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Barracas
Industrial history, big warehouses, growing creative pockets, and a south-side residential feel.
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Barracas at a glance
Barracas is brick warehouses, cobbles and low houses, with studios and lofts in the shells of old factories and long quiet stretches between them. It covers 7.97 km² in the city's south, Comuna 4, with 97,982 residents at the 2022 census — about 12,300 people per km², less dense than the median barrio (14,700).
People who like texture and bigger spaces, close to San Telmo and La Boca without paying their prices.
Transit and nightlife are uneven; block selection matters more than brand-name barrio logic.
Anchors
The places that define Barracas · our read- LandmarkPasaje Lanín
A block of houses tiled in mosaic by one artist — the barrio's postcard, and a sign of what the warehouses are turning into.
- Cultural centerCentro Metropolitano de Diseño
The old fish market, now the city's design hub; the anchor of the studio-and-loft side of the barrio.
- StreetAvenida Montes de Oca
The barrio's spine: old mansions, shops and buses, with the quiet blocks either side of it.
- PlazaPlaza Colombia
The plaza with the Santa Felicitas church; the center of the part of Barracas people choose to live in.
1 on the calendar - LandmarkLa Flor de Barracas
A 1906 bar notable, restored; the barrio's living room on a Saturday night.
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Fit scores
12 marks · 1 low · 10 highhealthcare, culture and parks
transit and schools
Fair
median barrio
The overall read is an even weighting of the 12 marks we have for this barrio — a starting point, not a verdict. Of our six lenses it ranks highest under “Quiet & green”. The tick is the median of the 48 barrios. Eight marks are computed from public data and four are our read; what goes into each is on how we score.
What it costs
average asking prices · Q2 2026To buy: about US$1,818 per m² for a used two-bedroom (−16% vs the city). One-bedroom asking rents changed by +27.3% year on year in pesos. Budget separately for expensas (building fees) and utilities. These used-apartment benchmarks are not furnished short-stay quotes or offers. Figures are averages of what landlords ask — IDECBA (city statistics office), from Argenprop listings; 2nd quarter 2026, provisional — converted at the Banco Central de la República Argentina (BCRA, Argentina’s central bank) retail seller rate, Q2 2026 average.
Reported robbery & theft
reported crimes · 202534.9 reported robberies and thefts per 1,000 residents — around the city rate of 32.2.
2,130 robberies (with violence or threat) and 1,286 thefts were reported in Barracas in 2025, against 97,982 residents in private dwellings at the 2022 census. Reporting rates, visitors, population changes since the census and differences between blocks limit the comparison. These counts do not measure all crime or predict personal safety. Source: the city's open crime map — method and sources.
A barrio is half the decision. The other half is the lease — the guarantee, the up-front cash, the contract terms — and that part we walk through with you.