Best PlacesSan Juan Municipio, PR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in San Juan 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.
San Juan Municipio is unranked among counties under the default weighting. The coast is about 5 minutes away. Its strengths are low property taxes and walkability. The cost shows up in the weather, state infrastructure, and taxes.
The best neighborhoods in San Juan 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.
San Juan Municipio's strengths and weaknesses
San Juan Municipio lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. Low property taxes is the standout, in the top 1% of counties. Walkability and big-city access follow.
The one real hole is the weather, near the bottom of the country. State infrastructure and taxes also cost it ground. The detail is below, and the map is where it turns into a choice of neighborhood rather than just a place.
Where San Juan Municipio ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of counties
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of counties
- Cheap childcare$512 a month, better than 88% of counties
- BikingBetter than 83% of counties
Where San Juan Municipio ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 0 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
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in San Juan Municipio
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median San Juan Municipio home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $36,405, 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 San Juan Municipio's effective rate of 0.14%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in San Juan Municipio
San Juan Municipio runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for San Juan Municipio.
Who works in San Juan Municipio, and how
Work in San Juan Municipio centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in San Juan Municipio
San Juan Municipio has more restaurants and bars per resident than 81% of counties and more late-night spots per resident than 98% of counties. The coast is about 5 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of San Juan Municipio and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is San Juan Municipio growing, and who is moving in?
San Juan Municipio has lost about 19% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the San Juan, PR metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving San Juan Municipio go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in San Juan Municipio, month by month
San Juan Municipio sees roughly 0 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 San Juan Municipio
Luis Munoz Marin International sits about 4 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.7 million passengers in 2025, with 88 nonstop destinations.
San Juan 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 San Juan Municipio against counties nationally.
Who San Juan Municipio suits
Families
Weigh schools and safety yourself on the map to find the right areas.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 10% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in San Juan Municipio
Is San Juan Municipio a good place to live?
It scores highest on low property taxes, walkability, 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 San Juan Municipio expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $207,705. Set against a $36,405 median income, cost of living beats 50% of counties.
Is San Juan Municipio safe?
San Juan Municipio is safer than 1% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,021 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in San Juan Municipio?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 85 with lows near 73. That works out to about 0 pleasant days a year, more than 0% of counties.
Compare San Juan Municipio with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to San Juan Municipio. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in San Juan 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.
San Juan Municipio detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for San Juan Municipio: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in San Juan Municipio: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of San Juan Municipio: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in San Juan Municipio: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
San Juan 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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