00646 — Dorado, Puerto Rico

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 00646. Its median home value runs 36% below Dorado as a whole, which is why this ZIP carries a profile of its own.

54out of 100
Area Score
Bottom 36% of 3,113 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks

Data updated · 9 sources
Opportunity1,887th of 3,116 ZIP areas measured49
Schools2,309th of 3,047 ZIP areas measured30
GrowthTop 32% of 3,124 ZIP areas measured60
Housing affordabilityTop 28% of 3,112 ZIP areas measured75
ClimateTop 3% of 3,127 ZIP areas measured96
Physical resilience2,482nd of 3,127 ZIP areas measured27
Access1,903rd of 3,127 ZIP areas measured89
Economic stability3,046th of 3,127 ZIP areas measured15
The quick read

Unemployment is 6.2% and median household income $36,265, putting employment conditions in the middle range of ZIP areas measured. The unemployment rate is published for Dorado, PR, which contains 00646, rather than for 00646 alone.

In the public schools here, 21% of students met the state standard in mathematics, with 9.8 students for every teacher.

Rent takes 24% of renter income here, below the 30% threshold conventionally called cost-burdened, and the median home is 4.0 times what its owners earn.

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At a glance

Population
35,998
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$36,265
Bottom 4% nationally
Density
1,710/sq mi
21.1 sq mi of land
Median age
42.9
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Dorado
Puerto Rico
Nearest major airport
SJU
19 mi · Luis Munoz Marin Intl
Median home value
$169,500
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment across Dorado, PR, which contains 00646, is 6.2% — higher than in all but 6% of the 3,127 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment across Dorado, PR, which contains 00646, grew 3.0% over the past year, to 13,742 employed residents.

41% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 80% of measured US ZIP areas.

Median household income of $36,265 is lower than in 96% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Median household income ±$4,5172024 ACS 5-Year$36,265Bottom 4%of 31,0492024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$3,6522024 ACS 5-Year$28,560Bottom 22%of 32,8222024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year27.9%Bottom 8%of 32,8462024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute ±2.2 min2024 ACS 5-Year37.1 minBottom 12%of 32,8872024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year40.7%Top 20%of 33,1932024 ACS 5-Year
Drove alone to work ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year78.9%61st percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year
EmploymentDorado, PR’s figureJuly 202613,742Bottom 8%of 3,127July 2026
Employment change (3 years)Dorado, PR’s figureJuly 2026+7.6%Top 2%of 3,127July 2026
Employment change (year over year)Dorado, PR’s figureJuly 2026+3.0%Top 3%of 3,127July 2026
Labor forceDorado, PR’s figureJuly 202614,6448th percentileof 3,127July 2026
Labor force participation ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year69.2%Bottom 22%of 32,8832024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wageSan Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS$39,970Bottom 1%of 2,7602025 OEWS
Median annual wageSan Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS$29,440Bottom 1%of 2,7602025 OEWS
Public transit to work ±0.2%2024 ACS 5-Year0.0%1st percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)Dorado, PR’s figureJuly 2026+1.0%Bottom 4%of 3,127July 2026
Unemployment rateDorado, PR’s figureJuly 20266.2%Bottom 6%of 3,127July 2026
Worked from home ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year13.2%66th percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year

Median household income, successive ACS releases

202120222023202436k30k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $36,265 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.

Largest occupations — San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR

OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Retail Salespersons27,950$22,780
Security Guards22,420$21,840
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners21,530$21,930
Cashiers18,010$22,300
Fast Food and Counter Workers17,900$22,130
Customer Service Representatives15,940$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.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Dorado, PR, the city containing this ZIP code.

21% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 38% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 9.8 students for every full-time teacher across 6 public schools, fewer than in most measured places.

Public schools
6
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
9.8
across all schools here
Math proficiency
20.5%
Bottom 5% in Puerto Rico
Reading proficiency
38.0%
Bottom 23% in Puerto Rico
All 6 public schools on record, largest first.
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
Jose Santos AlegriaPUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION71413.23%32%
Elemental Ecologica Jose De DiegoPUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION48910.225%44%
Cristobal Santana MelecioPUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION30110.032%42%
Jacinto Lopez MartinezPUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION2658.032%36%
Luisa M. ValderramaPUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION1996.957%52%
Ricardo Arroyo LaracuentePUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION1867.24%27%

87.7% 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.

Homeowners here who pay a tax bill pay a median of $1,353 a year in real estate taxes, about 0.80% 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, close to the $700 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 73% of the median household income here of $36,265.

The typical renter household here spends 24% of its income on rent, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $700 a month.

A median home at $169,500 costs 4.0 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $41,927, above the historic benchmark of about 3 times income.

