Best PlacesUrbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina, PR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina, 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.
Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina is unranked among neighborhoods under the default weighting. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina
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.
Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina's strengths and weaknesses
Where Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina ranks high
- Cheap childcare$461 a month, better than 99% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 87% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than 70% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 61% of neighborhoods
Where Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 0 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina
A household needs to earn about $36,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $34,086; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina's effective rate of 0.17%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina
Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina 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 Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina.
Who works in Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina, and how
Work in Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina centers on admin & support services and other services. Unemployment runs well above the national rate.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina
The coast is about 6 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina, month by month
Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina 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 Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina
Luis Munoz Marin International sits about 3 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.7 million passengers in 2025, with 88 nonstop destinations.
Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina 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 Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina against neighborhoods nationally.
Common questions about living in Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina
Is Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina a good place to live?
It scores highest on affordable childcare, low property taxes, and walkability, 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 Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $150,535. Set against a $34,086 median income, cost of living beats 50% of neighborhoods.
Is Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina safe?
Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina is safer than 8% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $920 per resident a year.
Compare Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina 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.
Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Urbanizacion El Comandante, Carolina 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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