Arroyo is a coastal town of 15,341 people in Puerto Rico’s South region. Median rent runs $472 a month, 12% below the median town.
The median home is valued at $89,900, 22% below the median town. Median household income is $21,186, 12% below the median town, and 52.1% of residents live below the poverty line.
The typical commute is 28 minutes against the median town’s 27.4, and 4.9% of workers work from home. Broadband reaches 85.7% of households, and unemployment is 7.3% against the median town’s 10.5%.
The Puerto Rico Police Bureau’s statistics put Arroyo at 55.4 reported Type I incidents (the police bureau’s count of serious crime, homicide to car theft) per 10,000 residents, 24.1 of them violent. Arroyo is not on the water utility’s current rationing calendar.
By the numbers
| Measure | Arroyo | 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) | $472 | $534 | 13th lowest of 78 |
| Median home value | $89,900 | $115,700 | 6th lowest of 78 |
| Median household income | $21,186 | $24,070 | 16th lowest of 78 |
| Residents below the poverty line | 52.1% | 44.1% | 13th highest of 78 |
| Owner-occupied homes | 76% | 71.1% | 10th highest of 78 |
| Vacant housing units | 19.6% | 20.3% | 35th lowest of 78 |
| Typical commute | 27.9 min | 27.4 min | 37th highest of 78 |
| Working from home | 4.9% | 4.5% | 36th highest of 78 |
| Households with broadband | 85.7% | 80.6% | 17th highest of 78 |
| Unemployment | 7.3% | 10.5% | 22nd lowest of 78 |
| Restaurants per 10,000 residents | 1.3 | 2.4 | 21st lowest 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 Arroyo's $472) |
|---|---|
| Guayama | $436 ($36 less) |
| Patillas | $543 ($71 more) |
| Maunabo | $549 ($77 more) |
| Cayey | $540 ($68 more) |
Its patron-saint festival honors Our Lady of Mount Carmel around July 16.
Every figure above, with its source and vintage, is on the Living in Arroyo 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 8th Town of the Week (the previous one is here).
Sources: the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS), 5-year estimates (2020–2024), OpenStreetMap contributors (mapped as of Oct 4, 2026), Puerto Rico Police Bureau Type I statistics, and the rationing plan the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (AAA) published. 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.