00683 — San Germán, Puerto Rico

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 00683. Its median household income runs 13% above San Germán as a whole, which is why this ZIP carries a profile of its own.

52out of 100
Area Score
Bottom 28% of 3,113 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks

Data updated · 9 sources
Opportunity2,242nd of 3,116 ZIP areas measured44
SchoolsTop 6% of 3,047 ZIP areas measured86
Growth1,870th of 3,124 ZIP areas measured46
Housing affordability2,469th of 3,112 ZIP areas measured51
ClimateTop 3% of 3,127 ZIP areas measured100
Physical resilience3,038th of 3,127 ZIP areas measured8
Access2,372nd of 3,127 ZIP areas measured81
Economic stability3,127th of 3,127 ZIP areas measured4
The quick read

Employment conditions sit below most comparable ZIP areas measured: unemployment is 9.2% and the Opportunity signal places 00683 in the bottom 28%. The unemployment rate is published for San Germán, PR, which contains 00683, rather than for 00683 alone.

Public schools test above most of the state: 34% of students met the mathematics standard, placing the area in the top 6% of published profiles for schools.

Rent takes 31% of renter income here, above the 30% threshold conventionally called cost-burdened, and the median home is 4.8 times what its owners earn.

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At a glance

Population
29,490
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$18,543
Bottom 1% nationally
Density
598/sq mi
49.3 sq mi of land
Median age
48.3
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
San Germán
Puerto Rico
Metro area
Nearest major airport
PSE
32 mi · Mercedita
Median home value
$111,900
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment across San Germán, PR, which contains 00683, is 9.2% — higher than in all but 1% of the 3,127 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment across San Germán, PR, which contains 00683, grew 5.0% over the past year, to 7,882 employed residents.

Median household income of $18,543 is lower than in 99% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Median household income ±$1,6972024 ACS 5-Year$18,543Bottom 1%of 31,0492024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$9812024 ACS 5-Year$13,307Bottom 2%of 32,8222024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate ±5%2024 ACS 5-Year50.0%Bottom 2%of 32,8462024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute ±2.4 min2024 ACS 5-Year28.2 minBottom 47%of 32,8872024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year26.4%Top 42%of 33,1932024 ACS 5-Year
Drove alone to work ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year85.8%84th percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year
EmploymentSan Germán, PR’s figureJuly 20267,882Bottom 1%of 3,127July 2026
Employment change (3 years)San Germán, PR’s figureJuly 2026+8.8%Top 1%of 3,127July 2026
Employment change (year over year)San Germán, PR’s figureJuly 2026+5.0%Top 1%of 3,127July 2026
Labor forceSan Germán, PR’s figureJuly 20268,6761st percentileof 3,127July 2026
Labor force participation ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year52.6%Bottom 6%of 32,8832024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wageMayagüez, PR Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS$35,140Bottom 1%of 2,7602025 OEWS
Median annual wageMayagüez, PR Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS$25,270Bottom 1%of 2,7602025 OEWS
Public transit to work ±0.4%2024 ACS 5-Year0.0%1st percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)San Germán, PR’s figureJuly 2026+0.2%Bottom 35%of 3,127July 2026
Unemployment rateSan Germán, PR’s figureJuly 20269.2%Bottom 1%of 3,127July 2026
Worked from home ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year3.8%19th percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year

Median household income, successive ACS releases

202120222023202419k17k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $18,543 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 — Mayagüez, PR

OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Retail Salespersons2,610$22,090
Sewing Machine Operators2,370$21,840
Registered Nurses2,070$39,280
Cashiers1,990$21,870
Fast Food and Counter Workers1,730$21,840
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners1,520$21,960

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 San Germán, PR, the city containing this ZIP code.

34% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 56% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 9.4 students for every full-time teacher across 9 public schools, fewer than in most measured places.

Public schools
9
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
9.4
across all schools here
Math proficiency
33.6%
Top 32% in Puerto Rico
Reading proficiency
56.2%
Top 1% in Puerto Rico
All 9 public schools on record, largest first.
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
Lola Rodriguez De TioPUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION51511.03%47%
Francisco Maria QuinonesPUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION4309.825%53%
Julio V. GuzmanPUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION3159.510%35%
Laura MercadoPUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION2849.512%37%
Henry W. LongfellowPUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION2527.692%87%
Bartolome De Las CasasPUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION15810.537%52%
Herminia C. RamirezPUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION1579.898%98%
Georgina AlvaradoPUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION1328.872%77%
Mariano AbrilPUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION695.375%85%

86.2% 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 $591 a year in real estate taxes, about 0.53% of the median home value.

