Best PlacesJayuya, PR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Jayuya, 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.
Jayuya is unranked among towns under the default weighting. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Jayuya
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.
Jayuya's strengths and weaknesses
Where Jayuya ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap childcare$360 a month, better than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 90% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 85% of towns
Where Jayuya ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Household income$21,362 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Jayuya
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Jayuya home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $21,362, 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 Jayuya'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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Jayuya
Jayuya runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Jayuya.
Who works in Jayuya, and how
Work in Jayuya centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Jayuya
Jayuya has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of towns. The coast is about 36 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Jayuya and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Jayuya, month by month
Jayuya sees roughly 68 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 Jayuya
The nearest airport, Mercedita, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Luis Munoz Marin International, about 42 miles away.
Jayuya 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 Jayuya against towns nationally.
Common questions about living in Jayuya
Is Jayuya a good place to live?
It scores highest on low property taxes, affordable childcare, and clean air, and lowest on taxes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Jayuya expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $117,557. Set against a $21,362 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Jayuya safe?
Jayuya is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $697 per resident a year.
Compare Jayuya with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Jayuya. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Jayuya 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.
Jayuya detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Jayuya: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Jayuya: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Jayuya: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Jayuya: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Jayuya 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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