West · coastal · ~71 mi from San Juan

Living in Aguada

Residents live in a coastal town with a long history, spread across 17 barrios and the town pueblo, within easy reach of the neighboring Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastián metro area.

How Aguada sits among Puerto Rico’s 78 towns: every figure against the median town, with its source. Visiting instead? Things to do in Aguada.

Housing and money

Median rent in Aguada runs 11% below the median of the 78 towns (14th lowest of 78 towns).

Median rent: $475/momedian town $534 · 14th lowest of 78
Median home value: $121,500median town $115,700 · 29th highest of 78
Median household income: $21,501/yrmedian town $24,070 · 18th lowest of 78
Income per person: $13,065median town $14,811
Homes owner-occupied: 74%median town 71.1%
Homes vacant: 27%median town 20.3%
Below the poverty line: 47%median town 44.1%
Typical home built: 1978median year

For scale: the U.S. median rent is $1,413 and household income $80,734; Puerto Rico's, island-wide, are $578 and $26,297. Full cost-of-living comparison.

Work and getting around

The typical commute is 21 minutes, 6 minutes shorter than the median of the 78 towns.

Typical commute: 21 minmedian town 27 min · 6th shortest of 78
Work from home: 10.1%median town 4.5%
Commute by transit: 0.0%median town 0.3%
Unemployment: 5.0%median town 10.5%
Households with broadband: 70%median town 80.6% · 8th lowest of 78
To San Juan: ~71 miNext door: Aguadilla, Rincón, Moca and Añasco

People

Population: 37,758Census estimate, 2020–2024 · 30.8 sq mi (79.9 km²)
Residents per sq mi: 1,225median town 763 · 17th densest of 78
Median age: 46.7median town 44.9
Bachelor's degree or higher: 23%median town 24.1% · 35th lowest of 78

Daily life

What is mapped in Aguada today: counts, then per 10,000 residents so a small town and San Juan read on the same scale.

Schools: 143.7 per 10k · median town 6.3
Supermarkets: 30.8 per 10k · median town 0.7
Parks: 164.2 per 10k · median town 4.3
Restaurants: 71.9 per 10k · median town 2.4
Beaches: 4coastal town

Counts from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL): what volunteers have mapped, not an official register. Places our guide recommends in Aguada.

Water, power and safety

Water. Aguada is not on an AAA rationing calendar. Reservoir levels & the rationing calendar
Power. LUMA reports outages by sector; the live tracker shows how many sectors in Aguada are out right now. Outages by town
Safety. 14.6 reported violent crimes per 10,000 residents in 2025, below most towns of the 78 towns (2 homicides that year). Every town, with context
Hurricanes. Every town prepares the same way; the Puerto Rico version of the checklist starts from a grid and water system that take longer to come back. Prepare

Beach water

Advisory: not suitable for swimming: Balneario Pico de Piedra. Last tested Oct 13.

On DRNA’s beach notice of Oct 16.

Beach water quality

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates, 2020–2024 (small towns carry wide margins of error); OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), mapped as of Oct 4, 2026; Puerto Rico Police Bureau, SAEC Type I, 2025 full year; AAA: Plan de Interrupciones Programadas.

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