Can anyone live on Fisher Island?

Fisher Island is now a very exclusive private community. It's often described as one of the best-kept secrets of Miami, and it's home to many celebrities, heads of industry and wealthy residents. Fisher Island is home to about 700 families, but only about a third of them live there year-round.



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Fisher Island is a private island which many famous people including Oprah Winfrey, Mel Brooks, Julia Roberts and Andre Agassi have called home. Fisher was originally the southern tip of Miami Beach until 1905 when engineers cut through that southern tip of Miami Beach casting Fisher Island adrift.

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Fisher Island is a truly exclusive place to visit, unless you're a service or construction worker.

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The Epitome of Private, Secure, and EXCLUSIVE Hence, Fisher Island has no bridges or roads and is only accessible through ferry or private boat. On top of that, they only allow residents and visitors, hotel guests, club members, and several workers on the island.

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Fisher Island is a suburb of Miami with a population of 484. Fisher Island is in Miami-Dade County and is one of the best places to live in Florida. Living in Fisher Island offers residents an urban feel and most residents own their homes. In Fisher Island there are a lot of parks.

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With its lack of bridges to the mainland and perfectly manicured appearance, a home on Fisher Island is sought after most because of its privacy, security and amenities, Miami-Dade real estate broker Dora Puig told Warren.

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With its lack of bridges to the mainland and perfectly manicured appearance, a home on Fisher Island is sought after most because of its privacy, security and amenities, Miami-Dade real estate broker Dora Puig told Warren.

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Hence, Fisher Island has no bridges or roads and is only accessible through ferry or private boat. On top of that, they only allow residents and visitors, hotel guests, club members, and several workers on the island.

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About 650 families, including celebrities and mega stars, have homes on Fisher Island. Fewer than 20 percent of residents live on this secret haven year-round. Carl Fisher traded seven acres of Fisher Island to William K. Vanderbilt II in 1926 in exchange for a yacht named Eagle.

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But you won't find these boldfaced names trumpeting their ties to the island: Fishers Island is exceedingly private. Roughly two-thirds of the island is gated, and in some areas there are few street names or house numbers.

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Fisher Island Residents have to pay $250,000 (£189k) to join the island's club and stump up annual dues of $20,000 (£15k). Stars who have owned property here include Julia Roberts, Boris Becker, Andre Agassi, Oprah and Caroline Wozniacki and David Lee.

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But you won't find these boldfaced names trumpeting their ties to the island: Fishers Island is exceedingly private. Roughly two-thirds of the island is gated, and in some areas there are few street names or house numbers.

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Fishers was first settled in 1644 by John Winthrop Jr., a governor of Connecticut, and for years that state claimed jurisdiction. In 1879 New York, which based its claim on a 1664 grant to the Duke of York, finally wrested control (though Connecticut is now exploring ways to buy the island back from New York).

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This exclusivity is borne by surveys that consistently rank Fisher Island as the wealthiest locales in the country. According to the most recent population census in 2020, zip code 33109 has an average income of $2.2 million.

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If you're looking for the single most expensive island in the Miami area, it would be Fisher Island.

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