00646Dorado, Puerto Rico

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 00646.

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How this area ranks
Opportunity4269th of 6,210 ZIP areas measured46
Housing affordability4382nd of 6,685 ZIP areas measured69
ClimateTop 4% of 6,789 ZIP areas measured96
Physical resilience5240th of 6,709 ZIP areas measured27
Access4277th of 6,791 ZIP areas measured89
Economic stability6650th of 6,742 ZIP areas measured16
The quick read

Unemployment is 5.6% and median household income $36,265, putting employment conditions in the middle range of published ZIP profiles.

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

A major airport is 19 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

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
Metro area
Nearest major airport
SJU
19 mi · Luis Munoz Marin Intl
Median home value
$169,500
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 5.6% is lower than 13% of the 6,544 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment grew 0.1% over the past year, to 13,573 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 below 96% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Median household income ±$4,517$36,265Bottom 4%of 31,2952024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$3,652$28,560Bottom 22%of 32,8222024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate27.5%Top 9%of 32,9702024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute37.1 minTop 12%of 32,8872024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher40.7%Top 20%of 33,1932024 ACS 5-Year
Employment13,573Bottom 7%of 6,544June 2026
Employment change (3 years)7.7%Top 1%of 6,542June 2026
Employment change (year over year)0.1%Top 28%of 6,544June 2026
Labor force14,372Bottom 8%of 6,544June 2026
Labor force participation49.6%Bottom 19%of 33,2522024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)0.4%Top 37%of 6,544June 2026
Unemployment rate5.6%Top 13%of 6,544June 2026
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.

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.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $700 takes 23% 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
23.2%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
4.7×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$700
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$169,500
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Home price to income4.67Top 20%of 30,4042024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate78.7%Top 50%of 32,9102024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±48216,539Top 6%of 33,7722024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$135$700Bottom 13%of 26,6182024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$8,345$169,500Bottom 35%of 30,9412024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income23.2%Top 20%of 26,4702024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate22.4%Top 23%of 33,0282024 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

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 precipitation65.9"1991-2020 Normals
Annual snowfall0.0"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low67°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high86°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months111991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing8°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

27 / 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 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

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 and full cost of living
No public source publishes either with national coverage and a method open enough to check. 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. 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 19 miles away.

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 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.

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.

00646
Dorado
Median household income
$36,265
vs
$46,519
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
$700
vs
$794
Homeownership rate
78.7%
vs
72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher
40.7%
vs
44.4%
Poverty rate
27.5%
vs
22.0%
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.