Coral Gables's median home price sits at $2,100,000, 400% above the $420,000 national median. On a $157,500 median household income, that puts the price-to-income ratio at 13.3x, or 13.3 years of gross pay for the purchase price alone.
Coral Gables's 1.02% property tax rate runs below the 1.1% national average. That's $1,785/month on the median home here, not a rounding error against the mortgage payment.
No state income tax in Florida means the $157,500 median household income stretches further than the same salary would in an income-tax state, which matters directly against a $13,493/month payment.
Day-to-day expenses in Coral Gables track at 208 against the national 100 baseline, above average once you look past the mortgage payment itself.
Coral Gables's median home price runs 250% higher than nearby Miami: $600,000 there versus $2,100,000 here.