West · inland · ~71 mi from San Juan
Living in Hormigueros
Residents live in a small, historic inland town that benefits from close ties to the larger Mayagüez metropolitan area while retaining its own barrios and town center.
How Hormigueros sits among Puerto Rico’s 78 towns: every figure against the median town, with its source. Visiting instead? Things to do in Hormigueros.
Housing and money
Median rent in Hormigueros runs 5% above the median of the 78 towns (32nd highest of 78 towns).
- Median rent
- $559/momedian town $534 · 32nd highest of 78
- Median home value
- $121,700median town $115,700 · 28th highest of 78
- Median household income
- $26,828/yrmedian town $24,070 · 20th highest of 78
- Income per person
- $16,601median town $14,811
- Homes owner-occupied
- 73%median town 71.1%
- Homes vacant
- 20%median town 20.3%
- Below the poverty line
- 37%median town 44.1%
- Typical home built
- 1978median 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 24 minutes, 4 minutes shorter than the median of the 78 towns.
- Typical commute
- 24 minmedian town 27 min · 13th shortest of 78
- Work from home
- 2.7%median town 4.5%
- Commute by transit
- 0.2%median town 0.3%
- Unemployment
- 10.7%median town 10.5%
- Households with broadband
- 84%median town 80.6% · 26th highest of 78
- To San Juan
- ~71 miNext door: Cabo Rojo, Mayagüez and San Germán
People
- Population
- 15,441Census estimate, 2020–2024 · 11.4 sq mi (29.4 km²)
- Residents per sq mi
- 1,360median town 763 · 14th densest of 78
- Median age
- 50.2median town 44.9
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 30%median town 24.1% · 11th highest of 78
Daily life
What is mapped in Hormigueros today: counts, then per 10,000 residents so a small town and San Juan read on the same scale.
- Schools
- 63.9 per 10k · median town 6.3
- Supermarkets
- 10.6 per 10k · median town 0.7
- Parks
- 53.2 per 10k · median town 4.3
- Restaurants
- 53.2 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 Hormigueros.
Water, power and safety
- Water. Hormigueros 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 Hormigueros are out right now. Outages by town
- Safety. 4.5 reported violent crimes per 10,000 residents in 2025, among the lowest 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
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.