Aventura is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, home to about 39,885 people across 2.6 square miles. Its ZIP code is 33180, and parts of 33160 are in Aventura too.
Homes sold for a median of $330 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a buyer’s market.
Mostly Aventura; also Ojus
Mostly Sunny Isles Beach; part is in Aventura
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Aventura. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
Into the 1960s the land that became Aventura was mangrove swamp along the west side of the Intracoastal Waterway in northeast Dade County. In the late 1960s a group led by developer Donald Soffer, whose father Harry had spotted the property, bought about 785 acres there, and in 1969 Metro-Dade County approved a master plan allowing roughly 23,900 condominium units. Beginning in the early 1970s, Soffer's Turnberry Associates and partners dredged and filled the land and built a planned community of high-rise residences around a golf course. Soffer chose the name Aventura, Spanish for adventure; the area was also known early on as Turnberry, and Turnberry Isle Resort and Club was one of the first major projects.
Aventura Mall opened in 1983 as a joint venture of Turnberry Associates and Simon Property, with the first Macy's store outside New York, and it has since grown into one of the largest shopping malls in the country. The City of Aventura was incorporated on November 7, 1995, keeping the name Soffer had chosen; a monument to the city's founders stands in Founders Park. Soffer died in July 2025 at age 92; the exercise trail around the golf course at the center of the city bears his name.
Aventura is a compact city of about 3.5 square miles in the northeast corner of Miami-Dade County, about 15 miles north of downtown Miami. The Intracoastal Waterway and Dumfoundling Bay form its eastern edge, across from Sunny Isles Beach and Golden Beach, and Hallandale Beach in Broward County lies to the north. Water makes up about a quarter of the city's area.
Housing is dominated by high-rise condominiums, an outgrowth of the original master plan built around towers overlooking the golf course and the water. Most homes are apartments and condominium units rather than detached houses, and many buildings are grouped into named complexes and enclaves such as Williams Island, Turnberry Isle, Golden Pointe, Mystic Pointe and Waterways.
The golf course at the city's center is ringed by Country Club Drive and the 3.1-mile Don Soffer Exercise Trail. Shopping is concentrated along Biscayne Boulevard (US 1) on the western side, anchored by Aventura Mall, and the mall's transit terminal is the hub of the city's shuttle system. Public schools are part of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, and the Northeast branch of the Miami-Dade Public Library serves the city.
Biscayne Boulevard (US 1) runs north and south along Aventura's western edge and carries most of the city's traffic, which is often congested. The William Lehman Causeway is the main east-west route, crossing the Intracoastal Waterway toward the beaches. Interstate 95 lies about a mile west, reached at the Ives Dairy Road interchange.
Brightline opened its Aventura station, just off Biscayne Boulevard across from Aventura Mall, on December 21, 2022. Trains reach MiamiCentral in downtown Miami in about 20 minutes, and the station has about 240 parking spaces and a bus drop-off area. Through an agreement with Miami-Dade Transit, discounted fares and commuter passes have been offered for Aventura to Miami trips.
The city runs the Aventura Express, a free, air-conditioned shuttle on three hourly routes (Purple for the north, Green for the center, Yellow for the south), all meeting at the Aventura Mall transit terminal, where riders can transfer to Miami-Dade Metrobus and Broward County Transit routes. A free on-demand Freebee electric ride service also operates in the city. The Don Soffer Exercise Trail around the golf course is open to walkers, runners, skaters and cyclists.
The Don Soffer Exercise Trail is a 10-foot-wide paved loop of 3.1 miles around the Turnberry Isle Resort golf course along Country Club Drive, open around the clock, lit at ground level, with shade trees, benches and chilled water fountains; leashed pets are allowed. Founders Park, about 12 acres just south of the Lehman Causeway, has clay tennis and pickleball courts, a basketball court, a multipurpose field, an accessible playground, a splash pad, a short fitness trail and a monument to the city's founders, with a separate bayside section to the south.
The Aventura Arts and Cultural Center, at 3385 NE 188th Street, is a small waterfront theater that presents Broadway-style shows, concerts, comedy, classical music, dance and children's programs, affiliated with the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. Aventura Mall, a regional destination since 1983, holds more than 300 stores along with dozens of restaurants.
Greynolds Park, a county park on West Dixie Highway in neighboring North Miami Beach, has bird-watching trails and views of the Oleta River, and Oleta River State Park, the state's largest urban park, lies to the south on Biscayne Bay.
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Get matched| Nearest major airport | Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)8 miles away |
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| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Miami, FL13 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Aventura; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Aventura had 40,242 residents in the 2020 census, up 59% since 2000.
It’s the 108th largest of 954 towns in Florida by population.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses.
Average highs peak around 90°F in summer, and winter lows average 59°F. About 68.4 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, N Miami Beach #2, FL weather station (5 miles away).
1,055,440 jobs at 98,394 businesses in Miami-Dade County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
1,076 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Aventura.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Primary care doctors | 110 |
|---|---|
| Specialist doctors | 320 |
| Dentists | 94 |
| Nurse practitioners and physician assistants | 204 |
| Mental health providers | 221 |
| Physical and occupational therapists | 85 |
| Optometrists | 20 |
| Chiropractors | 22 |
| Pharmacies | 12 |
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Parks (10 nearby)
Grocery stores (7 nearby)
Pharmacies (2 nearby)
Libraries (1 nearby)
Museums
Theaters and performance venues (1 nearby)
Counts are within about 1.5 miles of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
Public schools here are run by Miami-Dade. Check each district’s attendance zones for a specific address.
| School | Grades | Students | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aventura Waterways K-8 CenterMiami | Pre-K–8 | 2,063 | Public | 1.1 mi |
| Ojus Elementary SchoolMiami | Pre-K–5 | 835 | Public | 0.8 mi |
| Virginia A Boone-Highland Oaks SchoolMiami | Pre-K–5 | 586 | Public | 1.1 mi |
| Aventura City of Excellence SchoolAventura | K–8 | 1,032 | Charter | 0.6 mi |
| Bridgeprep Academy of Greater MiamiMiami | K–5 | 388 | Charter | 11.6 mi |
| Bridgeprep Academy of North Miami BeachNorth Miami Beach | K–8 | 656 | Charter | 1.1 mi |
| Highland Oaks Middle SchoolMiami | 6–8 | 736 | Public | 1.0 mi |
| Don Soffer Aventura Charter High SchoolAventura | 9–12 | 820 | Charter | 1.2 mi |
| School | Grades | Students | Affiliation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Ann Russell Jewish CurriculumMiami | Pre-K–K | 8 | Jewish | 1.0 mi |
| St Lawrence SchoolNorth Miami Beach | Pre-K–8 | 194 | Roman Catholic | 1.0 mi |
| Tauber AcademyAventura | Pre-K–K | 26 | Jewish | 0.5 mi |
| The Victory SchoolMiami | Pre-K–12 | 33 | Nonsectarian | 0.9 mi |
| Intl Torah AcademyAventura | K–11 | 12 | Jewish | 0.6 mi |
| Kesher LdMiami | 1–12 | 73 | Jewish | 0.9 mi |
| LanaarMiami | 1–6 | 174 | Jewish | 0.5 mi |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, NCES: Common Core of Data (2024-2025) for public schools; Private School Universe Survey (2023-2024) for private schools. Listed by address; we don’t rate schools.
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Shares ZIP codes with Sunny Isles Beach, North Miami, North Miami Beach, Ojus and Golden Beach.
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