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Town of the Week: Aguada, Where Rent Runs 11% Below the Island Median

Published Sep 15, 2026 · 787 Daily · Original analysis

Aguada is a coastal municipio of 37,758 people in Puerto Rico’s West region. Median rent runs $475 a month, 11% below the island median.

The median home is valued at $121,500, 5% above the island median. Median household income is $21,501, 11% below the island median, and 46.5% of residents live below the poverty line.

The typical commute is 21 minutes against an island median of 27, and 10.1% of workers work from home. Broadband reaches 70% of households, and unemployment is 5% against an island median of 10.5%.

PRPD’s statistics put Aguada at 33.1 reported Type I incidents per 10,000 residents, 14.6 of them violent. Aguada is not on the current AAA rationing calendar.

By the numbers

Median rentMedian rent: 475 against an island median of 533.5 · 14 of 78 municipios−11% Home valueHome value: 121500 against an island median of 115700 · 50 of 78 municipios+5% Median incomeMedian income: 21501 against an island median of 24070 · 61 of 78 municipios−11% CommuteCommute: 21 against an island median of 27.4 · 6 of 78 municipios−23% BroadbandBroadband: 70 against an island median of 80.6 · 71 of 78 municipios−13% Works from homeWorks from home: 10.1 against an island median of 4.5 · 5 of 78 municipios+127% UnemploymentUnemployment: 5 against an island median of 10.5 · 5 of 78 municipios−52% island median ← below above →
Aguada against the median of all 78 municipios, per cent. Green is the better side for that measure — cheaper rent, faster commute, more broadband — and grey means the measure has no better side. Source: Census ACS 5-year estimates, as on the living page.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year estimates (margins of error apply); OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); PRPD Type I statistics.
MeasureAguadaPuerto Rico medianRank
Median rent (monthly)$475$53414th lowest of 78
Median home value$121,500$115,70050th lowest of 78
Median household income$21,501$24,07061st highest of 78
Residents below the poverty line46.5%44.1%50th lowest of 78
Owner-occupied homes73.9%71.1%24th highest of 78
Vacant housing units26.5%20.3%62nd lowest of 78
Typical commute21 min27.4 min6th lowest of 78
Working from home10.1%4.5%5th highest of 78
Households with broadband70%80.6%71st highest of 78
Unemployment5%10.5%5th lowest of 78
Restaurants per 10,000 residents0.82.167th highest of 78
Type I incidents per 10,000 (2025)33.1——

Ranks count only the municipios that have the figure; “lowest” and “highest” say which end rank 1 is.

Around it

Nearby municipio Town page
Aguadilla /pr/aguadilla/
Rincón /pr/rincon/
Moca /pr/moca/
Añasco /pr/anasco/

Its patron-saint festival honours Saint Francis of Assisi around October 4.

Every figure above, with its source and vintage, is on the Living in Aguada page; the town’s guide, news and events are on its town page, and the same metrics rank all 78 municipios on the best-of lists.

This is the 2nd Town of the Week (the previous one is here).

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year estimates (2020–2024 ACS 5-Year Estimates), OpenStreetMap contributors (mapped as of 2026-08-13), Puerto Rico Police Bureau Type I statistics, AAA’s published rationing plan; ACS estimates carry margins of error that widen for small municipios.