Humacao Municipio, PR
County Profile
50,100 residents. Jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for Humacao Municipio, PR.
How this area ranks
Data updated · 8 sourcesEmployment conditions sit below most comparable counties measured: unemployment is 9.1% and the Opportunity signal places Humacao Municipio in the bottom 27%.
Public schools test above most of the state: 31% of students met the mathematics standard, placing the area in the top 18% of published profiles for schools.
Residential permitting has slowed: 26 units authorized over the past twelve months, 16% below the prior year.
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At a glance
Jobs & opportunity
Unemployment of 9.1% — higher than in all but 1% of the 1,467 measured US counties.
Employment grew 2.8% over the past year, to 16,799 employed residents.
28% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 70% of measured US counties.
Median household income of $27,038 is lower than in 98% of measured US counties.
| Metric | Value | Compared nationally | Source period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income ±$1,7702024 ACS 5-Year | $27,038 | Bottom 2%of 3,221 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Per capita income ±$1,0812024 ACS 5-Year | $17,542 | Bottom 2%of 3,222 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Poverty rate ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year | 38.2% | Bottom 2%of 3,222 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Average commute ±1.5 min2024 ACS 5-Year | 30.5 min | Bottom 21%of 3,222 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Bachelor's degree or higher ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year | 27.6% | Top 30%of 3,222 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Drove alone to work ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year | 86.5% | 96th percentileof 3,222 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| EmploymentJuly 2026 | 16,799 | Bottom 25%of 1,467 | July 2026 |
| Employment change (3 years)July 2026 | +4.7% | Top 9%of 1,467 | July 2026 |
| Employment change (year over year)July 2026 | +2.8% | Top 5%of 1,467 | July 2026 |
| Labor forceJuly 2026 | 18,489 | 26th percentileof 1,467 | July 2026 |
| Labor force participation ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year | 59.6% | Bottom 7%of 3,222 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Public transit to work ±0.3%2024 ACS 5-Year | 0.2% | 53rd percentileof 3,222 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Unemployment change (year over year)July 2026 | +2.1% | Bottom 1%of 1,467 | July 2026 |
| Unemployment rateJuly 2026 | 9.1% | Bottom 1%of 1,467 | July 2026 |
| Worked from home ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year | 5.3% | 20th percentileof 3,222 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
Unemployment rate
Median household income, successive ACS releases
Largest occupations — San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR
| Occupation | People employed | Median annual wage |
|---|---|---|
| Retail Salespersons | 27,950 | $22,780 |
| Security Guards | 22,420 | $21,840 |
| Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | 21,530 | $21,930 |
| Cashiers | 18,010 | $22,300 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | 17,900 | $22,130 |
| Customer Service Representatives | 15,940 | $26,520 |
Searches the 40 largest occupations here that have a published wage.
Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
31% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 50% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.
There are 11.0 students for every full-time teacher across 15 public schools, fewer than in most measured places.
| School | District | Students | Per teacher | Math | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Vocacional Manuel Mediavilla | PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | 602 | 10.0 | 3% | 32% |
| Ana Roque De Duprey | PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | 464 | 15.5 | 3% | 22% |
| Anita Otero Hernandez | PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | 458 | 10.2 | 13% | 80% |
| Agapito Lopez Flores | PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | 354 | 13.6 | 7% | 22% |
| Luz A. Cruz De Santana | PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | 300 | 12.5 | 87% | 72% |
| Juan Ponce De Leon Humacao | PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | 299 | 12.5 | 14% | 62% |
| Carlos Rivera Ufret | PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | 264 | 9.4 | 2% | 17% |
| Lidia Fiol Scarano | PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | 252 | 11.0 | 77% | 77% |
| Miguel Hernandez Agosto | PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | 248 | 10.3 | 72% | 72% |
| Antonio Rosa Guzman | PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | 237 | 10.3 | 62% | 62% |
| Petra Mercado Bougart | PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | 214 | 13.4 | 12% | 57% |
| Candido Berrios | PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | 207 | 9.9 | 57% | 62% |
86.8% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with, not how the schools perform, so it is shown and not scored.
Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against Puerto Rico’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.
Housing & affordability
How it’s calculated — housing affordability →Homeowners here who pay a tax bill pay a median of $865 a year in real estate taxes, about 0.72% of the median home value.
HUD’s Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom, set near the 40th percentile of recent new leases, is $663, some 17% above the $568 tenants already here pay.
At HUD’s Fair Market Rent of $663 a month for a two-bedroom, keeping rent to 30% of income takes a household income of about $26,500 a year, about 98% of the median household income here of $27,038.
The typical renter household here spends 28% of its income on rent, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $568 a month.
A median home at $120,100 costs 3.9 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $31,071, above the historic benchmark of about 3 times income.
