PR metros
Cost of living across major PR metropolitan areas.
What living in PR costs
Across the 2 PR metros we track, the typical cost-of-living index is 100 against a national metro median of 95.7 — about 4% pricier than the typical US metro. That ranks PR 34 of the 48 states we cover, counting from the cheapest.
The state is not uniform: San Juan, PR is the cheapest metro at 100.0, while Aguadilla, PR runs 100.0 — a spread of 0% between them.
A typical PR home costs $350,000, or about 13× median household income, and typical rent is $1,500/mo.
Taxes in PR
PR levies a state income tax on top of the federal one. Effective property tax runs about 0.5% of home value in a typical PR metro, and combined state and local sales tax is around 11.5%.
Property tax is the one that scales with housing, so it bites hardest in the pricier metros above. Per-metro figures are on each metro page.
| Metro | COL index | Median home | Median rent |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Juan, PR | 100.0 | $350,000 | $1,500 |
| Aguadilla, PR | 100.0 | $350,000 | $1,500 |
Cities & towns in PR (22)
Local property tax, home values and school scores for each place.