Aguadilla is a coastal municipio of 54,137 people in Puerto Rico’s West region. The median home is valued at $150,800, 30% above the island median.
Aguadilla is a coastal municipio of 54,137 people in the West region, about 69 miles from San Juan. Median rent runs $509 a month, 5% below the island median. Home values are higher, at $150,800, 30% above the island figure. Household income sits at $21,540, below the island median, and most people who work commute just 20.8 minutes, faster than the island’s typical trip.
Newcomers will find plenty to eat out on: 115 restaurants work out to 21.2 per 10,000 residents, far above the island median. Supermarkets are also relatively plentiful. But ownership is thin, with only 55.9% of homes owner-occupied, and unemployment runs high at 14.8% against an island median of 10.5%. Parks are scarcer than most municipios, and the town sits outside the current AAA water-rationing calendar.
By the numbers
| Measure | Aguadilla | Puerto Rico median (Median across the 78 municipios) | Rank (Rank among the 78 municipios, with the direction that reads as better) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent (monthly) | $509 | $534 | 30th lowest of 78 |
| Median home value | $150,800 | $115,700 | 11th highest of 78 |
| Median household income | $21,540 | $24,070 | 19th lowest of 78 |
| Residents below the poverty line | 44.8% | 44.1% | 38th highest of 78 |
| Owner-occupied homes | 55.9% | 71.1% | 3rd lowest of 78 |
| Vacant housing units | 22.5% | 20.3% | 32nd highest of 78 |
| Typical commute | 20.8 min | 27.4 min | 5th lowest of 78 |
| Working from home | 8.1% | 4.5% | 13th highest of 78 |
| Households with broadband | 83.3% | 80.6% | 29th highest of 78 |
| Unemployment | 14.8% | 10.5% | 17th highest of 78 |
| Restaurants per 10,000 residents | 21.2 | 2.1 | 4th highest 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 |
|---|---|
| Moca | $512 ($3 more) |
| Aguada | $475 ($34 less) |
| Rincón | $604 ($95 more) |
| Añasco | $576 ($67 more) |
Its patron-saint festival honors Saint Charles Borromeo around November 4.
Every figure above, with its source and vintage, is on the Living in Aguadilla 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 3rd 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.