtown to suburbia.

MM305
6 months ago

What are the alternatives? You need a downtown to have walkability. You don’t get that in shorter settings because there isn’t enough critical mass. Edgewater has that critical mass because of its density and tall buildings. It’s just not as well connected to mass transit, but then again it has the best bus lines in the city – not my fault that people are obsessed with rail lines and don’t wanna take the bus.

BTW, almost no neighborhood needs high-end retail, they need more food options typically.

Anon
6 months ago

Blame biscayne blvd

Anonymous
6 months ago

With a streetcar line, wider sidewalks, and mixed-use development, Biscayne Boulevard would actually be the “spine” to make Edgewater walkable and connected to Wynwood and downtown.

Professional Engineer
6 months ago

It’s time for a street car. For the amount of money that downtown Miami makes, it should be pocket change.

Bill
6 months ago

Logical and common sense. Street cars have been repeatedly rejected for downtown Miami, where they would be overused with popularity as in the distant past. If there isn’t a quick financial overturn for politicians, expect nothing of the sort. I agree with your assessment, however.

Anonymous
6 months ago

A connected baywalk will provide significant connectivity

Anonymous
6 months ago

There’s no room for a baywalk. Development goes to the sea wall.

Anonymous
6 months ago

…and how was the sea wall built? Landfilling, of course. It can be extended, and include some natural areas with mangroves, sand dunes, etc. to mitigate storm surge.

Anonymous
6 months ago

Well why aren’t developers required to do that from the start?

Bruno
6 months ago

They are.
They do.

Bill
6 months ago

At a cost of?
Don’t count on it

Bruno
6 months ago

??
There is a Baywalk.

Anonymous
6 months ago

edgewater not walkable ? i see lots of foot traffic on Biscayne Blvd .

NYC to Miami
6 months ago

Brickell is the most walkable and connected community in Miami. It’s a center for people from all over the world. Coming from a big city, it’s the best place to move to in Miami.

Anonymous
6 months ago

Downtown has always been a walkable neighborhood, the only wide avenue is Biscayne blvd , all the other streets are narrow and is easy to cross them.Foot traffic is growing despite flagler street being closed and most of downtown is under construction

Brickell Growing
6 months ago

Hello, this thread is about Brickell.

Bill
6 months ago

Yes. Related as it does neighbor downtown

CREjake
6 months ago

Interestingly….that same company also raked Miami the #1 candidate for a 15-minute city in the U.S. (not that we truly have any besides NYC, Boston, Chicago and SF…and I guess Miami?

Anonymous
6 months ago

Not in Miami time, where it takes 15 minutes to cross the river.

Professional Engineer
6 months ago

Edgewater is absolutely lifeless. And if they continue to allow to developers to build huge rises and podiums with no urban planning, it will only get worse

Anonymous
6 months ago

Totally false. There’s more life in Margaret Pace Park than many blocks in soulless Brickell.

Anonymous
6 months ago

Brickell population growth likely is attributed to its expansive pedestrian experience, central location, world class amenities and services, abundance of waterfront property, early development success, financial services legacy, and similarities with more developed cities that have public transportation. There are rising developments for incomers in Brickell around the Brickell Station, Downtown, Riverside, and near the metro rail stations in Coconut Grove and Coral Gables, that are all very connected. The Midtown area is already seeing a boost of new development and hope to see it become more connected.

MM305
6 months ago

Or maybe its the tall buildings, amenities, and great views. LOL because when brickell first came into existence in 2009 the same people like you were saying its a ghost town, vacant with no retail or food. If you build it they will come, then you can make the place more pedestrian friendly. Enough with the Equity first agenda.

Anonymous
6 months ago

Brickell has become a place to live all year around, because of the services and public space and community. There are tall luxury waterfront buildings all over Florida, but they mostly serve retirees and part-time residents. Brickell has a lot of room to grow still and space available for newcomers to improve the city.

Anonymous
6 months ago

PUBLIC SPACE!? In Brickell?? What are you talking about lmaooo

Bruno
6 months ago

The Riverfront to the north.
The Bayfront and Brickell Key to the east.
Simpson Park to the south.
The Underline to the West.

Anonymous
6 months ago

I agree in all points but respectfully and disagree one thing… the Underline and Southside Park are in the center (ie the “Brickell Station” is a central hub) and José Martí Park and Brickell River District to the west. There are large soccer fields and plethora of public amenities on the water there.

Brickell Primed
6 months ago

Who said equity first? The metro mover extended to Brickell in 1994. 30 years later, it’s apparent that infrastructure predicates development in Miami. Brickell has come a long way and primed for what’s to come.

Anonymous
6 months ago

What? Brickell was developing into the “new” downtown since the 1960s, years before the electric beer can or even Metrorail.

