Best PlacesHacienda San Jose, PR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hacienda San Jose, 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.
Hacienda San Jose is unranked among towns under the default weighting. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Hacienda San Jose
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.
Hacienda San Jose's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hacienda San Jose ranks high
- Cheap childcare$395 a month, better than 99% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 95% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 86% of towns
Where Hacienda San Jose ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 5 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hacienda San Jose
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hacienda San Jose home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,415, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Hacienda San Jose's effective rate of 0.18%, 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 Hacienda San Jose
Hacienda San Jose's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hacienda San Jose.
Who works in Hacienda San Jose, and how
Work in Hacienda San Jose centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Hacienda San Jose
The coast is about 20 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Hacienda San Jose, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hacienda San Jose, month by month
Hacienda San Jose sees roughly 5 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 85, with lows near 73. No month averages between 55 and 75 degrees.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 85° | 78° | 73° |
| April | 87° | 79° | 74° |
| July | 90° | 83° | 78° |
| October | 90° | 83° | 78° |
Flying in and out of Hacienda San Jose
Luis Munoz Marin International sits about 15 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.7 million passengers in 2025, with 88 nonstop destinations.
Hacienda San Jose 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 Hacienda San Jose against towns nationally.
Common questions about living in Hacienda San Jose
Is Hacienda San Jose a good place to live?
It scores highest on affordable childcare, low property taxes, and clean air, and lowest on the weather and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hacienda San Jose expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $241,641. Set against a $78,415 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Hacienda San Jose safe?
Hacienda San Jose is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $737 per resident a year.
Compare Hacienda San Jose with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hacienda San Jose. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hacienda San Jose 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.
Hacienda San Jose detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hacienda San Jose: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hacienda San Jose: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hacienda San Jose: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hacienda San Jose: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hacienda San Jose 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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