Best PlacesJuana Diaz Municipio, PR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Juana Diaz 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.
Juana Diaz 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 Juana Diaz 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.
The best areas in Juana Diaz Municipio
The parts of Juana Diaz 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.
Mercedita
Coto Laurel
It is quieter, though fewer households have young kids.
Ponce
Streets are more walkable, though fewer adults hold degrees.
Villalba
Fewer homes sit empty, though biking is worse.
Juana Diaz
Scores close to Villalba, except that homes cost more here.
Scores across Juana Diaz Municipio run from about the 1st to the 2nd percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Juana Diaz Municipio's strengths and weaknesses
Where Juana Diaz Municipio ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of counties
- Cheap childcare$356 a month, better than 99% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of counties
- WalkabilityBetter than 87% of counties
Where Juana Diaz Municipio ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 3 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$29,213 median, better than only 1% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Juana Diaz Municipio
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Juana Diaz Municipio home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $29,213, 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 Juana Diaz 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 Juana Diaz Municipio
Juana Diaz Municipio runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Juana Diaz Municipio.
Who works in Juana Diaz Municipio, and how
Work in Juana Diaz Municipio centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Juana Diaz Municipio
The coast is about 8 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Juana Diaz Municipio, which the map shows.
Is Juana Diaz Municipio growing, and who is moving in?
Juana Diaz Municipio has lost about 12% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Ponce, PR metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Juana Diaz Municipio go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Juana Diaz Municipio, month by month
Juana Diaz Municipio sees roughly 3 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 Juana Diaz Municipio
The nearest airport, Mercedita, is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Luis Munoz Marin International, about 43 miles away.
Juana Diaz 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 Juana Diaz Municipio against counties nationally.
Who Juana Diaz Municipio suits
Families
Weigh schools and safety yourself on the map to find the right areas.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Juana Diaz Municipio
Is Juana Diaz Municipio a good place to live?
It scores highest on low property taxes, affordable childcare, and big-city access, 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 Juana Diaz Municipio expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $114,366. Set against a $29,213 median income, cost of living beats 50% of counties.
Is Juana Diaz Municipio safe?
Juana Diaz Municipio is safer than 3% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $743 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Juana Diaz Municipio?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 82 with lows near 74. That works out to about 3 pleasant days a year, more than 0% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Juana Diaz Municipio?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Mercedita, Coto Laurel, and Ponce. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Juana Diaz Municipio with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Juana Diaz Municipio. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Juana Diaz 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.
Juana Diaz Municipio detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Juana Diaz Municipio: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Juana Diaz Municipio: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Juana Diaz Municipio: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Juana Diaz Municipio: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Juana Diaz 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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