Barangay San Miguel

Barangay San Miguel forms part of San Isidro, a municipality in Leyte, and is classified as a small barangay.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay San Miguel had a population of 926. This made it the 17th largest of 19 barangays in San Isidro by population, placing it among the smaller barangays of the municipality. Residents of Barangay San Miguel accounted for approximately 3.01% of the total population of San Isidro, which stood at 30,722 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay San Miguel changed from 811 to 926, a shift of +14.2% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with growing populations in San Isidro. Barangay San Miguel is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

San Isidro is a municipality comprising 19 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay San Miguel, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Leyte, which contains 1,641 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay San Miguel ranks 693rd by 2020 population. Leyte is classified as a 1st by the Bureau of Local Government Finance, a category that reflects the province's annual regular income.

Barangay San Miguel is governed by an elected Sangguniang Barangay composed of a Punong Barangay and seven kagawads, with the Sangguniang Kabataan representing the youth. The next BSKE, set for Monday, November 2, 2026, will elect officials to four-year terms as provided under Republic Act No. 12232.