🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
Levittown
Levittowns are six large suburban housing developments, three of which are actually named "Levittown." They were created in the United States by William J. Levitt and his company Levitt & Sons. Built after World War II for returning white veterans and their new families, the communities offered attractive alternatives to cramped central city locations and apartments. The Veterans Administration and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) guaranteed builders that qualified veterans could buy housing for a fraction of rental costs. Under Levitt & Sons, Levittown housing would maintain racial covenants that excluded non-White would-be buyers.
- Country
- 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
- Elevation
- 0 m
- Population
- 29,785
- Time zone
- America/Puerto_Rico
- Coordinates
- 18.45, -66.18
How far Levittown is from other cities in Puerto Rico
- Bayamón6 km✈ 45 min · 🚗 6 min
- Cataño7 km✈ 45 min · 🚗 7 min
- San Juan8 km✈ 46 min · 🚗 8 min
- Guaynabo13 km✈ 46 min · 🚗 13 min
- Trujillo Alto21 km✈ 47 min · 🚗 21 min
- Vega Baja22 km✈ 47 min · 🚗 22 min
- Carolina25 km✈ 47 min · 🚗 25 min
- Caguas28 km✈ 47 min · 🚗 28 min
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