Bruno
6 months ago

Since 1896.

Anonymous
6 months ago

L M A O kiddo/newcomer, Brickell office towers began being developed in the late 1960’s, and the boom times for office tower const. was 1980-1985. I saw it happen 1st hand, both my parents worked on Brickell in office towers in the 1970s and 1980s. The electric beer car kicked it all off in 1994 you say?? You are officially Brickell clueless.

Anonymous
6 months ago

I understand and you’re right. im talking about the new high rise residential communities, not the financial sector or the early residential settlements. I know that was here as long as you say and not discrediting or demising that… I recognized the early successes. I’m just saying that having public transportation allowed the area to expand and diversify its offerings.

CREjake
6 months ago

The key in Brickell has absolutely been upgrading the dining scene. That’s a core attractor for people in CRE doing deals, and tourists and other downtown workers. From there the foot traffic can be stickier for existing restaurants with other storefronts opening in addition.

Anonymous
6 months ago

We need to build more office space and bring more jobs though or these new people won’t stay for the long run

Brickell Growing
6 months ago

Citadel is coming with a supertall office building. One Southside park and Brickell river district have office towers. Also the new high rise by brickell city center is fully leased.

Anonymous
6 months ago

You can tell by how crowded the sidewalks are, specifically around South Miami Ave and Brickell City Centre.

Drop the Powerlines
6 months ago

I wish Miami Dade, City of Miami, and the DDA would enhance and expand sidewalks, landscaping and drop the telephone lines. We really need to put pressure on FPL to drop the lines. All it takes is one low category hurricane for those transformers to go POP 💥 🌚

Anonymous
6 months ago

*Electric lines 🤦

Sven
6 months ago

That isn’t how it works.

New Designed Crosswalks in Brickell
6 months ago

We also need to redesign the crosswalks. They flash yellow instead of RED, and there are green turn lanes that go directly into crosswalks when pedestrians have signal to walk. I recently heard a mom worried about walking her kids to school.

Anonymous
6 months ago

Because the sidewalks are three feet wide

Professional Engineer
6 months ago

Miami is America’s next mega city, but modern and with better governance!

Professional Engineer
6 months ago

we just need an underground metro to connect it all together

Professional Money Counter
6 months ago

if you really were a PE you’d understand how cost prohibitive a subway system in Miami would be.

Professional Engineer
6 months ago

I am a PE actually and helped in consulting with metros in LatAm/European cities. The cost would be massive in the beginning but it would pay for itself over time. Land/labor is still relatively cheap to build it too. Once it gets to a metro population of 7 or 8 million, it will be too expensive!! With the kind of growth we are experiencing in Miami, underground is the only thing that makes sense.

Anonymous
6 months ago

Public transit never pays for itself, and land/labor are most definitely NOT cheap these days. Not only are you not a PE……

anonymous
6 months ago

Miami will never have a below ground metro. Makes zero sense and would cost a fortune to do. Just build above ground and that will be fine

Anonymous
6 months ago

Better governance haha that’s laughable

Anonymous
6 months ago

Compared to New York, California, or Chicago, yes. Even a rock would govern better.

anonymous
6 months ago

not really we prob have worse than them

Stronger Governance
6 months ago

We have seen how lack of governance enabled it to grow, but lack of governance at this point makes it vulnerable to decline. Now we need more resources from governance and smart planning for it to thrive.

CREjake
6 months ago

See: the Mayor’s involvement

Anonymous
6 months ago

All talk and optics, but no action.

Anonymous
6 months ago

*He’s great at promoting and bringing people and businesses to Miami but we need that balanced with a local face for public enhancements and infrastructure. I understand it’s hard to say Miami is the greatest city in the county (which I believe it is) while saying we need XYZ, so I really think we need two different figure heads.

Sven
6 months ago

Where does Government get resources?

Anonymous
6 months ago

Better governance? Did you get here yesterday?

Melo is sigma and chad
6 months ago

Why do people act like Brickell is the end all be all. Please spread out to the development around Douglas Road station, downtown Dadeland, Midtown and Wynwood

Anonymous
6 months ago

Brickell is not the end all, but it’s like the tree trunk and epicenter for growth. It’s a central location with a high density of high paying jobs. These naturally will grow and improve in tandem. The healthier we keep the trunk, the more branches will grow.

Archinerd
6 months ago

Because it is. It is an urban phenomenon, achieved in 20 years what CG and the Beach took 4-5 decades. It is also part of an urban fabric, unlike repurposed areas like midtown or Downtown dadeland. Wynwood has years to go, and Douglas is not part of this conversation.

Anonymous
6 months ago

Agree, growth radiates outward typically, until pockets continuously connect. I also think Riverside has potential for low rise growth close to Brickell and downtown.

