San José, PR Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of San José, Puerto Rico, shaded from 13 ft on the north side to 440 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
440 ft 135 m340 ft 105 m280 ft 85 m170 ft 55 m67 ft 20 m13 ft 4 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official Census boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

San José sits at about 150 ft (45 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
150 ft 45 m
most residents: 44–230 ft
Lowest
13 ft 4 m
on the north side
Highest
440 ft 135 m
on the northeast side
Average
130 ft 40 m
all land inside the Census boundary

San José spans about 427 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
150 ft45 m
Highest point
Inside the Census boundary, on the northeast side
440 ft135 m
Lowest point
Inside the Census boundary, on the north side
13 ft4 m
Town center
USGS map point for San José
42 ft13 m
Airport (SIG)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 9.9 mi east of the Census boundary
10 ft3 m
Average of all land130 ft40 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.2 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of San José, Puerto Rico, shaded from 13 ft on the north side to 440 ft on the northeast side
Census boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Community (census-designated) in Toa Baja Municipio, Puerto Rico, United States
Population
2,241 2020 Census
Land area
1.1 sq mi
Density
1,964 per sq mi
Coordinates
18.3983° N, 66.2557° W
Time zone
Atlantic UTC−4, no daylight saving
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci (SIG) 10 ft
ZIP codes 1
00949
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Candelaria220 ft
  2. Río Lajas170 ft
  3. Galateo150 ft
  4. San José150 ft
  5. Candelaria Arenas120 ft
  6. Mucarabones95 ft
  7. Campanilla23 ft
  8. Brisas del Campanero16 ft
  9. Villa Quintero10 ft
  10. Villa Esperanza8 ft
  11. Toaville7 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Monte Jayuya4,310 ft
  • Monte Guilarte3,954 ft
  • El Toro3,480 ft
  • Cerro Santa Bárbara, Toa Alta Municipio740 ft
  • Cerros de Higuillar250 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the Census boundary, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census Census boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: Puerto Rico Vertical Datum of 2002 (PRVD02). NGS plans to replace PRVD02 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • San José is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.