Central · inland · ~23 mi from San Juan
Living in Barranquitas
Residents live in a Cordillera Central mountain town of about 29,000 people, about 23 miles from San Juan and within its metro area.
How Barranquitas sits among Puerto Rico’s 78 towns: every figure against the median town, with its source. Visiting instead? Things to do in Barranquitas.
Housing and money
Median rent in Barranquitas runs 5% below the median of the 78 towns (27th lowest of 78 towns).
- Median rent
- $505/momedian town $534 · 27th lowest of 78
- Median home value
- $117,800median town $115,700 · 36th highest of 78
- Median household income
- $23,407/yrmedian town $24,070 · 35th lowest of 78
- Income per person
- $14,715median town $14,811
- Homes owner-occupied
- 67%median town 71.1%
- Homes vacant
- 15%median town 20.3%
- Below the poverty line
- 49%median town 44.1%
- Typical home built
- 1984median 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 32 minutes, 4 minutes longer than the median of the 78 towns.
- Typical commute
- 32 minmedian town 27 min · 14th longest of 78
- Work from home
- 3.2%median town 4.5%
- Commute by transit
- 0.0%median town 0.3%
- Unemployment
- 12.7%median town 10.5%
- Households with broadband
- 83%median town 80.6% · 31st highest of 78
- To San Juan
- ~23 miNext door: Aibonito, Comerío, Orocovis, Coamo, Naranjito, Cidra and Corozal
People
- Population
- 29,054Census estimate, 2020–2024 · 34.2 sq mi (88.7 km²)
- Residents per sq mi
- 850median town 763 · 33rd densest of 78
- Median age
- 40.1median town 44.9
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 24%median town 24.1% · 37th lowest of 78
Daily life
What is mapped in Barranquitas today: counts, then per 10,000 residents so a small town and San Juan read on the same scale.
- Schools
- 155.2 per 10k · median town 6.3
- Supermarkets
- 10.3 per 10k · median town 0.7
- Parks
- 31 per 10k · median town 4.3
- Restaurants
- 31 per 10k · median town 2.4
- Beaches
- 0inland
Counts from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL): what volunteers have mapped, not an official register. Places our guide recommends in Barranquitas.
Water, power and safety
- Water. Barranquitas 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 Barranquitas are out right now. Outages by town
- Safety. 18.2 reported violent crimes per 10,000 residents in 2025, middle of the island of the 78 towns (3 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
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.