Best PlacesLas Carolinas, PR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Las Carolinas, 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.
Las Carolinas is unranked among towns under the default weighting. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Las Carolinas
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.
Las Carolinas' strengths and weaknesses
Where Las Carolinas ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap childcare$409 a month, better than 98% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 84% of towns
Where Las Carolinas ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 1 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 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Las Carolinas
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Las Carolinas home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,830, 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 Las Carolinas' effective rate of 0.17%, 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 Las Carolinas
Las Carolinas runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Las Carolinas.
Who works in Las Carolinas, and how
Work in Las Carolinas centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Las Carolinas
The coast is about 16 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Las Carolinas, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Las Carolinas, month by month
Las Carolinas sees roughly 1 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 Las Carolinas
Luis Munoz Marin International sits about 12 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.7 million passengers in 2025, with 88 nonstop destinations.
Las Carolinas 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 Las Carolinas against towns nationally.
Common questions about living in Las Carolinas
Is Las Carolinas a good place to live?
It scores highest on low property taxes, affordable childcare, 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 Las Carolinas expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $213,370. Set against a $62,830 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Las Carolinas safe?
Las Carolinas is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $830 per resident a year.
Compare Las Carolinas with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Las Carolinas. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Las Carolinas 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.
Las Carolinas detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Las Carolinas: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Las Carolinas: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Las Carolinas: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Las Carolinas: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Las Carolinas 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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