The Atlas

Barangays in San Juan

The barangay is the smallest local government: where the government's plans and services reach the community, and where neighbours settle disputes.^[1] A punong barangay, often called the kapitan, leads it with seven elected kagawad and the chairperson of the Sangguniang Kabataan.^[1]

A barangay is created by law or by an ordinance of its province or city, and only when its voters approve it in a plebiscite. It needs at least 2,000 people, or 5,000 in Metro Manila and the highly urbanized cities.^[1]

Open San Juan

Barangays in San Juan, at a glance

Barangays: 42^[2]
People, 2024CensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary: 115,118^[3]
Urban or ruralUrban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary: 10 urban^[4]; 32 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Laiya-Aplaya^[5]; San Juan, Batangas; 6,679 people
Largest by landLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary: Calubcub II^[6]; San Juan, Batangas; about 28.71 km²
Fastest growing, 5,000 people or moreGrowth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary: Calitcalit^{[5, 7]}; San Juan, Batangas; 1.19% a year, 2020 to 2024
Fewer people than in 2020Growth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary: 16 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Buhay Na Sapa, −1.46% a year.

Each row is a barangay, with its 2024 census figures. Choose a column heading or a sort button to order the list, and choose it again to turn the order round. Narrow it with the menus.

42 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in San Juan, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	Laiya-AplayaSan Juan, Batangas	6,679	about 291	about 22.93 km²	1.09% a year	Urban
2	Buhay Na SapaSan Juan, Batangas	5,058	about 1,182	about 4.28 km²	−1.46% a year	Urban
3	CalitcalitSan Juan, Batangas	5,003	about 2,943	about 1.70 km²	1.19% a year	Urban
4	Laiya-IbabaoSan Juan, Batangas	4,850	about 484	about 10.02 km²	2.63% a year	Urban
5	LibatoSan Juan, Batangas	4,848	about 365	about 13.30 km²	−0.91% a year	Urban
6	MabalanoySan Juan, Batangas	4,841	about 2,200	about 2.20 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
7	LipahanSan Juan, Batangas	4,291	about 1,022	about 4.20 km²	0.94% a year	Rural
8	EscribanoSan Juan, Batangas	3,938	about 455	about 8.66 km²	1.42% a year	Urban
9	SampiroSan Juan, Batangas	3,436	about 1,628	about 2.11 km²	0.35% a year	Rural
10	Calubcub IISan Juan, Batangas	3,349	about 117	about 28.71 km²	−1.04% a year	Rural
11	SapanganSan Juan, Batangas	3,295	about 465	about 7.08 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
12	QuipotSan Juan, Batangas	3,199	about 112	about 28.63 km²	0.87% a year	Urban
13	Palahanan IISan Juan, Batangas	3,197	about 1,355	about 2.36 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
14	MaraykitSan Juan, Batangas	3,134	about 1,425	about 2.20 km²	−0.88% a year	Urban
15	BalagbagSan Juan, Batangas	3,065	about 784	about 3.91 km²	1.61% a year	Rural
16	PoctolSan Juan, Batangas	2,983	about 683	about 4.37 km²	−0.36% a year	Rural
17	NagsaulaySan Juan, Batangas	2,875	about 991	about 2.90 km²	0.64% a year	Rural
18	PulangbatoSan Juan, Batangas	2,853	about 282	about 10.10 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
19	TipazSan Juan, Batangas	2,828	about 878	about 3.22 km²	−0.57% a year	Rural
20	Talahiban ISan Juan, Batangas	2,671	about 462	about 5.78 km²	0.57% a year	Rural
21	PutingbuhanginSan Juan, Batangas	2,631	about 541	about 4.86 km²	1.28% a year	Rural
22	PoblacionSan Juan, Batangas	2,527	about 5,517	about 0.458 km²	−4.90% a year	Urban
23	Calubcub ISan Juan, Batangas	2,364	about 743	about 3.18 km²	1.04% a year	Rural
24	SubukinSan Juan, Batangas	2,356	about 762	about 3.09 km²	3.32% a year	Rural
25	Sico ISan Juan, Batangas	2,268	about 978	about 2.32 km²	3.65% a year	Rural
26	BulsaSan Juan, Batangas	2,020	about 267	about 7.57 km²	−0.81% a year	Rural
27	AbungSan Juan, Batangas	1,976	about 524	about 3.77 km²	−2.92% a year	Rural
28	PalingowakSan Juan, Batangas	1,921	about 739	about 2.60 km²	0.45% a year	Rural
29	BataanSan Juan, Batangas	1,883	about 509	about 3.70 km²	−0.28% a year	Rural
30	TicalanSan Juan, Batangas	1,863	about 773	about 2.41 km²	1.30% a year	Rural
31	CalicantoSan Juan, Batangas	1,818	about 900	about 2.02 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
32	BarualteSan Juan, Batangas	1,797	about 340	about 5.29 km²	0.50% a year	Rural
33	MuzonSan Juan, Batangas	1,753	about 864	about 2.03 km²	1.30% a year	Rural
34	JanaojanaoSan Juan, Batangas	1,735	about 305	about 5.69 km²	1.39% a year	Rural
35	HugomSan Juan, Batangas	1,695	about 597	about 2.84 km²	−1.44% a year	Urban
36	CatmonSan Juan, Batangas	1,630	about 2,455	about 0.664 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
37	Talahiban IISan Juan, Batangas	1,594	about 712	about 2.24 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
38	PinagbayananSan Juan, Batangas	1,390	about 451	about 3.08 km²	−3.56% a year	Rural
39	ImeldaSan Juan, Batangas	1,003	about 197	about 5.10 km²	−1.05% a year	Rural
40	Sico IISan Juan, Batangas	999	about 568	about 1.76 km²	−1.59% a year	Rural
41	ColocontoSan Juan, Batangas	767	about 175	about 4.39 km²	−0.86% a year	Rural
42	Palahanan ISan Juan, Batangas	735	about 588	about 1.25 km²	−3.96% a year	Rural

