Culebra · coastal · ~54 mi from San Juan
Living in Culebra
Living in Culebra means residing in Puerto Rico's least populous town, an island community shaped by its coastal geography and distance from the main island.
How Culebra sits among Puerto Rico’s 78 towns: every figure against the median town, with its source. Visiting instead? Things to do in Culebra.
Housing and money
Median rent in Culebra runs 1% below the median of the 78 towns (36th lowest of 78 towns).
- Median rent
- $528/momedian town $534 · 36th lowest of 78
- Median home value
- $104,300median town $115,700 · 20th lowest of 78
- Median household income
- $29,630/yrmedian town $24,070 · 13th highest of 78
- Income per person
- $16,635median town $14,811
- Homes owner-occupied
- 67%median town 71.1%
- Homes vacant
- 66%median town 20.3%
- Below the poverty line
- 26%median town 44.1%
- Typical home built
- 1996median 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 13 minutes, 14 minutes shorter than the median of the 78 towns.
- Typical commute
- 13 minmedian town 27 min · shortest of 78
- Work from home
- 3.7%median town 4.5%
- Commute by transit
- 2.7%median town 0.3%
- Unemployment
- 0.0%median town 10.5%
- Households with broadband
- 83%median town 80.6% · 28th highest of 78
- To San Juan
- ~54 mi
People
- Population
- 1,387Census estimate, 2020–2024 · 11.7 sq mi (30.2 km²)
- Residents per sq mi
- 119median town 763 · least dense of 78
- Median age
- 45.2median town 44.9
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 18%median town 24.1% · 8th lowest of 78
Daily life
What is mapped in Culebra today: counts, then per 10,000 residents so a small town and San Juan read on the same scale.
- Schools
- 17.2 per 10k · median town 6.3
- Supermarkets
- 321.6 per 10k · median town 0.7
- Parks
- 321.6 per 10k · median town 4.3
- Restaurants
- 1179.3 per 10k · median town 2.4
- Beaches
- 42coastal town
Counts from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL): what volunteers have mapped, not an official register. Places our guide recommends in Culebra.
Water, power and safety
- Water. Culebra 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 Culebra are out right now. Outages by town
- Safety. 14.4 reported violent crimes per 10,000 residents in 2025, below most towns of the 78 towns (0 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
FerryCeiba to Culebra
Next out of Ceiba
Next back from Culebra
Every departure both ways, and whatever the ferry company has posted against today’s sailings.
Ferry scheduleBeach water
Not sampled recently: Playa Flamenco, Playa Melones, Punta Soldado and 2 more. Last tested Mar 15, 2024.
Beach water qualitySources: 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.