Central · inland · ~20 mi from San Juan
Living in Juncos
Residents live in a town integrated into the San Juan metro area, with a inland setting near the Caguas Valley and access to nearby towns like Gurabo, San Lorenzo, and Las Piedras.
How Juncos sits among Puerto Rico’s 78 towns: every figure against the median town, with its source. Visiting instead? Things to do in Juncos.
Housing and money
Median rent in Juncos runs 8% above the median of the 78 towns (25th highest of 78 towns).
- Median rent
- $577/momedian town $534 · 25th highest of 78
- Median home value
- $120,100median town $115,700 · 33rd highest of 78
- Median household income
- $29,863/yrmedian town $24,070 · 11th highest of 78
- Income per person
- $16,242median town $14,811
- Homes owner-occupied
- 70%median town 71.1%
- Homes vacant
- 15%median town 20.3%
- Below the poverty line
- 35%median town 44.1%
- Typical home built
- 1990median 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 29 minutes, 2 minutes longer than the median of the 78 towns.
- Typical commute
- 29 minmedian town 27 min · 29th longest of 78
- Work from home
- 1.3%median town 4.5%
- Commute by transit
- 0.5%median town 0.3%
- Unemployment
- 8.9%median town 10.5%
- Households with broadband
- 89%median town 80.6% · 6th highest of 78
- To San Juan
- ~20 miNext door: Gurabo, San Lorenzo, Las Piedras and Canóvanas
People
- Population
- 36,829Census estimate, 2020–2024 · 26.5 sq mi (68.6 km²)
- Residents per sq mi
- 1,391median town 763 · 13th densest of 78
- Median age
- 41.5median town 44.9
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 24%median town 24.1% · 38th lowest of 78
Daily life
What is mapped in Juncos today: counts, then per 10,000 residents so a small town and San Juan read on the same scale.
- Schools
- 226 per 10k · median town 6.3
- Supermarkets
- 10.3 per 10k · median town 0.7
- Parks
- 123.3 per 10k · median town 4.3
- Restaurants
- 20.5 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 Juncos.
Water, power and safety
- Water. Sectors of Juncos are on AAA's Carraízo rationing calendar (zone 1), with interruptions currently paused. Reservoir levels & the rationing calendar
- Power. LUMA reports outages by sector; the live tracker shows how many sectors in Juncos are out right now. Outages by town
- Safety. 20.4 reported violent crimes per 10,000 residents in 2025, above most towns of the 78 towns (11 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.