Central · inland · ~19 mi from San Juan
Living in Comerío
Residents live in an inland town that, despite its distance from the coast, is officially part of the San Juan metropolitan area, about 19 miles from the capital.
How Comerío sits among Puerto Rico’s 78 towns: every figure against the median town, with its source. Visiting instead? Things to do in Comerío.
Housing and money
Median rent in Comerío runs 4% below the median of the 78 towns (31st lowest of 78 towns).
- Median rent
- $512/momedian town $534 · 31st lowest of 78
- Median home value
- $97,400median town $115,700 · 10th lowest of 78
- Median household income
- $17,134/yrmedian town $24,070 · 2nd lowest of 78
- Income per person
- $11,382median town $14,811
- Homes owner-occupied
- 66%median town 71.1%
- Homes vacant
- 24%median town 20.3%
- Below the poverty line
- 53%median town 44.1%
- Typical home built
- 1979median 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, 3 minutes longer than the median of the 78 towns.
- Typical commute
- 30 minmedian town 27 min · 21st longest of 78
- Work from home
- 2.9%median town 4.5%
- Commute by transit
- 2.5%median town 0.3%
- Unemployment
- 15.3%median town 10.5%
- Households with broadband
- 73%median town 80.6% · 17th lowest of 78
- To San Juan
- ~19 miNext door: Cidra, Naranjito, Barranquitas, Aguas Buenas and Bayamón
People
- Population
- 18,711Census estimate, 2020–2024 · 28.4 sq mi (73.6 km²)
- Residents per sq mi
- 658median town 763 · 30th least dense of 78
- Median age
- 42.1median town 44.9
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 18%median town 24.1% · 9th lowest of 78
Daily life
What is mapped in Comerío today: counts, then per 10,000 residents so a small town and San Juan read on the same scale.
- Schools
- 189.6 per 10k · median town 6.3
- Supermarkets
- —median town 0.7
- Parks
- 31.6 per 10k · median town 4.3
- Restaurants
- 10.5 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 Comerío.
Water, power and safety
- Water. Comerío 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 Comerío are out right now. Outages by town
- Safety. 20.3 reported violent crimes per 10,000 residents in 2025, above most towns of the 78 towns (1 homicide 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.