Aguas Buenas is an inland municipio of 23,614 people in Puerto Rico’s North region. Median rent runs $468 a month, 12% below the island median.
The median home is valued at $144,000, 24% above the island median. Median household income is $23,072, 4% below the island median, and 45.5% of residents live below the poverty line.
The typical commute is 33 minutes against an island median of 27.4, and 3.2% of workers work from home. Broadband reaches 82.6% of households, and unemployment is 5% against an island median of 10.5%.
The Puerto Rico Police Bureau’s statistics put Aguas Buenas at 38.1 reported Type I incidents (the police bureau’s count of serious crime, homicide to car theft) per 10,000 residents, 12.3 of them violent. Aguas Buenas is not on the current AAA rationing calendar.
By the numbers
| Measure | Aguas Buenas | Puerto Rico median (Median across the 78 municipios) | Rank (Rank among the 78 municipios, with the direction that reads as better) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent (monthly) | $468 | $534 | 12th lowest of 78 |
| Median home value | $144,000 | $115,700 | 16th highest of 78 |
| Median household income | $23,072 | $24,070 | 32nd lowest of 78 |
| Residents below the poverty line | 45.5% | 44.1% | 34th highest of 78 |
| Owner-occupied homes | 64.4% | 71.1% | 9th lowest of 78 |
| Vacant housing units | 18.5% | 20.3% | 29th lowest of 78 |
| Typical commute | 33 min | 27.4 min | 9th highest of 78 |
| Working from home | 3.2% | 4.5% | 31st lowest of 78 |
| Households with broadband | 82.6% | 80.6% | 34th highest of 78 |
| Unemployment | 5% | 10.5% | 5th 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 |
|---|---|
| Caguas | $659 ($191 more) |
| Cidra | $577 ($109 more) |
| Guaynabo | $901 ($433 more) |
| Comerío | $512 ($44 more) |
Its patron-saint festival honors Our Lady of Montserrat around September 8.
Every figure above, with its source and vintage, is on the Living in Aguas Buenas 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 4th 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.