Toa Baja Municipio, PR

County Profile

73,039 residents. Safety, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for Toa Baja 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
Opportunity679th of 1,255 counties54
Housing affordability1156th of 1,255 counties61
ClimateTop 13% of 1,254 counties78
Physical resilience1141st of 1,255 counties22
AccessTop 21% of 1,255 counties93
Economic stability1207th of 1,255 counties20
The quick read

Housing sits below most published city profiles for affordability: rent takes 27% of median household income and the median home is 4.7 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

Population
73,039
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$32,017
Bottom 3% nationally
Density
3,142/sq mi
23.2 sq mi of land
Median age
43.4
2024 ACS 5-Year
County
Toa Baja Municipio
Puerto Rico
Metro area
Nearest major airport
SJU
13 mi · Luis Munoz Marin Intl
Median home value
$148,900
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 4.1% is lower than 54% of the 1,255 measured US locations.

Employment fell 0.3% over the past year, to 31,087 employed residents.

29% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 73% of measured US locations.

Median household income of $32,017 is below 97% of measured US locations.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$2,754$32,017Bottom 3%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$668$18,984Bottom 3%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate32.4%Top 3%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute35.0 minTop 7%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher28.6%Top 27%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment31,087Bottom 41%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)5.4%Top 7%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-0.3%Top 38%June 2026
Labor force32,414Bottom 41%June 2026
Labor force participation54.5%Bottom 29%2024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)0.5%Top 28%June 2026
Unemployment rate4.1%Bottom 46%June 2026
Unemployment rate
2021/072022/042023/012023/102024/072025/042026/012026/067.63.1
Monthly unemployment rate from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, most recent value 4.1% in June 2026.
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202432k27k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $32,017 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 $713 takes 27% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 4.7 times median household income here, above the historic benchmark of about three times income.

Rent as a share of income
26.7%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
4.7×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$713
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$148,900
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income4.65Top 12%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate69.1%Bottom 26%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±62036,615Top 23%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$27$713Bottom 16%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$3,524$148,900Bottom 29%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income26.7%Top 2%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate18.2%Top 33%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.

60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station TOA BAJA LEVITTOWN, 2.2 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND9.8"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation75.4"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low70°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high88°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months61991-2020 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

22 / 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
The FBI’s Crime Data Explorer is the only source for reported offences with national coverage and a published method, and it requires an API key AreaProfile does not hold. Arrest counts, news volume and commercial “safety scores” are not substituted in the meantime. What is published above under Safety is a different measurement — deaths rather than offences, from death certificates rather than police returns — and it covers no property crime at all.
Taxes
No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, transparent methodology and update cadence. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Full cost of living
No public source publishes one with national coverage and a documented method. Housing affordability above is computed from published rent, price and income, and excludes transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes — commuting cost in particular tends to offset suburban housing savings.

Access

2 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 13 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Luis Munoz Marin IntlSJU13 mi10,400 ft
MerceditaPSE39 mi8,002 ft
Henry E RohlsenSTX105 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.