Anna
6 months ago

Why low rise? What is low rise 5-10 floors or just 2-3 floors? Why keep the adjacent neighborhood so artificially poor?

Anonymous
6 months ago

I think there is room for mid rises too, 5-10 floors, and been high rises scattered through…but think strategically of how wealthy areas grow. Look how Ross with Related grew west palm beach with City Place (now the Square), it began with blocks of 2-4 floors of interconnected mixed use buildings with a public square and built a community feel. Now there are high rises going up that look like Brickell there. Also remember modern Brickell started with Mary Brickell Village which has a low rise center. A high end low rise center raises values for high rises to thrive around it.

anonymous
6 months ago

If you jump up the zoning too quick, you will have an artificial neighborhood like Edgewater, with a row of high rises only along the water. Restricting height is a good thing, because it requires a developer to build in a masterplanned low rise community space that can be planned to incorporate high rises for the future.

Anonymous
6 months ago

Upzoning Riverside/Little Havana is against Miami21 and the comprehensive plan. In other words, bad urban planning to tickle the imaginations of some people on here who thing skyscrapers should be built on cul-de-sacs.

Anonymous
6 months ago

It’s common sense that if there is a Miami 21, there will be a Miami 22. Just get started with the low rise master plan in Riverside, City Place took 20 years to evolve into the Square. It’s clear being next to the Brickell River District that pedestrian interest will grow and there’s time to lobby for spot-upzoning in time.

MM305
6 months ago

Delusional.

MM305
6 months ago

You are a fool, and you don’t get what artificial means. If they upzoned the area and it would grow instantly that would be organic. That means the demand is there. Keeping it short is what’s is artificial because it would grow instantly if you allowed it. GOD THE ANTI LITTLE HAVANA GROWTH GROUP ON THERE IS FOOLISH!

Anonymous
6 months ago

Mid-rise, meaning five to ten floors, especially long the major thoroughfares. Maybe even taller for infill on all the vacant land assemblages, by historically designating historic low-rise single-family and apartment houses, and using TDR for taller construction than the cold allows. With revenue from the sold rights, historic buildings can be restored and adaptively reused into boutique hotels, townhouses, restaurants, etc.

Anonymous
6 months ago

LOVE, upscale riverfront extension for Brickell and downtown, with throughtful urban planning to spruce up those highly valuable historical facades and add modern amenities.

Anonymous
6 months ago

I have land in Riverside, no one wants to develop there because the numbers don’t make sense for “low rise” development. It costs too much and you don’t get any return.
It’s not about your grand vision for the area, its what realistically would work there. Its low and needs height for hurricanes and flooding. Also, you can’t create high end retail in a poor area like that. You’re going to need a low end dense tall neighborhood near downtown and brickell to support the poorer people that work nearby. You’re idea about transferable air rights is moot because there are none, you only get that for the air-rights you haven’t used and if the area is zoned low rise you don’t have anything to transfer. You’re ideas are all contradicting and make no sense at all.

Anonymous
6 months ago

20 years? There have been office buildings in brickell since the 80s

Archinerd
6 months ago

and who is talking about office buildings? Jeez, some people are 100% literal here

Anonymous
6 months ago

Residential towers have been here since the early 1960s, many of which are ripe for redevelopment.

Anonymous
6 months ago

It has been mostly activated in the past decade. That same process is occuring in other areas of the city right now. By 2030, expect there to be several “Brickell’s” all over the city (Midtown, Worldcenter, Wynwood, Design District, etc)

Anonymous
6 months ago

The western half of Brickell has not yet been activated and it is being developed at the same time as these other areas. It’s practically dormant at this stage. With One Southside Park, Westpine, Brickell River District towers going up, Brickell will look a lot different and be greatly enhanced in a few years. There are other projects in the works and land to be updated or developed.

Anonymous
6 months ago

Yes, but Brickell as it is at this moment is really a product of the past decade of development. It’s incredible how quickly it can happen, and encouraging to see the same formula for success that Brickell had taking place all over the city!

Anonymous
6 months ago

I understand that is what Worldcenter aims to do and is projecting, but Brickell is not the past. It’s very much evolving with about 15+ major projects and multiple cranes on the ground. It’s great to see a new area evolve don’t get me wrong, but it should connect and compliment, without trying to one-up the main act in Miami.

Anonymous
6 months ago

**I understand that is what new areas aim to do, but Brickell is not a completed product of the past. It’s very much evolving with about 15+ major projects and multiple cranes on the ground. It’s great to see new areas evolve don’t get me wrong, but they should connect and compliment, without trying to one-up one another.

Sven
6 months ago

One Miami and Brickell on the River were planned about 20 years ago.

Sven
6 months ago

The west part of Brickell is the Underline, and it is VERY active from the Miami River Greenway, all the way south to Simpson Park.