The figures above are measured against Humacao Municipio’s median household income of $27,038, which describes the place rather than you. Enter your own and the ratio is recomputed against it. It stays in this browser.
| Metric | Value | Compared nationally | Source period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home price to income ±0.42024 ACS 5-Year | 3.9 | Bottom 13%of 3,217 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Homeownership rate ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year | 74.2% | 48th percentileof 3,221 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Housing units ±6492024 ACS 5-Year | 27,848 | 72nd percentileof 3,221 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Market rent, one bedroomFY2026 | $572 | Top 1%of 1,423 | FY2026 |
| Market rent, three bedroomFY2026 | $868 | Top 1%of 1,423 | FY2026 |
| Market rent, two bedroomFY2026 | $663 | Top 1%of 1,423 | FY2026 |
| Median gross rent ±$812024 ACS 5-Year | $568 | Top 4%of 3,215 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Median home value ±$4,0952024 ACS 5-Year | $120,100 | 17th percentileof 3,219 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Median property taxes ±$1442024 ACS 5-Year | $865 | 18th percentileof 3,172 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Owner household income ±$2,9642024 ACS 5-Year | $31,071 | Bottom 2%of 3,218 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Property tax rate ±0.12%2024 ACS 5-Year | 0.72% | 43rd percentileof 3,126 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Rent as a share of income ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year | 28.3% | Bottom 45%of 3,216 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Seasonal and second homes ±3902024 ACS 5-Year | 3,516 | 91st percentileof 3,222 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year | 12.6% | 86th percentileof 3,222 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year | 14.4% | 82nd percentileof 3,221 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Vacant housing units ±5822024 ACS 5-Year | 7,532 | 87th percentileof 3,222 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
These measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with. They compare housing cost with local earnings only: transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not in them. How to read affordability, the two rent figures.
Growth & development
How it’s calculated — growth →Development Momentum
An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.
Permit activity fell in each of the 3 calendar years through 2025.
New construction is predominantly single-family: of 26 units permitted over the past twelve months, none were in buildings of five or more homes.
At 0.5 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US counties.
Housing units permitted per year
Weather & climate
12 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 70°F and January a low of 59°F.
Precipitation
| Metric | Value | Source period |
|---|---|---|
| Average January low1991-2020 Normals | 59°F | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Average July high1991-2020 Normals | 70°F | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals | 12 | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals | 6°F | 1991-2020 Normals |
Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. How to read climate and air quality.
Physical risk
The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are hurricane, earthquake and inland flooding, with hurricane alone responsible for 62% of it. Inland flooding is independently rated low or minimal nationally, so this describes how the loss is composed, not how large that hazard is.
Low or minimal exposure: avalanche, coastal flooding, cold wave, drought, hail, heat wave, ice storm, inland flooding, lightning, strong wind, tornado, tsunami, volcanic activity, wildfire, winter weather.
Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). These are FEMA’s own figures for this county rather than a value derived from surrounding geographies. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.
What this profile does not cover
Each of these is absent for a reason, not by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them; the weighting is on the methodology page.
- Reported crime
- Offenses reported to police are published by department rather than by town, so AreaProfile shows a rate only on city profiles, and only where that city’s department submitted every month of a year. City profiles inside this area carry their own figure where their department reported a full year. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
- Cost of living
- Regional price parities are published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis for the fifty states, the District of Columbia and their metropolitan areas. Puerto Rico is outside that program.
- Death-certificate rates
- The CDC provisional county file covers the fifty states and the District of Columbia. Puerto Rico is not in it, so the homicide, firearm, overdose and suicide rates shown elsewhere on this site have no counterpart here.
- Air quality
- The EPA publishes an air-quality index only where a monitor sits. There is none in this county, and a modeled value would be a different kind of number from the measured ones everywhere else on this page.
- Taxes
- Income and sales taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Property taxes are shown in the housing section but are not part of the score. Cost of living is published where the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures it, though not for this place. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
- Anything about a specific address
- Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house.
Access
3 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest Luis Munoz Marin Intl at 25 miles.
| Metric | Value | Compared nationally | Source period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadband access ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year | 85.2% | Bottom 38%of 3,221 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Distance to major airportNASR current cycle | 25 mi | Top 35%of 1,463 | NASR current cycle |
| Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle | 3 | Bottom 35%of 1,463 | NASR current cycle |
| No internet access ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year | 13.8% | Bottom 25%of 3,221 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Airport | Code | Distance | Longest runway |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Munoz Marin Intl | SJU | 25 mi | 10,400 ft |
| Mercedita | PSE | 52 mi | 8,002 ft |
| Henry E Rohlsen | STX | 71 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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| Used for | Source | Source period |
|---|---|---|
| Access | Federal Aviation Administration Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service | NASR current cycle |
| Physical risk | Federal Emergency Management Agency National Risk Index | National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0) |
| Climate | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly) | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Jobs | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics | July 2026 |
| Development | U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey | 2025 calendar year |
| Access, Demographics, Housing, Income, Jobs | U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File) | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Schools | U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments | 2018-19 school year; 2024-25 school year |
| Housing | U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research Fair Market Rents | FY2026 |
| Current conditions | NOAA National Weather Service National Weather Service current conditions | Live observation, read when the page opens |
Profile recalculated October 8, 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 every source with how often each updates.
Cities in Humacao Municipio, PR
ZIP areas
Only ZIP areas whose income or home value differ from their city’s by at least ten percent get a profile of their own, so this is a selection rather than every ZIP code in the county.