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10 Best Independent Living Communities in Miami Beach, FL

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The cost of independent living in Miami Beach is about $4,143 per month. To find the best independent living for your preferences and budget, browse these 67 options. Read 196 reviews, see photos, and learn about amenities that make independent living the ideal next step for adults 55+ who wish to enjoy friendships and hobbies without the hassle of cooking and home maintenance.

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Photo of The Sterling Aventura
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My father is the resident and the only thing that he really wish would be better with the food, but I'm sure you hear that a lot. Yes, we would recommend The Sterling Aventura to other families based on the...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Welcome to resort-style living! Our eight-story building is in an unbeatable location, near many attractions and resources and just five miles from the beach. Offering Aventura Assisted Living and Memory Care services, our dedicated staff here at The Sterling Aventura would like to welcome you...
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I liked the closeness of the staff. I liked that those in charge stayed close to the family members. Yes I would recommend and have recommended the Hazel Cypen Tower community to friends.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Hazel Cypen Tower offers personalized living options for those residents who need assistance with activities of daily living. Located in a park-like, 20-acre gated campus, this community offers a gracious lifestyle near Miami's Design District. Choosing an assisted living community means being...
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It is beautiful!! The proactive outreach by medical and PT staff has been impressive so far. The building is spotless and well managed. Admin helped me set up all my online access (for mom)
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
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8.0
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Mom recently moved to The Palace and I can't say enough good things about the management and staff in the building. They always go above and beyond. Having local owners who are always around makes a huge...
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
The Palace at Coral Gables Living in the center of everything... is everything! Situated in the heart of 'The City Beautiful', The Palace at Coral Gables represents the pinnacle of senior living in Miami-Dade County. The community has over 240 luxurious senior living residences with a diverse...
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8.0
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40 reviews
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40 reviews
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I am thankful to have them, some hotels don't for senior citizens. The new apartment I am moving to next week has inside activities (a variety) and pool lessons and activities and take you to church ! Very...
Provides: Independent Living
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Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Welcome to Imperial Club, Aventura's best value in retirement living. We are a 55+ Independent Living Community.Our focus is always you and your family, not our bottom line. Having helped seniors make this transition for more than twenty years, we understand what you and your family are going...
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Provides: Independent Living, Senior Apartments
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Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Our loved one is perfectly happy at Bay Oaks, everyone there is so friendly. She is really enjoying the meals and dining and we know she is being well taken care of.
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Bay Oaks Historic Retirement Residence is Miami's best assisted living facility, a tropical oasis in the heart of the city, less than a block from Biscayne Bay, and a non-profit organization since 1947.We are 100% COVID-Free *and* vaccinated. Every resident, staff member and volunteer has...
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Overall, the staff are respectful. The administration is very responsive and update me on my loved one's status, if necessary. The common areas are overall clean. From what my loved one tells me, the food is...
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Courtyard Plaza is a hidden gem boutique Assisted and Retirement Community. We pride ourselves on a very intimate family atmosphere with a bend over backwards policy like no other in Miami. Our rates are all inclusive and extremely competitive and we always strive to accommodate you and your...
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I can't think of a better place to have my mother. Place very clean the staff is so caring, The administrator [name removed] is very professional and always there for any questions. Highly recommend Colonial...
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Colonial Assisted Living at Miami offers care for those in need of assistance with daily living activities but do not require the full time healthcare services from a nursing home. The Miami area provides warm temperatures and plenty of sunny days for retirement living. Colonial Assisted Living...
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This community gets 5 stars all the way around. We were highly impressed right away, the staff are just amazing they go above and beyond and have great communication.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Imagine waking up every day to gorgeous views on your balcony at Vi at Aventura. Enjoy an uncompromising lifestyle in an extraordinary place that you will love calling home.Vi at Aventura is a Life Plan Community, also known as a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC), located in Aventura,...
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Photo of Nightingale Manor
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living, Nursing Homes
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Photo of Coral Sand
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of Williamsburg Retirement Home
Provides: Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Photo of Washington Square Apartments
Provides: Senior Apartments
Care types provided by this community
Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Photo of Helen M. Sawyer Plaza
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of Brownsville Transit Village
Provides: Senior Apartments
Care types provided by this community
Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Brownsville Transit Village is an affordable, independent apartment community for seniors 55 and older that defines the standard of senior living in the Miami area. Brownsville Transit Village combines the conveniences of affordable independent living with the advantages of a rental community. We...
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Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Photo of Sharon's Senior Services Inc
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of North Miami Retirement Living
Provides: Assisted Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Photo of Superior Living of Little Havana
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
Care types provided by this community
Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.

Cost of independent living in Miami Beach, FL

The average cost of senior living in Miami Beach is $4,143 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Aventura, FL with an average of $3,907 per month.

