Central · inland · ~16 mi from San Juan
Living in Corozal
Residents live in an inland town with a long history dating to 1795, within commuting reach of the San Juan metro area while retaining a spread-out, barrio-based layout.
How Corozal sits among Puerto Rico’s 78 towns: every figure against the median town, with its source. Visiting instead? Things to do in Corozal.
Housing and money
Median rent in Corozal runs 7% below the median of the 78 towns (24th lowest of 78 towns).
- Median rent
- $497/momedian town $534 · 24th lowest of 78
- Median home value
- $119,700median town $115,700 · 34th highest of 78
- Median household income
- $23,797/yrmedian town $24,070 · 38th lowest of 78
- Income per person
- $12,915median town $14,811
- Homes owner-occupied
- 75%median town 71.1%
- Homes vacant
- 18%median town 20.3%
- Below the poverty line
- 43%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 33 minutes, 6 minutes longer than the median of the 78 towns.
- Typical commute
- 33 minmedian town 27 min · 9th longest of 78
- Work from home
- 0.9%median town 4.5%
- Commute by transit
- 0.3%median town 0.3%
- Unemployment
- 6.6%median town 10.5%
- Households with broadband
- 82%median town 80.6% · 35th highest of 78
- To San Juan
- ~16 miNext door: Vega Alta, Naranjito, Toa Alta, Morovis, Orocovis and Barranquitas
People
- Population
- 34,444Census estimate, 2020–2024 · 42.5 sq mi (110.2 km²)
- Residents per sq mi
- 811median town 763 · 34th densest of 78
- Median age
- 43.3median town 44.9
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 21%median town 24.1% · 16th lowest of 78
Daily life
What is mapped in Corozal today: counts, then per 10,000 residents so a small town and San Juan read on the same scale.
- Schools
- 185.2 per 10k · median town 6.3
- Supermarkets
- 20.6 per 10k · median town 0.7
- Parks
- 123.5 per 10k · median town 4.3
- Restaurants
- 30.9 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 Corozal.
Water, power and safety
- Water. Corozal 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 Corozal are out right now. Outages by town
- Safety. 11.6 reported violent crimes per 10,000 residents in 2025, among the lowest 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.