Isabela Municipio, PR

County Profile

42,890 residents. Safety, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for Isabela 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.

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How this area ranks
Opportunity933rd of 1,255 counties measured42
Housing affordability1238th of 1,255 counties measured45
ClimateTop 1% of 1,254 counties measured100
Physical resilience1174th of 1,255 counties measured18
Access839th of 1,255 counties measured73
Economic stability1255th of 1,255 counties measured3
The quick read

Employment conditions sit below most comparable published profiles: unemployment is 6.4% and the Opportunity signal places Isabela Municipio in the bottom 26%.

Housing costs more relative to local incomes than in most published city profiles: rent takes 30% of median household income and the median home is 5.9 times it.

Physical-risk exposure is above the national median, driven mainly by hurricane, earthquake and landslide.

At a glance

Population
42,890
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$23,266
Bottom 1% nationally
Density
775/sq mi
55.3 sq mi of land
Median age
45.1
2024 ACS 5-Year
County
Isabela Municipio
Puerto Rico
Metro area
Nearest major airport
PSE
44 mi · Mercedita
Median home value
$136,200
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 6.4% is lower than 4% of the 1,255 measured US locations.

Employment grew 1.2% over the past year, to 14,543 employed residents.

Median household income of $23,266 is below 99% of measured US locations.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Median household income ±$2,479$23,266Bottom 1%of 3,2222024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$1,250$14,167Bottom 1%of 3,2222024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate43.6%Top 1%of 3,2222024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute27.8 minTop 35%of 3,2222024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher24.0%Top 43%of 3,2222024 ACS 5-Year
Employment14,543Bottom 12%of 1,255June 2026
Employment change (3 years)10.0%Top 1%of 1,255June 2026
Employment change (year over year)1.2%Top 13%of 1,255June 2026
Labor force15,544Bottom 12%of 1,255June 2026
Labor force participation39.6%Bottom 2%of 3,2222024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)1.1%Top 3%of 1,255June 2026
Unemployment rate6.4%Top 4%of 1,255June 2026
Unemployment rate
2021/072022/042023/012023/102024/072025/042026/012026/069.34.7
Monthly unemployment rate from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, most recent value 6.4% in June 2026.
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202423k17k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $23,266 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $582 takes 30% of median household income, above the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 5.9 times median household income here, well above the historic benchmark, at a level conventionally described as seriously unaffordable.

Rent as a share of income
30.0%
Above the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
5.9×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$582
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$136,200
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Home price to income5.85Top 4%of 3,2192024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate66.4%Bottom 19%of 3,2222024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±52521,832Top 33%of 3,2222024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$34$582Bottom 4%of 3,2162024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$14,263$136,200Bottom 24%of 3,2192024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income30.0%Top 1%of 3,2162024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate31.6%Top 8%of 3,2222024 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

12 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 86°F and January a low of 67°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 64.1 inches.

60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station ISABELA SUBSTN, 2.8 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND7.2"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation64.1"1991-2020 Normals
Annual snowfall0.0"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low67°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high86°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months121991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing6°F1991-2020 Normals

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.

Physical risk

18 / 100
Physical resilience

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 44 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
MerceditaPSE44 mi8,002 ft
Luis Munoz Marin IntlSJU66 mi10,400 ft
Henry E RohlsenSTX155 mi10,002 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 forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)

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.

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