How it fits

A barangay is the smallest unit of government, led by a punong barangay (the kapitan) and a council of kagawad. Every city and municipality is made up of barangays.

Sources

The list shows each place's own figures: people from the PSA's 2024 census, growth from its 2020 census, land areas from the Land Management Bureau's 2019 masterlist. A barangay's area is measured inside its border on UN OCHA's map and is approximate, and a barangay shows no growth where its border changed after 2020. Every figure's source is on its place's page; how Scene works out the rest.

1.Congress of the Philippines. Republic Act No. 7160: the Local Government Code of 1991. Published October 10, 1991. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
2.Philippine Statistics Authority. Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC), 2nd Quarter 2026: Publication Datafile. Published June 30, 2026. Read by Scene September 24, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
3.Philippine Statistics Authority. Population and Annual Population Growth Rate of the Philippines and its Regions, Provinces, and Highly Urbanized Cities Based on the 2010, 2015, 2020 and 2024 Population Census (OpenSTAT table 0211A6DAPG0). Published August 7, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
4.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population and Urban Population by Urban Classification and Region, Province, Highly Urbanized City, City/Municipality and Barangay: Philippines, 2024 (OpenSTAT table 0231A6DPUP0). Published August 7, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
5.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households by Province, City, Municipality, and Barangay as of 01 July 2024: CALABARZON (OpenSTAT table 0041A6DTPH3). Published August 5, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
6.UN OCHA, from the PSA and NAMRIA. Philippines: Subnational Administrative Boundaries (COD-AB), barangay layer. Published February 13, 2025. Read by Scene September 25, 2026. CC BY-IGO 3.0. Open the source
7.Philippine Statistics Authority. Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC), 4th Quarter 2022: Publication Datafile, with the 2015 and 2020 census counts (the PSA's file, as the Internet Archive keeps it). Published December 31, 2022. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source

Scene adds what the sources do not print themselves: growth rates, shares, barangay areas and densities, coordinates, neighbours and distances, each computed from the figures and borders above. How each is made.

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