West Brickell has rapidly repurposed low rise aprtment lots that are turning into more dense modern structures and that neighborhood is turning rapidly.

Anonymous
6 months ago

The west part of Brickell is what you are trying to say is “west brickell” but if you look at the neighborhood, there’s at least 20 businesses that refer to their business names as Brickell and the residents throughout Brickell identify it as Brickell and so do modern maps. As much as interested parties wish to change the name, it’s settled into the fabric of prior development stages so just incorporate it and go with it. A metro rail station belongs in the center of a neighborhood, not on the fringe.

Anonymous
6 months ago

I think there will all be spin off high end communities but not another “Brickell.” Miami would be too congested if it was all exactly like Brickell. Look at Paris or DC some of the hugest and richest cities and properties in the world. They don’t have sprawling high rises, but very lively and successful.

Anonymous
6 months ago

Of course not. They will alll have their own personalities and assets. Downtown, for example, will become known for it’s historic architecture, world class museums, and large parks

Bruno
6 months ago

Brickell, the Central Business District, & Park West are all part of Downtown.

Anonymous
6 months ago

Wynwood and the Design District have already be revitalizing without high-rises. Midtown is technically part of Wynwood and was redvelopment from a clean slate (former FEC railyard) Were you born yesterday?

Bruno
6 months ago

Downtown is Downtown. Midtown is Midtown.

anonymous
6 months ago

as Brickell continues to be developed those areas you speak of will also see growth. The big money is in brickell and thats where developers are putting their money

Anonymous
6 months ago

It’s encouraging to see ultra luxury 1,000’+ buildings, like the Waldorf Astoria, being built in downtown. Soon that entire area will be comparable to Brickell, but with more parks and museums.

Bruno
6 months ago

Waldorf Astoria is being built in the Central Business District to be more precise.

Anna
6 months ago

Maybe even Riverside right next to Brickell?

ANON incoming to say how thats not good and we need to keep the space around Jose Marti clear for people to have a view of the river all the way back to 8th ave lol.

Anonymous
6 months ago

“People” meaning the same guy writing identical monologues on every post. Anybody who has been here long enough knows all those areas are experiencing development, too.

Bruno
6 months ago

Go to it!
Present a great proposal and you are sure to find people to back you up if it’s a good idea.

Sven
6 months ago

People want to locate near high paying jobs, diverse eating/entertainment options, and the access to the waterfront.

Only Miami Beach and Brickell offer all.

Anonymous
6 months ago

As well as good schools, cultural/educational experiences, and quality public transportation during high traffic times. These are growing considerations as traffic increases and people begin starting families.

SoBeMom
6 months ago

Most walkable neighborhood is South Beach. Movie theater(s), for now, 3 Publixs, TJs, WF, lots of restaurants, bayfront, oceanfront, Colony, Faena. SoleMiaMiami, 33181, by Costco will make the list next year

Anonymous
6 months ago

Only if you live there and don’t need to go anywhere else. Connectivety however…

Anonymous
6 months ago

A Costco on south beach? This is the same area that preserves historical buildings and signage, and it’s going big box corporate. Interesting.

Bruno
6 months ago

Absolutely…and a Boardwalk/Baywalk all around the perimeter.

Anonymous
6 months ago

Where are the massive crowd of pedestrians? Typical. What this place considers a mass of people walking down a street could probably fit into a Burger King. Go to a real city and observe what masses of pedestrian traffic look like. Freakin country bumpkins – everything they see here these fools act like it is ground breaking. Hilarious. They see a few skyscrapers or tallish buildings bundled together they start blurting out “New York” or “Manhattan South”. Mofos on here never been anywhere much it seems.

Miami Winning
6 months ago

N.E states are broken

Paul Pine
6 months ago

It’s enough. Too many people already . Stop this madness . Miami USED to be great. It’s declining by the hour .

Vincent
6 months ago

It’s only a matter of time before out-of-state movers discover other neighborhoods like Midtown, Downtown, Edgewater and The Grove.

Anonymous
6 months ago

huh? they already have long ago

Anonymous
6 months ago

Not really. I live in Edgewater and there aren’t that many NY’ers here like there are in Brickell.

Anonymous
6 months ago

Because Edgewater is not a real neighborhood. There is zero neighborhood planning – zero. It is completely random and peppered with a few ultra luxury highrises by the water.

Anonymous
6 months ago

I just moved from Brickell to Worldcenter. I got a better deal and in some years this area will be nicer than Brickell.

Anonymous
6 months ago

Are you homeless or a paid advertiser? The Miami “Worldcenter” is still being developed.

Anonymous
6 months ago

Paramount and Bezel are open for business.

Anonymous
6 months ago

I know thats right!