North · inland · ~11 mi from San Juan
Living in Toa Alta
Residents live in an inland town close to San Juan and within its metropolitan area, offering a mix of small-town barrio life with proximity to the capital region.
How Toa Alta sits among Puerto Rico’s 78 towns: every figure against the median town, with its source. Visiting instead? Things to do in Toa Alta.
Housing and money
Median rent in Toa Alta runs 29% above the median of the 78 towns (6th highest of 78 towns).
- Median rent
- $690/momedian town $534 · 6th highest of 78
- Median home value
- $163,900median town $115,700 · 5th highest of 78
- Median household income
- $35,241/yrmedian town $24,070 · 6th highest of 78
- Income per person
- $19,840median town $14,811
- Homes owner-occupied
- 81%median town 71.1%
- Homes vacant
- 14%median town 20.3%
- Below the poverty line
- 33%median town 44.1%
- Typical home built
- 1991median 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 · 2nd longest of 78
- Work from home
- 5.6%median town 4.5%
- Commute by transit
- 0.0%median town 0.3%
- Unemployment
- 7.3%median town 10.5%
- Households with broadband
- 81%median town 80.6% · 38th highest of 78
- To San Juan
- ~11 miNext door: Toa Baja, Dorado, Vega Alta, Bayamón, Corozal and Naranjito
People
- Population
- 66,320Census estimate, 2020–2024 · 27 sq mi (70 km²)
- Residents per sq mi
- 2,453median town 763 · 8th densest of 78
- Median age
- 41.9median town 44.9
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 31%median town 24.1% · 10th highest of 78
Daily life
What is mapped in Toa Alta today: counts, then per 10,000 residents so a small town and San Juan read on the same scale.
- Schools
- 223.3 per 10k · median town 6.3
- Supermarkets
- 30.5 per 10k · median town 0.7
- Parks
- 304.5 per 10k · median town 4.3
- Restaurants
- 71.1 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 Toa Alta.
Water, power and safety
- Water. Toa Alta 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 Toa Alta are out right now. Outages by town
- Safety. 11.5 reported violent crimes per 10,000 residents in 2025, among the lowest of the 78 towns (4 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.