San Juan · inland · ~11 mi from San Juan
Living in Trujillo Alto
Residents live in a town integrated into the San Juan metro area yet shaped by varied inland terrain across its six barrios and central pueblo.
How Trujillo Alto sits among Puerto Rico’s 78 towns: every figure against the median town, with its source. Visiting instead? Things to do in Trujillo Alto.
Housing and money
Median rent in Trujillo Alto runs 30% above the median of the 78 towns (5th highest of 78 towns).
- Median rent
- $694/momedian town $534 · 5th highest of 78
- Median home value
- $164,500median town $115,700 · 4th highest of 78
- Median household income
- $40,055/yrmedian town $24,070 · 3rd highest of 78
- Income per person
- $23,034median town $14,811
- Homes owner-occupied
- 75%median town 71.1%
- Homes vacant
- 11%median town 20.3%
- Below the poverty line
- 28%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 31 minutes, 4 minutes longer than the median of the 78 towns.
- Typical commute
- 31 minmedian town 27 min · 16th longest of 78
- Work from home
- 8.4%median town 4.5%
- Commute by transit
- 0.1%median town 0.3%
- Unemployment
- 7.9%median town 10.5%
- Households with broadband
- 88%median town 80.6% · 8th highest of 78
- To San Juan
- ~11 miNext door: Carolina, Gurabo, Caguas and San Juan
People
- Population
- 67,088Census estimate, 2020–2024 · 20.8 sq mi (53.8 km²)
- Residents per sq mi
- 3,230median town 763 · 6th densest of 78
- Median age
- 44median town 44.9
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 41%median town 24.1% · 3rd highest of 78
Daily life
What is mapped in Trujillo Alto today: counts, then per 10,000 residents so a small town and San Juan read on the same scale.
- Schools
- 274 per 10k · median town 6.3
- Supermarkets
- 50.7 per 10k · median town 0.7
- Parks
- 203 per 10k · median town 4.3
- Restaurants
- 142.1 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 Trujillo Alto.
Water, power and safety
- Water. Sectors of Trujillo Alto are on AAA's Carraízo rationing calendar (zones 1 and 2), with interruptions currently paused. Reservoir levels & the rationing calendar
- Power. LUMA reports outages by sector; the live tracker shows how many sectors in Trujillo Alto are out right now. Outages by town
- Safety. 18.6 reported violent crimes per 10,000 residents in 2025, middle of the island 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
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.