Best PlacesMaricao Municipio, PR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Maricao 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.
Maricao Municipio is unranked among counties under the default weighting. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Maricao 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.
Maricao Municipio's strengths and weaknesses
Where Maricao Municipio ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of counties
- Cheap childcare$356 a month, better than 99% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than 87% of counties
- QuietBetter than 81% of counties
Where Maricao Municipio ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of counties
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of counties
- Household income$21,912 median, better than only 1% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Maricao Municipio
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Maricao Municipio home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $21,912, 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 a national 0.90% effective rate, since no local rate is published, 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 Maricao Municipio
Maricao Municipio runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Maricao Municipio.
Who works in Maricao Municipio, and how
Work in Maricao Municipio centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Maricao Municipio
The coast is about 27 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Maricao Municipio, which the map shows.
Is Maricao Municipio growing, and who is moving in?
Maricao Municipio has lost about 14% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Mayaguez, PR.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Maricao Municipio go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Maricao Municipio, month by month
Maricao Municipio sees roughly 87 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 Maricao Municipio
The nearest airport, Eugenio Maria De Hostos, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Luis Munoz Marin International, about 65 miles away.
Maricao 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 Maricao Municipio against counties nationally.
Common questions about living in Maricao Municipio
Is Maricao Municipio a good place to live?
It scores highest on low property taxes, affordable childcare, and clean air, and lowest on state infrastructure and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Maricao Municipio expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $117,733. Set against a $21,912 median income, cost of living beats 50% of counties.
Is Maricao Municipio safe?
Maricao Municipio is safer than 8% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $580 per resident a year.
Compare Maricao Municipio with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Maricao Municipio. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Maricao 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.
Maricao Municipio detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Maricao Municipio: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Maricao Municipio: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Maricao Municipio: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Maricao Municipio: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Maricao 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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