Best PlacesGuanica Municipio, PR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Guanica Municipio, 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.
Guanica Municipio is unranked among counties under the default weighting. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Guanica Municipio
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.
Guanica Municipio's strengths and weaknesses
Where Guanica Municipio ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of counties
- Cheap childcare$356 a month, better than 99% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than 93% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 72% of counties
Where Guanica Municipio ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 0 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of counties
- Household income$19,044 median, better than only 1% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Guanica Municipio
A household needs to earn about $21,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Guanica Municipio home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $19,044; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Guanica Municipio'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.
Who lives in Guanica Municipio
Guanica Municipio runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Guanica Municipio.
Who works in Guanica Municipio, and how
Work in Guanica Municipio centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Guanica Municipio
Guanica Municipio has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of counties. The coast is about 6 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Guanica Municipio and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Guanica Municipio growing, and who is moving in?
Guanica Municipio has lost about 21% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Rochester, NY.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Guanica Municipio go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Guanica Municipio, month by month
Guanica Municipio sees roughly 0 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.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 82° | 77° | 70° |
| April | 83° | 79° | 72° |
| July | 88° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 87° | 81° | 74° |
Flying in and out of Guanica Municipio
The nearest airport, Mercedita, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Luis Munoz Marin International, about 68 miles away.
Guanica 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 Guanica Municipio against counties nationally.
Common questions about living in Guanica Municipio
Is Guanica Municipio 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 Guanica Municipio expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $89,113. Set against a $19,044 median income, cost of living beats 50% of counties.
Is Guanica Municipio safe?
Guanica Municipio is safer than 2% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $819 per resident a year.
Compare Guanica Municipio with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Guanica Municipio. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Guanica 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.
Guanica Municipio detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Guanica Municipio: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Guanica Municipio: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Guanica Municipio: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Guanica Municipio: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Guanica Municipio 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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