San Juan, Puerto Rico
Area Profile
317,995 residents. Jobs, income, climate, physical risk, development and airport access for San Juan, in San Juan Municipio.
Missing required signals: opportunity, growth. AreaProfile withholds a score rather than inferring the missing dimensions.
Housing costs more relative to local incomes than in most published city profiles, with rent taking 26% of median household income.
Physical-risk exposure is above the national median, driven mainly by hurricane, earthquake and landslide.
A major airport is 5 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.
At a glance
Jobs & opportunity
44% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 85% of measured US cities.
Median household income of $28,562 is below 97% of measured US cities.
| Metric | Value | Compared with peers | Source period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income ±$1,044 | $28,562 | Bottom 3% | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Per capita income ±$824 | $26,372 | Bottom 24% | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Poverty rate | 38.2% | Top 6% | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Average commute | 26.3 min | Bottom 48% | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 44.0% | Top 15% | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Labor force participation | 52.6% | Bottom 27% | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
Housing & affordability
How it’s calculated →Median rent of $612 takes 26% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.
A median home costs 6.1 times median household income here, well above the historic benchmark, at a level conventionally described as seriously unaffordable.
| Metric | Value | Compared with peers | Source period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home price to income | 6.06 | Top 9% | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Homeownership rate | 52.5% | Bottom 11% | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Housing units ±1,652 | 190,752 | Top 1% | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Median gross rent ±$17 | $612 | Bottom 8% | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Median home value ±$2,565 | $173,200 | Bottom 46% | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Rent as a share of income | 25.7% | Top 15% | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Vacancy rate | 23.4% | Top 19% | 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
7 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 66°F.
Normal annual precipitation is 75.9 inches.
| Metric | Value | Source period |
|---|---|---|
| Annual precipitation | 75.9" | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Average January low | 66°F | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Average July high | 90°F | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Comfortable months | 7 | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Seasonal temperature swing | 7°F | 1991-2020 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
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. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.
Taxes
AreaProfile does not yet publish tax comparisons. No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, methodology transparency and update cadence, and the product rule is to omit a dimension rather than estimate it. The Area Score is calculated without a tax component and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.
Nothing on AreaProfile is individualized tax advice.
Access
3 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 5 miles away.
| Airport | Code | Distance | Longest runway |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Munoz Marin Intl | SJU | 5 mi | 10,400 ft |
| Mercedita | PSE | 43 mi | 8,002 ft |
| Henry E Rohlsen | STX | 96 mi | 10,002 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 for | Source | Source period | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access | Federal Aviation Administration Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service | NASR current cycle | 28-day NASR cycle |
| Physical risk | Federal Emergency Management Agency National Risk Index | National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0) | Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current) |
| Climate | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly) | 1991-2020 Normals | Every ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period) |
| Demographics, Housing, Income, Jobs | U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File) | 2024 ACS 5-Year | Annual (5-year estimates released each December) |
Profile recalculated August 29, 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.