Best PlacesCidra Municipio, PR Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood in Cidra Municipio, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Distance to the water drives a lot of the difference between one part and the next. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.

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Cidra Municipio is unranked among counties under the default weighting. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.


The best neighborhoods in Cidra Municipio

Map of the best neighborhoods in the Cidra Municipio 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.

The best areas in Cidra Municipio

The parts of Cidra Municipio, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.

#1

Los Panes

More adults hold degrees, more households have young kids, and fewer homes sit empty.

WorseBetter
2nd nationally
#2

Nogueras & La Plata

Scores close to Los Panes, except that incomes run lower here.

WorseBetter
1st nationally
#3

Cidra

WorseBetter
1st nationally

Scores across Cidra Municipio run from about the 1st to the 4th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.


Cidra Municipio's strengths and weaknesses

Top 1%Low property taxes
Top 3%Affordable childcare
Top 10%Big-city access
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare Cidra Municipio with other counties.

Where Cidra Municipio ranks high

  • Low property taxBetter than 99% of counties
  • Cheap childcare$415 a month, better than 98% of counties
  • Big-city accessBetter than 94% of counties
  • Air qualityBetter than 93% of counties
  • Housing crash safetyBetter than 68% of counties

Where Cidra Municipio ranks low

  • State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of counties
  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of counties
  • Nice weatherabout 44 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of counties
  • Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of counties
  • Household income$31,791 median, better than only 1% of counties

What it costs to buy a home in Cidra Municipio

A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cidra Municipio home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $31,791; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.

Income to buy the median home
$35,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$805
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $147,729 home
Median rent
$587
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$753
Property tax$3
Homeowners insurance$49

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 Cidra Municipio's effective rate of 0.02%, 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 8 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 Cidra Municipio

Cidra Municipio runs older than the country.

Median age
45
older than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
21%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.6
near the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1817%
18 to 3422%
35 to 4920%
50 to 6420%
65 and older21%

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


Who works in Cidra Municipio, and how

Work in Cidra Municipio centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate.

Work from home
1%
below the national average
Unemployment
4.3%
about the national average

Largest industries

Retail trade13%
Manufacturing13%
Other services12%
Health care & social11%
Hospitality & food9%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 96%
  • Work from home 1%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 4%

Life in Cidra Municipio

The coast is about 28 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Cidra Municipio, which the map shows.

Places to eat and drink
191
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 47.8 per 10,000 residents, more than 54% of counties
Coffee shops
22
about 5.5 per 10,000 residents, more than 54% of counties
To the coast
28 min
drive to the nearest ocean beaches

Is Cidra Municipio growing, and who is moving in?

Cidra Municipio has lost about 12% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the San Juan, PR metro.

Population growth
-12%
over the decade, vs about 6% nationally
Population
38,307
down from 43,475
Population by year. Source: U.S. Census Population Estimates Program.

Where new residents come from

The rest of the San Juan, PR metro883 / yr
Chicago, IL35 / yr
Dallas, TX23 / yr
Arecibo, PR6 / yr
Aguadilla, PR2 / yr

Where people leaving Cidra Municipio go

The rest of the San Juan, PR metro877 / yr
Daytona Beach, FL136 / yr
Mayaguez, PR118 / yr
Cleveland, OH88 / yr
Chicago, IL62 / yr

Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.


What the weather is like in Cidra Municipio, month by month

Cidra Municipio sees roughly 44 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.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
Show the monthly temperatures
MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January82°79°74°
April83°81°76°
July87°84°81°
October87°84°79°

Flying in and out of Cidra Municipio

The nearest airport, Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Luis Munoz Marin International, about 21 miles away.

Nearest airport
SIG
Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci, about 20 miles
Airport size
Nonhub
350th-busiest in the US, 3 nonstop destinations
Average drive
29 min
from the area, with no traffic

Cidra Municipio 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 Cidra Municipio against counties nationally.


Who Cidra Municipio suits

Families

Weigh schools and safety yourself on the map to find the right areas.

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Remote workers

1% already work from home.

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Retirees

Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.

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Common questions about living in Cidra Municipio

Is Cidra Municipio a good place to live?

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

Is Cidra Municipio expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $147,729. Set against a $31,791 median income, cost of living beats 50% of counties.

Is Cidra Municipio safe?

Cidra Municipio is safer than 7% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $606 per resident a year.

What is the weather like in Cidra Municipio?

July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 82 with lows near 74. That works out to about 44 pleasant days a year, more than 0% of counties.

What are the best neighborhoods in Cidra Municipio?

Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Los Panes, Nogueras & La Plata, and Cidra. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.



Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cidra Municipio. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cidra Municipio 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.

Cidra Municipio detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

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

Cidra Municipio 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. U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
  3. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  4. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  5. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  6. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  7. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  8. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  9. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  10. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  11. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  12. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  13. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.