Head to head
Gustavia (St Barths) vs San Juan (Puerto Rico).
🇫🇷 St Barths against 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico, on tax, residence, cost, and the life. Same model, same year, no brochure.
🇫🇷 St Barths against 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico, on tax, residence, cost, and the life. Same model, same year, no brochure.
| Gustavia (St Barths) | San Juan (Puerto Rico) | |
|---|---|---|
| Effective tax at $300K | 0% | 4% |
| Effective tax at $1M | 0% | 4% |
| Effective tax at $3M | 0% | 4% |
| Kept at $1M | $1M | $960K |
| Capital gains | 0% | 0% |
| Cost index (Zurich 100) | 132 | 75 |
| Safety | 9/10 | 5/10 |
| Schools | 5/10 | 6/10 |
| Sun hours | 2,900 | 2,900 |
| Supercar street index | #84 | #79 |
| Routes in | Founder & talent | Golden visa, Founder & talent |
| Net millionaire inflow 2025 (country, Henley) | n/a | n/a |
| Flight London | 9 | 9.2 |
| Flight New York | 4.4 | 4.2 |
Simplified marginal model, indicative 2026 brackets, non-US single filer, no social contributions, deductions, wealth taxes, or treaties.
Gustavia (St Barths) keeps more of a $1M salary, $40K a year on this model. San Juan (Puerto Rico) answers with schools.
Capital gains land at 0% in both. The order of operations, move then sell or sell then move, decides more than the rate. Neither city taxes wealth as such.
San Juan (Puerto Rico) leads on schools and a lower cost, Gustavia (St Barths) on safety. Sun hours are level.
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Tax figures use a simplified marginal model with indicative 2026 brackets for a non-US single filer, ignore social contributions, most deductions, wealth taxes, and treaties, and are not advice. Residence rules change often. Verify before acting.