San Juan · inland · ~7 mi from San Juan
Living in Bayamón
Residents live in a large, densely populated city within the San Juan metro area, with inland surroundings and access to cultural institutions and green space close to home.
How Bayamón sits among Puerto Rico’s 78 towns: every figure against the median town, with its source. Visiting instead? Things to do in Bayamón.
Housing and money
Median rent in Bayamón runs 32% above the median of the 78 towns (4th highest of 78 towns).
- Median rent
- $703/momedian town $534 · 4th highest of 78
- Median home value
- $149,100median town $115,700 · 12th highest of 78
- Median household income
- $31,354/yrmedian town $24,070 · 9th highest of 78
- Income per person
- $19,277median town $14,811
- Homes owner-occupied
- 70%median town 71.1%
- Homes vacant
- 16%median town 20.3%
- Below the poverty line
- 34%median town 44.1%
- Typical home built
- 1972median 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 30 minutes, 2 minutes longer than the median of the 78 towns.
- Typical commute
- 30 minmedian town 27 min · 25th longest of 78
- Work from home
- 7.2%median town 4.5%
- Commute by transit
- 1.5%median town 0.3%
- Unemployment
- 7.4%median town 10.5%
- Households with broadband
- 85%median town 80.6% · 21st highest of 78
- To San Juan
- ~7 miNext door: Guaynabo, Cataño, Toa Alta, Naranjito, Toa Baja, Aguas Buenas and Comerío
People
- Population
- 182,469Census estimate, 2020–2024 · 44.4 sq mi (115.1 km²)
- Residents per sq mi
- 4,105median town 763 · 3rd densest of 78
- Median age
- 44.4median town 44.9
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 33%median town 24.1% · 8th highest of 78
Daily life
What is mapped in Bayamón today: counts, then per 10,000 residents so a small town and San Juan read on the same scale.
- Schools
- 1045.7 per 10k · median town 6.3
- Supermarkets
- 130.7 per 10k · median town 0.7
- Parks
- 693.8 per 10k · median town 4.3
- Restaurants
- 935.1 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 Bayamón.
Water, power and safety
- Water. Bayamón 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 Bayamón are out right now. Outages by town
- Safety. 21.7 reported violent crimes per 10,000 residents in 2025, above most towns of the 78 towns (21 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.