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 27.4, and 10.1% of workers work from home. Broadband reaches 70% of households, and unemployment is 5% against an island median of 10.5%.
The Puerto Rico Police Bureau’s statistics put Aguada at 33.1 reported Type I incidents (the police bureau’s count of serious crime, homicide to car theft) per 10,000 residents, 14.6 of them violent. Aguada is not on the current AAA rationing calendar.
By the numbers
| Measure | Aguada | Puerto Rico median (Median across the 78 municipios) | Rank (Rank among the 78 municipios, with the direction that reads as better) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent (monthly) | $475 | $534 | 14th lowest of 78 |
| Median home value | $121,500 | $115,700 | 29th highest of 78 |
| Median household income | $21,501 | $24,070 | 18th lowest of 78 |
| Residents below the poverty line | 46.5% | 44.1% | 29th highest of 78 |
| Owner-occupied homes | 73.9% | 71.1% | 24th highest of 78 |
| Vacant housing units | 26.5% | 20.3% | 17th highest of 78 |
| Typical commute | 21 min | 27.4 min | 6th lowest of 78 |
| Working from home | 10.1% | 4.5% | 5th highest of 78 |
| Households with broadband | 70% | 80.6% | 8th lowest of 78 |
| Unemployment | 5% | 10.5% | 5th lowest of 78 |
| Restaurants per 10,000 residents | 0.8 | 2.1 | 12th lowest of 78 |
Ranks count only the municipios that have the figure, from the nearer end: “lowest” or “highest” says which.
Around it
| Nearby municipio | Monthly rent |
|---|---|
| Aguadilla | $509 ($34 more) |
| Rincón | $604 ($129 more) |
| Moca | $512 ($37 more) |
| Añasco | $576 ($101 more) |
Its patron-saint festival honors 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), OpenStreetMap contributors (mapped as of Aug 13, 2026), Puerto Rico Police Bureau Type I statistics, AAA’s published rationing plan. ACS estimates carry margins of error that widen for small municipios and lag by years; OpenStreetMap counts depend on how fully the town is mapped; ranks are among the 78 municipios.