Rent as a share of income
23.9%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
4.0×
median home value ÷ owner household income
Market rent, two bedroom
$663
what a new lease costs · FY2026
Median gross rent
$700
what tenants now pay · 2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$169,500
2024 ACS 5-Year

The figures above are measured against 00646’s median household income of $36,265, which describes the place rather than you. Enter your own and the ratio is recomputed against it. It stays in this browser.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Home price to income ±0.62024 ACS 5-Year4.0Bottom 18%of 29,2752024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year78.7%50th percentileof 32,7502024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±4822024 ACS 5-Year16,53994th percentileof 33,4602024 ACS 5-Year
Market rent, one bedroomFY2026$572Top 1%of 3,031FY2026
Market rent, three bedroomFY2026$868Top 1%of 3,031FY2026
Market rent, two bedroomFY2026$663Top 1%of 3,031FY2026
Median gross rent ±$1352024 ACS 5-Year$700Top 13%of 26,3962024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$8,3452024 ACS 5-Year$169,50035th percentileof 30,8122024 ACS 5-Year
Median property taxes ±$2292024 ACS 5-Year$1,35331st percentileof 28,9352024 ACS 5-Year
Owner household income ±$6,4002024 ACS 5-Year$41,927Bottom 4%of 29,8022024 ACS 5-Year
Property tax rate ±0.14%2024 ACS 5-Year0.80%41st percentileof 24,0992024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income ±6%2024 ACS 5-Year23.9%Top 27%of 26,2472024 ACS 5-Year
Seasonal and second homes ±2442024 ACS 5-Year1,22298th percentileof 33,7722024 ACS 5-Year
Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year7.4%77th percentileof 32,9612024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year15.0%83rd percentileof 32,7882024 ACS 5-Year
Vacant housing units ±4462024 ACS 5-Year3,70199th percentileof 33,7722024 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.

Development Momentum

60/ 100
Top 32% of 3,124 published ZIP profiles

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.

New construction is predominantly single-family: of 99 units permitted over the past twelve months, none were in buildings of five or more homes. The multifamily share is published for Dorado, PR, which contains 00646, rather than for 00646 alone.

At 2.8 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US ZIP areas. The permit rate is published for Dorado, PR, which contains 00646, rather than for 00646 alone.

Units permitted
99
2025 calendar year
Per 1,000 residents
2.8
Bottom 47% nationally
Year over year
+22%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
0.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Dorado, PR, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

11 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 65.9 inches.

60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station DORADO 2 WNW, 3.0 miles from this location.

Precipitation

JFMAMJJASOND8.2"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals65.9"1991-2020 Normals
Annual snowfall1991-2020 Normals0.0"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low1991-2020 Normals67°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high1991-2020 Normals86°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals111991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals8°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. How to read climate and air quality.

Physical risk

27 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are hurricane, tsunami and earthquake, with hurricane alone responsible for 38% of it. Tsunami is independently rated low or minimal nationally, so this describes how the loss is composed, not how large that hazard is.

EarthquakeModerate
HurricaneHigh
LandslideModerate

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). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. 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. A ZIP area is not a jurisdiction, so no department reports for one. Dorado carries the figure where its 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

2 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest Luis Munoz Marin Intl at 19 miles.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Broadband access ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year77.1%Bottom 12%of 32,6632024 ACS 5-Year
Distance to major airportNASR current cycle19 miBottom 48%of 3,127NASR current cycle
Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle2Bottom 9%of 3,127NASR current cycle
No internet access ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year20.8%Bottom 10%of 32,6632024 ACS 5-Year
AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Luis Munoz Marin IntlSJU19 mi10,400 ft
MerceditaPSE35 mi8,002 ft
Henry E RohlsenSTX110 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 period
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 Normals
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWS
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
July 2026
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
2025 calendar year
Access, Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-Year
SchoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2018-19 school year; 2024-25 school year
HousingU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research
Fair Market Rents
FY2026
Current conditionsNOAA 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.

00646 vs Dorado

How this ZIP area compares with Dorado as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like — a gap here is a real difference between the two places, not two surveys disagreeing.

00646
Dorado
Median household income: Dorado is the more favorable of the two.
Median household income
$36,265
vs
$46,519
Per capita income: Dorado is the more favorable of the two.
Per capita income
$28,560
vs
$40,882
Population density
1,710/sq mi
vs
3,931/sq mi
Median home value
$169,500
vs
$265,300
Median gross rent: 00646 is the more favorable of the two.
Median gross rent
$700
vs
$794
Homeownership rate
78.7%
vs
72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher: Dorado is the more favorable of the two.
Bachelor's degree or higher
40.7%
vs
44.4%
Poverty rate: Dorado is the more favorable of the two.
Poverty rate
27.9%
vs
22.4%
Median age
42.9
vs
43.6

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.