HUD’s Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom, set near the 40th percentile of recent new leases, is $530, some 10% above the $482 tenants already here pay.

At HUD’s Fair Market Rent of $530 a month for a two-bedroom, keeping rent to 30% of income takes a household income of about $21,200 a year, about 114% of the median household income here of $18,543.

The typical renter household here spends 31% of its income on rent, above the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $482 a month.

A median home at $111,900 costs 4.8 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $23,211, above the historic benchmark of about 3 times income.

Rent as a share of income
30.6%
Above the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
4.8×
median home value ÷ owner household income
Market rent, two bedroom
$530
what a new lease costs · FY2026
Median gross rent
$482
what tenants now pay · 2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$111,900
2024 ACS 5-Year

The figures above are measured against 00683’s median household income of $18,543, 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-Year4.8Bottom 10%of 29,2752024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year66.5%23rd percentileof 32,7502024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±4862024 ACS 5-Year15,36792nd percentileof 33,4602024 ACS 5-Year
Market rent, one bedroomFY2026$410Top 1%of 3,031FY2026
Market rent, three bedroomFY2026$659Top 1%of 3,031FY2026
Market rent, two bedroomFY2026$530Top 1%of 3,031FY2026
Median gross rent ±$332024 ACS 5-Year$482Top 2%of 26,3962024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$9,2562024 ACS 5-Year$111,90014th percentileof 30,8122024 ACS 5-Year
Median property taxes ±$1442024 ACS 5-Year$5917th percentileof 28,9352024 ACS 5-Year
Owner household income ±$2,2522024 ACS 5-Year$23,211Bottom 1%of 29,8022024 ACS 5-Year
Property tax rate ±0.14%2024 ACS 5-Year0.53%15th percentileof 24,0992024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year30.6%Bottom 37%of 26,2472024 ACS 5-Year
Seasonal and second homes ±1482024 ACS 5-Year37792nd percentileof 33,7722024 ACS 5-Year
Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year2.5%62nd percentileof 32,9612024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year24.5%95th percentileof 32,7882024 ACS 5-Year
Vacant housing units ±3932024 ACS 5-Year4,14999th 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

46/ 100
Ranks 1,870 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 18 units permitted over the past twelve months, none were in buildings of five or more homes. The multifamily share is published for San Germán, PR, which contains 00683, rather than for 00683 alone.

At 0.6 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US ZIP areas. The permit rate is published for San Germán, PR, which contains 00683, rather than for 00683 alone.

Units permitted
18
2025 calendar year
Per 1,000 residents
0.6
Bottom 14% nationally
Year over year
+80%
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 San Germán, PR, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

12 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 80°F and January a low of 62°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 92.9 inches.

50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station MARICAO 2 SSW, 4.4 miles from this location.

Precipitation

JFMAMJJASOND13.7"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals92.9"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low1991-2020 Normals62°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high1991-2020 Normals80°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals121991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals5°F1991-2020 Normals

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

Physical risk

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Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are hurricane, earthquake and landslide, with hurricane alone responsible for 47% of it.

EarthquakeModerate
HurricaneHigh
LandslideHigh

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. San Germán 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 Mercedita at 32 miles.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Broadband access ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year53.9%Bottom 2%of 32,6632024 ACS 5-Year
Distance to major airportNASR current cycle32 miBottom 28%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-Year43.7%Bottom 2%of 32,6632024 ACS 5-Year
AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
MerceditaPSE32 mi8,002 ft
Luis Munoz Marin IntlSJU72 mi10,400 ft
Henry E RohlsenSTX150 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.

00683 vs San Germán

How this ZIP area compares with San Germán 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.

00683
San Germán
Median household income: 00683 is the more favorable of the two.
Median household income
$18,543
vs
$16,469
Per capita income: San Germán is the more favorable of the two.
Per capita income
$13,307
vs
$13,792
Population density
598/sq mi
vs
3,754/sq mi
Median home value
$111,900
vs
$123,700
Median gross rent: San Germán is the more favorable of the two.
Median gross rent
$482
vs
$395
Homeownership rate
66.5%
vs
54.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher: San Germán is the more favorable of the two.
Bachelor's degree or higher
26.4%
vs
32.8%
Poverty rate: 00683 is the more favorable of the two.
Poverty rate
50.0%
vs
55.7%
Median age
48.3
vs
45.1

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.