Independent living costs in Miami Beach, FL, vs. nearby cities

Miami Beach, FL
$4,143/mo

Independent living costs in Miami Beach, FL, vs. state and national averages

Miami Beach, FL
$4,143/mo
$4,993/mo
U.S. national average
$4,203/mo

Independent living costs in Miami Beach, FL, vs. other senior living options

$4,409/mo
Independent Living
$4,143/mo

Independent living costs in Miami Beach, FL, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$4,500/mo
Studio
$6,216/mo
1 Bedroom
$6,728/mo
2 Bedroom
$9,344/mo

Senior living costs in Miami Beach vs. state and national costs

Cost comparison table showing community type costs by location. This table contains 3 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column communityType: Community type
Column destination: Miami Beach, FL
Column state: Florida
Column national: U.S.
Community typeMiami Beach, FLFloridaU.S.
Independent Living$4,143/mo$4,993/mo$4,203/mo
Assisted Living$3,180/mo$4,639/mo$4,740/mo
Memory Care$4,409/mo$5,341/mo$5,004/mo
Independent Living
Miami Beach, FL:$4,143/mo
Florida:$4,993/mo
U.S.:$4,203/mo
Assisted Living
Miami Beach, FL:$3,180/mo
Florida:$4,639/mo
U.S.:$4,740/mo
Memory Care
Miami Beach, FL:$4,409/mo
Florida:$5,341/mo
U.S.:$5,004/mo
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Independent living costs in Miami Beach, FL, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly independent living costs have shifted over the past five years in Miami Beach and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent quarterly averages of what seniors actually paid after moving into A Place for Mom partner communities.

Miami Beach, FLFL stateNational

Independent living cost trends in Miami Beach, FL

The table below shows how monthly independent living costs in Miami Beach have changed in the last two years and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent averages of actual costs paid by seniors who moved into A Place for Mom partner communities in 2023 and 2024.

Cost comparison table showing 2023 and 2024 median costs by location. This table contains 3 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column location: Location
Column cost2024: 2024 average cost
Column cost2023: 2023 average cost
Column percentChange: Percent change
Location2024 average cost2023 average costPercent change
Miami Beach, FL$3,151/mo$2,861/mo+10.1%
Florida$2,828/mo$2,771/mo+2.0%
National$2,857/mo$2,798/mo+2.1%
Miami Beach, FL
2024 average cost:$3,151/mo
2023 average cost:$2,861/mo
Percent change:+10.1%
Florida
2024 average cost:$2,828/mo
2023 average cost:$2,771/mo
Percent change:+2.0%
National
2024 average cost:$2,857/mo
2023 average cost:$2,798/mo
Percent change:+2.1%
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What families are saying about independent living in Miami Beach

Recent reviews for independent living in Miami Beach

Courtyard Plaza ALF in North Miami, FL

5.0
We have had no complaints at all. They always send me pictures of her doing activities and they say she is very active. The staff are very good communication, they are always updating me and sending pictures of different things. I would recommend Courtyard Plaza and already have.

The Palace at Coral Gables

5.0
The Palace in Coral Gables is an excellent place to live. My mother has been there for five years. She just celebrated her 100th birthday and the Palace gave her a party that was the “best night of her life”. [Name removed], [name removed], [name removed] made all the arrangements to ensure it ...
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Cutler Bay Village in Miami, FL

5.0
During our loved ones stay of [dates removed] we were very happy with our experience. The owner [name removed] was very thorough and detailed with things they do and how things are ran. During the covid spikes and lockdowns he was very honest and straight forward with the families. This ...
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Miami Beach independent living services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Miami Beach independent living communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Miami Beach, but support comparisons against nationwide offerings. Our Senior Living Advisors can help you find communities that fit your preferences.

Availability of select dietary accommodations in Miami Beach independent living

Independent living communities help seniors maintain a balanced diet by accommodating their health needs, allergies, and other restrictions. Below you’ll find the percentage of Miami Beach partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Miami Beach, FLNational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
11.3%
20.5%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
18.9%
34.4%
No sugar
No sugar
18.9%
30.9%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
18.9%
33.6%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
1.9%
10.5%
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Availability of select dining options in Miami Beach independent living

Our independent living communities know that seniors want top-quality meals and options for how they dine. The chart below indicates the percentage of Miami Beach communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
Miami Beach, FLNational
Professional chef
Professional chef
15.1%
36.5%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
13.2%
43.5%
Room service
Room service
13.2%
37%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
13.2%
17.2%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Miami Beach independent living

Senior living communities offer a variety of programming to keep seniors socially, mentally, and physically vibrant. The chart below shows what percentage of partnered independent living communities in Miami Beach offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Miami Beach, FLNational
Activity director
Activity director
17%
45.1%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
7.5%
28.3%
Community service programs
Community service programs
18.9%
33%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
17%
47.5%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
20.8%
48.9%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
26.4%
54%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
18.9%
42.9%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
17%
38.1%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
20.8%
41.8%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
20.8%
47.1%
Live performances
Live performances
17%
46.8%
Dances
Dances
15.1%
33%
Fitness center
Fitness center
13.2%
39.5%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
20.8%
46.4%
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The Sterling Aventura, Hazel Cypen Tower and Sunrise of Coral Gables are the top-rated independent living facilities near Miami Beach, Florida. See full list of communities.
There are 67 independent living facilities near Miami Beach, Florida. See the full list.
The best independent living facilities near you in Miami Beach, Florida are Williamsburg Landing, Independence Hall Senior Living and The Peninsula Assisted Living and Memory Care. These independent living communities received the highest rankings based on verified family reviews.
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