Añasco is a coastal town of 25,094 people in Puerto Rico’s West region. Median rent runs $576 a month, 8% above the median town.
The median home is valued at $116,300, 1% above the median town. Median household income is $24,436, 2% above the median town, and 42.9% of residents live below the poverty line.
The typical commute is 24 minutes against the median town’s 27.4, and 6.7% of workers work from home. Broadband reaches 73.2% of households, and unemployment is 6.1% against the median town’s 10.5%.
The Puerto Rico Police Bureau’s statistics put Añasco at 16.4 reported Type I incidents (the police bureau’s count of serious crime, homicide to car theft) per 10,000 residents, 4.7 of them violent. Añasco is not on the water utility’s current rationing calendar.
By the numbers
| Measure | Añasco | Median town (The middle of the 78 towns' own figures, not the Puerto Rico-wide one) | Rank (Rank among the 78 towns, with the direction that reads as better) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent (monthly) | $576 | $534 | 26th highest of 78 |
| Median home value | $116,300 | $115,700 | 38th highest of 78 |
| Median household income | $24,436 | $24,070 | 34th highest of 78 |
| Residents below the poverty line | 42.9% | 44.1% | 35th lowest of 78 |
| Owner-occupied homes | 71.2% | 71.1% | 38th highest of 78 |
| Vacant housing units | 24.7% | 20.3% | 20th highest of 78 |
| Typical commute | 24 min | 27.4 min | 15th lowest of 78 |
| Working from home | 6.7% | 4.5% | 21st highest of 78 |
| Households with broadband | 73.2% | 80.6% | 15th lowest of 78 |
| Unemployment | 6.1% | 10.5% | 11th lowest of 78 |
| Restaurants per 10,000 residents | 3.2 | 2.4 | 32nd highest of 77 |
Ranks count only the towns that have the figure, from the nearer end: “lowest” or “highest” says which.
Around it
| Nearby town | Monthly rent (Median monthly rent, against Añasco's $576) |
|---|---|
| Mayagüez | $484 ($92 less) |
| Aguada | $475 ($101 less) |
| Moca | $512 ($64 less) |
| Rincón | $604 ($28 more) |
Its patron-saint festival honors Saint Anthony around January 17.
Every figure above, with its source and vintage, is on the Living in Añasco page; the town’s guide, news and events are on its town page, and the same metrics rank all 78 towns on the best-of lists.
This is the 6th 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 towns and lag by years; OpenStreetMap counts depend on how fully the town is mapped; ranks are among the 78 towns.