Central · inland · ~15 mi from San Juan
Living in Naranjito
Residents get a small inland town with a long history, organized into several barrios, while still being within the San Juan metropolitan area.
How Naranjito sits among Puerto Rico’s 78 towns: every figure against the median town, with its source. Visiting instead? Things to do in Naranjito.
Housing and money
Median rent in Naranjito runs 9% below the median of the 78 towns (20th lowest of 78 towns).
- Median rent
- $488/momedian town $534 · 20th lowest of 78
- Median home value
- $112,900median town $115,700 · 34th lowest of 78
- Median household income
- $22,156/yrmedian town $24,070 · 25th lowest of 78
- Income per person
- $12,849median town $14,811
- Homes owner-occupied
- 69%median town 71.1%
- Homes vacant
- 19%median town 20.3%
- Below the poverty line
- 51%median town 44.1%
- Typical home built
- 1981median 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 39 minutes, 11 minutes longer than the median of the 78 towns.
- Typical commute
- 39 minmedian town 27 min · 3rd longest of 78
- Work from home
- 2.6%median town 4.5%
- Commute by transit
- 0.2%median town 0.3%
- Unemployment
- 11.7%median town 10.5%
- Households with broadband
- 73%median town 80.6% · 12th lowest of 78
- To San Juan
- ~15 miNext door: Corozal, Comerío, Toa Alta, Bayamón and Barranquitas
People
- Population
- 29,310Census estimate, 2020–2024 · 27.4 sq mi (71 km²)
- Residents per sq mi
- 1,070median town 763 · 25th densest of 78
- Median age
- 43.8median town 44.9
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 19%median town 24.1% · 12th lowest of 78
Daily life
What is mapped in Naranjito today: counts, then per 10,000 residents so a small town and San Juan read on the same scale.
- Schools
- 227.5 per 10k · median town 6.3
- Supermarkets
- 10.3 per 10k · median town 0.7
- Parks
- 51.7 per 10k · median town 4.3
- Restaurants
- 41.4 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 Naranjito.
Water, power and safety
- Water. Sectors of Naranjito are on AAA's Cedro Arriba rationing calendar (zones C and D), with interruptions active. Reservoir levels & the rationing calendar
- Power. LUMA reports outages by sector; the live tracker shows how many sectors in Naranjito are out right now. Outages by town
- Safety. 10.6 reported violent crimes per 10,000 residents in 2025, among the lowest of the 78 towns (1 homicide 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.