Barceloneta is a coastal town of 22,494 people in Puerto Rico’s North region. Median rent runs $582 a month, 9% above the median town.
The median home is valued at $126,300, 9% above the median town. Median household income is $24,508, 2% above the median town, and 41.9% of residents live below the poverty line.
The typical commute is 26 minutes against the median town’s 27.4, and 4.1% of workers work from home. Broadband reaches 78.7% of households, and unemployment is 10.9% against the median town’s 10.5%.
The Puerto Rico Police Bureau’s statistics put Barceloneta at 107.1 reported Type I incidents (the police bureau’s count of serious crime, homicide to car theft) per 10,000 residents, 18.2 of them violent. Barceloneta is not on the water utility’s current rationing calendar.
By the numbers
| Measure | Barceloneta | 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) | $582 | $534 | 22nd highest of 78 |
| Median home value | $126,300 | $115,700 | 24th highest of 78 |
| Median household income | $24,508 | $24,070 | 32nd highest of 78 |
| Residents below the poverty line | 41.9% | 44.1% | 30th lowest of 78 |
| Owner-occupied homes | 74.1% | 71.1% | 22nd highest of 78 |
| Vacant housing units | 16.2% | 20.3% | 15th lowest of 78 |
| Typical commute | 25.8 min | 27.4 min | 25th lowest of 78 |
| Working from home | 4.1% | 4.5% | 37th lowest of 78 |
| Households with broadband | 78.7% | 80.6% | 32nd lowest of 78 |
| Unemployment | 10.9% | 10.5% | 36th highest of 78 |
| Restaurants per 10,000 residents | 4 | 2.4 | 25th 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 Barceloneta's $582) |
|---|---|
| Manatí | $538 ($44 less) |
| Florida | $688 ($106 more) |
| Arecibo | $531 ($51 less) |
| Ciales | $431 ($151 less) |
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 Barceloneta 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 9th 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.