Best PlacesAguas Buenas, PR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Aguas Buenas, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Aguas Buenas is unranked among towns under the default weighting. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Aguas Buenas
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Aguas Buenas' strengths and weaknesses
Where Aguas Buenas ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap childcare$352 a month, better than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 91% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 90% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 73% of towns
Where Aguas Buenas ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 38 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Household income$26,207 median, better than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Aguas Buenas
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Aguas Buenas home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $26,207, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Aguas Buenas' effective rate of 0.02%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Aguas Buenas
Aguas Buenas runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Aguas Buenas.
Who works in Aguas Buenas, and how
Work in Aguas Buenas centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Aguas Buenas
The coast is about 26 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Aguas Buenas, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Aguas Buenas, month by month
Aguas Buenas sees roughly 38 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 82, with lows near 74. No month averages between 55 and 75 degrees.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 82° | 79° | 74° |
| April | 83° | 81° | 76° |
| July | 87° | 84° | 81° |
| October | 87° | 84° | 79° |
Flying in and out of Aguas Buenas
The nearest airport, Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Luis Munoz Marin International, about 16 miles away.
Aguas Buenas measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Aguas Buenas against towns nationally.
Common questions about living in Aguas Buenas
Is Aguas Buenas a good place to live?
It scores highest on low property taxes, affordable childcare, and big-city access, and lowest on taxes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Aguas Buenas expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $139,445. Set against a $26,207 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Aguas Buenas safe?
Aguas Buenas is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $734 per resident a year.
Compare Aguas Buenas with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Aguas Buenas. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Aguas Buenas represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Aguas Buenas detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Aguas Buenas: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Aguas Buenas: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Aguas Buenas: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Aguas Buenas: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Aguas Buenas detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
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