Aibonito is an inland municipio of 24,636 people in Puerto Rico’s Central region. Median rent runs $481 a month, 10% below the island median.
The median home is valued at $124,100, 7% above the island median. Median household income is $21,744, 10% below the island median, and 46.6% of residents live below the poverty line.
The typical commute is 23 minutes against an island median of 27.4, and 4% of workers work from home. Broadband reaches 73.2% of households, and unemployment is 6.8% against an island median of 10.5%.
The Puerto Rico Police Bureau’s statistics put Aibonito at 31.3 reported Type I incidents (the police bureau’s count of serious crime, homicide to car theft) per 10,000 residents, 13 of them violent. Aibonito is not on the current AAA rationing calendar.
By the numbers
| Measure | Aibonito | Puerto Rico median (Median across the 78 municipios) | Rank (Rank among the 78 municipios, with the direction that reads as better) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent (monthly) | $481 | $534 | 17th lowest of 78 |
| Median home value | $124,100 | $115,700 | 26th highest of 78 |
| Median household income | $21,744 | $24,070 | 20th lowest of 78 |
| Residents below the poverty line | 46.6% | 44.1% | 28th highest of 78 |
| Owner-occupied homes | 75.2% | 71.1% | 16th highest of 78 |
| Vacant housing units | 10.5% | 20.3% | 2nd lowest of 78 |
| Typical commute | 23.2 min | 27.4 min | 11th lowest of 78 |
| Working from home | 4% | 4.5% | 36th lowest of 78 |
| Households with broadband | 73.2% | 80.6% | 15th lowest of 78 |
| Unemployment | 6.8% | 10.5% | 17th lowest of 78 |
| Restaurants per 10,000 residents | 1.6 | 2.4 | 28th lowest of 77 |
Ranks count only the municipios that have the figure, from the nearer end: “lowest” or “highest” says which.
Around it
| Nearby municipio | Monthly rent (Median monthly rent, against Aibonito's $481) |
|---|---|
| Barranquitas | $505 ($24 more) |
| Cayey | $540 ($59 more) |
| Coamo | $521 ($40 more) |
| Cidra | $577 ($96 more) |
Its patron-saint festival honors James the Apostle around July 25.
Every figure above, with its source and vintage, is on the Living in Aibonito 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 5th 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 Oct 4, 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.