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Place dossier plate
SheetPR-SAN-JUAN-ZONA-URBANA-PR · San Juan zona urbana, PR 320,691 pop · income 2nd pct · 138 tracts
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around San Juan zona urbana
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest San Juan zona urbana on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Mayagüez zona… · lowest
17,092
Mayagüez zona… · lowest
17,092 median HH income
19.3% of the leader · rank #1
San Juan zona… · this city
27,500
San Juan zona… · this city
27,500 median HH income
31.0% of the leader · rank #2
Akutan · near
27,500
Akutan · near
27,500 median HH income
31.0% of the leader · rank #3
Wilmot · near
27,500
Wilmot · near
27,500 median HH income
31.0% of the leader · rank #4
Smithboro · near
27,500
Smithboro · near
27,500 median HH income
31.0% of the leader · rank #5
Loyal · near
27,500
Loyal · near
27,500 median HH income
31.0% of the leader · rank #6
Henderson · highest
88,654
Henderson · highest
88,654 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for San Juan zona urbana on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 320,691.
Nationally, San Juan zona urbana sits in the 2nd percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
2nd
percentile, household income
35th
percentile, home value
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: San Juan zona urbana, PR
Puerto Rico's San Juan zona urbana is a mid-sized U.S. city, with 320,691 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in San Juan zona urbana brings in $27,500 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 35.4%. Home values in San Juan zona urbana run a median of $174,000, and the median resident age is 45.2 years.
Monthly utility costs average around $195 across Puerto Rico, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates.
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of San Juan zona urbana's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to within-city variation to comparison shortlist to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For San Juan zona urbana, city-specific coverage includes within-city Census tract profiles, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in San Juan zona urbana?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 73.7%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
What can 138 Census tracts reveal inside San Juan zona urbana?
PlainCities matches 138 Census tracts to this city.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
Which cities make useful reference points for San Juan zona urbana?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Puerto Rico, the closest population matches are Bayamón zona urbana (167,312 residents, $31,058 income); Carolina zona urbana (139,051 residents, $35,843 income); Ponce zona urbana (109,765 residents, $18,650 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Stockton, CA (320,470 residents); Lexington-Fayette, KY (321,122 residents); Corpus Christi, TX (317,383 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
How far does income reach against housing in San Juan zona urbana?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 6.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 35.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 35.4% (Highest-decile poverty)
Median Home Value
$174,000
Near-typical home values
F
City profile score · San Juan zona urbana, PR
0/100
2 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income F
$27,500
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
35.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share N/A
N/A
No ACS bachelor's-attainment share on file for this place.
Cost of living N/A
N/A
No cost-of-living index on file for this place.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
How does San Juan zona urbana compare to other US cities?
San Juan zona urbana measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income2% higher than other cities
Home value35% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares San Juan zona urbana against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Puerto Rico only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Puerto Rico-relative analysis
Median Home Value is San Juan zona urbana's strongest outlier among Puerto Rico cities
Among the 274 Puerto Rico cities PlainCities tracks with reported median home value data, San Juan zona urbana ranks #14 - the 95th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares San Juan zona urbana only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#49 of 268
82nd percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#14 of 274
95th percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#224 of 286
21st percentile in Puerto Rico
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Puerto Rico only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
2nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How San Juan zona urbana's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$174,000Among the most affordablemore affordable than 65% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
San Juan zona urbana's home-value-to-income ratio: 6.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,345 of 15,516
More affordable than 8% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#96 of 117
Large cities (200,000–999,999)
At 6.3×, San Juan zona urbana sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,345 of 15,516 and #96 of 117large cities (200,000–999,999).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$27,500San Juan zona urbana, PR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context San Juan zona urbana, PR median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for San Juan zona urbana, PR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Poverty rate (households below FPL)35.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)44.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
320,691
Median Income
$27,500
Median Home Value
$174,000
Median Age
45.2
Poverty Rate
35.4%
Labor force participation
44.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
73.7%
Carpool
7.0%
Public Transit
3.6%
Walk
4.8%
Work from Home
7.3%
Other
3.6%
Based on 121,973 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Puerto Rico statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $195
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Puerto Rico at $195 (electricity about $160 , water and sewer about $35 ).
These are Puerto Rico statewide averages, not a meter reading for San Juan zona urbana. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
How San Juan zona urbana compares to similar-size Puerto Rico cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.