Bayamón Municipio, PR
County Profile
182,469 residents. Safety, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for Bayamón Municipio, PR.
Several figures AreaProfile publishes are measured by county and nowhere finer — death rates by intent among them. On this page those describe the geography they are printed on, which is not true of the city and ZIP pages that inherit them.
Missing required signal: growth. AreaProfile withholds a score rather than inferring the missing dimensions.
Housing sits below most published city profiles for affordability: rent takes 27% of median household income and the median home is 4.8 times it — each just short of the thresholds that would count as strained, but both toward the costly end.
Physical-risk exposure is above the national median, driven mainly by hurricane, earthquake and landslide.
A major airport is 13 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.
At a glance
Jobs & opportunity
Unemployment of 4.4% is lower than 42% of the 1,255 measured US locations.
Employment fell 0.2% over the past year, to 71,750 employed residents.
33% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 82% of measured US locations.
Median household income of $31,354 is below 98% of measured US locations.
| Metric | Value | Compared nationally | Source period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income ±$910 | $31,354 | Bottom 2%of 3,222 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Per capita income ±$522 | $19,277 | Bottom 3%of 3,222 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Poverty rate | 34.3% | Top 3%of 3,222 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Average commute | 32.3 min | Top 14%of 3,222 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 33.0% | Top 18%of 3,222 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Employment | 71,750 | Top 35%of 1,255 | June 2026 |
| Employment change (3 years) | 6.7% | Top 4%of 1,255 | June 2026 |
| Employment change (year over year) | -0.2% | Top 37%of 1,255 | June 2026 |
| Labor force | 75,055 | Top 35%of 1,255 | June 2026 |
| Labor force participation | 47.8% | Bottom 11%of 3,222 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Unemployment change (year over year) | 0.7% | Top 18%of 1,255 | June 2026 |
| Unemployment rate | 4.4% | Top 42%of 1,255 | June 2026 |
Housing & affordability
How it’s calculated →Median rent of $703 takes 27% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.
A median home costs 4.8 times median household income here, above the historic benchmark of about three times income.
| Metric | Value | Compared nationally | Source period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home price to income | 4.76 | Top 11%of 3,219 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Homeownership rate | 70.1% | Bottom 29%of 3,222 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Housing units ±1,037 | 88,047 | Top 11%of 3,222 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Median gross rent ±$25 | $703 | Bottom 15%of 3,216 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Median home value ±$2,172 | $149,100 | Bottom 30%of 3,219 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Rent as a share of income | 26.9% | Top 2%of 3,216 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Vacancy rate | 15.6% | Top 44%of 3,222 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.
Growth & development
How it’s calculated →No building-permit activity is published for this location by the Census Building Permits Survey.
Weather & climate
6 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 88°F and January a low of 70°F.
Normal annual precipitation is 75.4 inches.
Air quality measures a median index of 27, in the Good band, and one day a year passes 100, the threshold at which the air is unhealthy for sensitive groups.
| Metric | Value | Source period |
|---|---|---|
| 90th percentile air quality index | 54.0 | 2024 calendar year |
| Annual precipitation | 75.4" | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Average January low | 70°F | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Average July high | 88°F | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Comfortable months | 6 | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Days above AQI 100 | 1 | 2024 calendar year |
| Median air quality index | 27.0 | 2024 calendar year |
| Seasonal temperature swing | 6°F | 1991-2020 Normals |
A comfortable median and a bad tail are different problems. Wildfire smoke and summer ozone show up in the worst tenth of days, not in the middle of the year.
Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today. Air quality is measured rather than modelled, by EPA monitors, and published by county only where a monitor sits — roughly half the counties AreaProfile publishes have one, and the rest show nothing rather than an estimate. Air masses are regional, so a county reading describes the air over a place reasonably well, but it is still the county reading.
Physical risk
The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are hurricane, earthquake and landslide.
Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA National Risk Index county record. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.
What this profile does not cover
Three things people look for are missing from every AreaProfile page, and each is missing for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.
- Reported crime
- Offences reported to police are published by department rather than by town, and only where a department reported every month of the year. No municipal department reports for this place — many smaller communities are policed by the county — so there is no figure to show. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
- Taxes
- Taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Cost of living now is — the index above is the Bureau of Economic Analysis price parity for this area — but it is a price level for all consumption rather than a budget for a household, its spread is driven mostly by housing, and it excludes taxes. Housing affordability is computed separately from rent, price and income, because that answers a narrower and more actionable question. Nothing here is individualised tax advice.
- Anything about a specific address
- Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house. School attendance zones, insurance pricing and the character of a neighbourhood all vary within the places measured here.
Access
2 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 13 miles away.
| Airport | Code | Distance | Longest runway |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Munoz Marin Intl | SJU | 13 mi | 10,400 ft |
| Mercedita | PSE | 35 mi | 8,002 ft |
| Henry E Rohlsen | STX | 100 mi | 10,002 ft |
Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.
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Data & methodology
| Used for | Source | Source period | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access | Federal Aviation Administration Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service | NASR current cycle | 28-day NASR cycle |
| Physical risk | Federal Emergency Management Agency National Risk Index | National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0) | Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current) |
| Climate | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly) | 1991-2020 Normals | Every ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period) |
| Jobs | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics | June 2026 | Monthly |
| Demographics, Housing, Income, Jobs | U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File) | 2024 ACS 5-Year | Annual (5-year estimates released each December) |
| Climate | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System Daily Air Quality Index by county | 2024 calendar year | Annually, once a calendar year is complete |
Profile recalculated August 30, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.