West · coastal · ~75 mi from San Juan
Living in Rincón
Residents live in a beach-oriented coastal town organized into 9 barrios plus Rincón Pueblo, within the Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastián metro area, about 75 miles from San Juan.
How Rincón sits among Puerto Rico’s 78 towns: every figure against the median town, with its source. Visiting instead? Things to do in Rincón.
Housing and money
Median rent in Rincón runs 13% above the median of the 78 towns (17th highest of 78 towns).
- Median rent
- $604/momedian town $534 · 17th highest of 78
- Median home value
- $154,700median town $115,700 · 8th highest of 78
- Median household income
- $24,447/yrmedian town $24,070 · 33rd highest of 78
- Income per person
- $15,582median town $14,811
- Homes owner-occupied
- 71%median town 71.1%
- Homes vacant
- 38%median town 20.3%
- Below the poverty line
- 46%median town 44.1%
- Typical home built
- 1979median 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 23 minutes, 4 minutes shorter than the median of the 78 towns.
- Typical commute
- 23 minmedian town 27 min · 11th shortest of 78
- Work from home
- 8.8%median town 4.5%
- Commute by transit
- 2.4%median town 0.3%
- Unemployment
- 7.8%median town 10.5%
- Households with broadband
- 72%median town 80.6% · 10th lowest of 78
- To San Juan
- ~75 miNext door: Aguada and Añasco
People
- Population
- 15,378Census estimate, 2020–2024 · 14.3 sq mi (37 km²)
- Residents per sq mi
- 1,077median town 763 · 24th densest of 78
- Median age
- 50.1median town 44.9
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 23%median town 24.1% · 35th lowest of 78
Daily life
What is mapped in Rincón today: counts, then per 10,000 residents so a small town and San Juan read on the same scale.
- Schools
- 53.3 per 10k · median town 6.3
- Supermarkets
- 21.3 per 10k · median town 0.7
- Parks
- 74.6 per 10k · median town 4.3
- Restaurants
- 4126.7 per 10k · median town 2.4
- Beaches
- 11coastal town
Counts from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL): what volunteers have mapped, not an official register. Places our guide recommends in Rincón.
Water, power and safety
- Water. Rincón 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 Rincón are out right now. Outages by town
- Safety. 17.6 reported violent crimes per 10,000 residents in 2025, middle of the island 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
Beach water
Within limits: Balneario de Rincón. Last tested Oct 5, 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.