00784Guayama, Puerto Rico

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 00784.

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How this area ranks
Opportunity4978th of 6,210 ZIP areas measured39
Housing affordability5265th of 6,685 ZIP areas measured59
Climate3904th of 6,789 ZIP areas measured68
Physical resilience6579th of 6,709 ZIP areas measured6
Access4821st of 6,791 ZIP areas measured85
Economic stability6705th of 6,742 ZIP areas measured11
The quick read

Employment conditions sit below most comparable published ZIP profiles: unemployment is 11.0% and the Opportunity signal places 00784 in the bottom 20%.

Rent takes 25% of median household income here, below the 30% threshold conventionally called cost-burdened, and the median home is 5.3 times that income.

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

At a glance

Population
34,981
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$20,558
Bottom 1% nationally
Density
524/sq mi
66.7 sq mi of land
Median age
41.2
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Guayama
Puerto Rico
Metro area
Nearest major airport
PSE
28 mi · Mercedita
Median home value
$108,700
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 11.0% is lower than 0% of the 6,544 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment grew 0.4% over the past year, to 9,214 employed residents.

Median household income of $20,558 is below 99% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Median household income ±$1,543$20,558Bottom 1%of 31,2952024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$927$13,791Bottom 2%of 32,8222024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate48.8%Top 2%of 32,9702024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute28.2 minTop 47%of 32,8872024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher25.5%Top 44%of 33,1932024 ACS 5-Year
Employment9,214Bottom 2%of 6,544June 2026
Employment change (3 years)9.2%Top 1%of 6,542June 2026
Employment change (year over year)0.4%Top 21%of 6,544June 2026
Labor force10,348Bottom 2%of 6,544June 2026
Labor force participation38.1%Bottom 7%of 33,2522024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)2.4%Top 1%of 6,544June 2026
Unemployment rate11.0%Top 1%of 6,544June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202421k18k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $20,558 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 Guayama, PR, the city containing this ZIP code.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $436 takes 25% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 5.3 times median household income here, well above the historic benchmark, at a level conventionally described as seriously unaffordable.

Rent as a share of income
25.4%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
5.3×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$436
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$108,700
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Home price to income5.29Top 14%of 30,4042024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate67.9%Bottom 26%of 32,9102024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±59318,808Top 4%of 33,7722024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$40$436Bottom 1%of 26,6182024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$5,007$108,700Bottom 13%of 30,9412024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income25.4%Top 13%of 26,4702024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate17.0%Top 33%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

4 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 90°F and January a low of 72°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 54.4 inches.

60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station GUAYAMA 2E, 3.8 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND7.3"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation54.4"1991-2020 Normals
Annual snowfall0.0"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low72°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high90°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months41991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing5°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

6 / 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

3 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 28 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
MerceditaPSE28 mi8,002 ft
Luis Munoz Marin IntlSJU31 mi10,400 ft
Henry E RohlsenSTX90 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.

00784 vs Guayama

How this ZIP area compares with Guayama as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

00784
Guayama
Median household income
$20,558
vs
$20,955
Per capita income
$13,791
vs
$15,289
Population density
524/sq mi
vs
4,984/sq mi
Median home value
$108,700
vs
$112,200
Median gross rent
$436
vs
$412
Homeownership rate
67.9%
vs
57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher
25.5%
vs
35.2%
Poverty rate
48.8%
vs
46.4%
Median age
41.2
vs
39.6

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.