Best Places00637, PR Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 00637, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.

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00637 is unranked among zip codes under the default weighting. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.


The best neighborhoods in 00637

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 00637 area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.

00637's strengths and weaknesses

Top 1%Low property taxes
Top 1%Affordable childcare
Top 5%Clean air
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 00637 with other zip codes.

Where 00637 ranks high

  • Low property taxBetter than 99% of zip codes
  • Cheap childcare$356 a month, better than 99% of zip codes
  • Air qualityBetter than 95% of zip codes
  • WalkabilityBetter than 84% of zip codes
  • Big-city accessBetter than 70% of zip codes

Where 00637 ranks low

  • Nice weatherabout 3 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of zip codes
  • State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of zip codes
  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of zip codes
  • Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of zip codes
  • Household income$21,347 median, better than only 3% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 00637

A household needs to earn about $23,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 00637 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $21,347; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.

Income to buy the median home
$23,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$527
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $96,967 home
Median rent
$477
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$494
Property tax$1
Homeowners insurance$32

Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 00637's effective rate of 0.01%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.

Renting versus buying

At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in 00637

00637 runs older than the country.

Median age
45
older than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
27%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.7
near the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1816%
18 to 3420%
35 to 4918%
50 to 6419%
65 and older27%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 00637.


Who works in 00637, and how

Work in 00637 centers on retail trade and public administration. Unemployment runs well above the national rate.

Work from home
3%
below the national average
Unemployment
9.1%
above the national average

Largest industries

Retail trade18%
Public administration14%
Manufacturing10%
Health care & social10%
Admin & support services9%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 89%
  • Work from home 3%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 7%

Life in 00637

The coast is about 15 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across 00637, which the map shows.

Places to eat and drink
82
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 35.1 per 10,000 residents, more than 52% of zip codes
Coffee shops
12
about 5.1 per 10,000 residents, more than 68% of zip codes
To the coast
15 min
drive to the nearest ocean beaches

What the weather is like in 00637, month by month

00637 sees roughly 3 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 82, with lows near 70. No month averages between 55 and 75 degrees.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January82°77°70°
April83°79°72°
July88°83°76°
October87°81°74°

Flying in and out of 00637

The nearest airport, Eugenio Maria De Hostos, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Luis Munoz Marin International, about 67 miles away.

Nearest airport
MAZ
Eugenio Maria De Hostos, about 18 miles
Airport size
Nonprimary
1 nonstop destinations
Average drive
26 min
from the area, with no traffic

00637 measure by measure

Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 00637 against zip codes nationally.


Who 00637 suits

Families

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Remote workers

3% already work from home.

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Retirees

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Common questions about living in 00637

Is 00637 a good place to live?

It scores highest on low property taxes, affordable childcare, and clean air, and lowest on the weather and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 00637 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $96,967. Set against a $21,347 median income, cost of living beats 50% of zip codes.

Is 00637 safe?

00637 is safer than 4% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $844 per resident a year.

What is the weather like in 00637?

July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 82 with lows near 70. That works out to about 3 pleasant days a year, more than 0% of zip codes.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 00637. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 00637 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.

00637 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 00637: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 00637: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 00637: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 00637: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

00637 detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.