Best PlacesPlaya Cortada, PR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Playa Cortada, 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.
Playa Cortada 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 Playa Cortada
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.
Playa Cortada's strengths and weaknesses
Where Playa Cortada ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap childcare$344 a month, better than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 91% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of towns
Where Playa Cortada ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 0 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
- Household income$22,284 median, better than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Playa Cortada
A household needs to earn about $22,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Playa Cortada home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $22,284, 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 Playa Cortada's effective rate of 0.03%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Playa Cortada
Playa Cortada's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Playa Cortada.
Who works in Playa Cortada, and how
Work in Playa Cortada centers on construction and public administration. Unemployment sits above the national rate.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Playa Cortada
The coast is about 2 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Playa Cortada, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Playa Cortada, month by month
Playa Cortada sees roughly 0 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 Playa Cortada
The nearest airport, Mercedita, is about 9 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Luis Munoz Marin International, about 42 miles away.
Playa Cortada 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 Playa Cortada against towns nationally.
Common questions about living in Playa Cortada
Is Playa Cortada 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 Playa Cortada expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $93,058. Set against a $22,284 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Playa Cortada safe?
Playa Cortada is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $783 per resident a year.
Compare Playa Cortada with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Playa Cortada. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Playa Cortada 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.
Playa Cortada detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Playa Cortada: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Playa Cortada: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Playa Cortada: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Playa Cortada: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Playa Cortada 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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