Best Places00966, PR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 00966, 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.
00966 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 00966
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.
00966's strengths and weaknesses
Where 00966 ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 98% of zip codes
- Cheap childcare$496 a month, better than 95% of zip codes
- Educational attainmentBetter than 93% of zip codes
- WalkabilityBetter than 86% of zip codes
- Big-city accessBetter than 85% of zip codes
Where 00966 ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 0 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
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 00966
A household needs to earn about $79,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 00966 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $66,672, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
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 00966's effective rate of 0.22%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 00966
00966 runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 00966.
Who works in 00966, and how
Work in 00966 centers on professional & technical and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in 00966
00966 has more parkland per resident than 72% of zip codes. The coast is about 6 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of 00966 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 00966, month by month
00966 sees roughly 0 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 82, with lows near 74. No month averages between 55 and 75 degrees.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 82° | 79° | 74° |
| April | 83° | 81° | 76° |
| July | 87° | 84° | 81° |
| October | 87° | 84° | 79° |
Flying in and out of 00966
The nearest airport, Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Luis Munoz Marin International, about 8 miles away.
00966 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 00966 against zip codes nationally.
Common questions about living in 00966
Is 00966 a good place to live?
It scores highest on low property taxes, affordable childcare, and an educated workforce, 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 00966 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $328,852. Set against a $66,672 median income, cost of living beats 50% of zip codes.
Is 00966 safe?
00966 is safer than 3% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $847 per resident a year.
Compare 00966 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 00966. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 00966 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.
00966 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 00966: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 00966: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 00966: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 00966: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
00966 detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- 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.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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