East · coastal · ~28 mi from San Juan
Living in Humacao
Residents live in a coastal town with a long history dating to 1722, cultural institutions, and access to marina and resort amenities at Palmas del Mar, all within reach of the San Juan metropolitan area.
How Humacao sits among Puerto Rico’s 78 towns: every figure against the median town, with its source. Visiting instead? Things to do in Humacao.
Housing and money
Median rent in Humacao runs 6% above the median of the 78 towns (28th highest of 78 towns).
- Median rent
- $568/momedian town $534 · 28th highest of 78
- Median home value
- $120,100median town $115,700 · 33rd highest of 78
- Median household income
- $27,038/yrmedian town $24,070 · 19th highest of 78
- Income per person
- $17,542median town $14,811
- Homes owner-occupied
- 74%median town 71.1%
- Homes vacant
- 27%median town 20.3%
- Below the poverty line
- 38%median town 44.1%
- Typical home built
- 1984median 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 27 minutes, the median of the 78 towns.
- Typical commute
- 27 minmedian town 27 min · 39th longest of 78
- Work from home
- 5.3%median town 4.5%
- Commute by transit
- 0.2%median town 0.3%
- Unemployment
- 5.2%median town 10.5%
- Households with broadband
- 85%median town 80.6% · 19th highest of 78
- To San Juan
- ~28 miNext door: Las Piedras, Yabucoa and Naguabo
People
- Population
- 50,100Census estimate, 2020–2024 · 44.7 sq mi (115.8 km²)
- Residents per sq mi
- 1,121median town 763 · 22nd densest of 78
- Median age
- 47.3median town 44.9
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 28%median town 24.1% · 25th highest of 78
Daily life
What is mapped in Humacao today: counts, then per 10,000 residents so a small town and San Juan read on the same scale.
- Schools
- 408 per 10k · median town 6.3
- Supermarkets
- 51 per 10k · median town 0.7
- Parks
- 316.2 per 10k · median town 4.3
- Restaurants
- 275.4 per 10k · median town 2.4
- Beaches
- 4coastal town
Counts from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL): what volunteers have mapped, not an official register. Places our guide recommends in Humacao.
Water, power and safety
- Water. Humacao 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 Humacao are out right now. Outages by town
- Safety. 28.3 reported violent crimes per 10,000 residents in 2025, among the highest of the 78 towns (8 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
Beach water
Within limits: Balneario Punta Santiago. Last tested Oct 6, over 2 weeks ago.
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.