// Center · Comuna 1 · Transit grit
Constitución
A massive transport gateway with historic bones, lower rents, and a tougher street feel.
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Constitución at a glance
Constitución is grand old buildings cut into flats, a vast station, and a street feel that changes within a block or two. It covers 2.11 km² in the city's center, Comuna 1, with 43,838 residents at the 2022 census — about 20,800 people per km², well above the median barrio (14,700).
Budget-first movers who need the trains and the C line and can live with a rough station district.
This is not a soft landing for everyone; visit at night before choosing it.
Anchors
The places that define Constitución · our read- LandmarkEstación Constitución
The Roca line's grand terminal and the south's gateway; the reason the barrio is a crowd by day and empty by night.
- PlazaPlaza Constitución
The square in front of the station — a bus terminal more than a park, and the barrio's rough center.
- StreetAvenida San Juan
The C line underneath and the better-kept blocks either side; where to look if you look here at all.
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Fit scores
12 marks · 1 low · 10 highhealthcare, transit and cost value
quiet 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 “Car-free”. Reported crime is left out: far more people pass through here each day than live here, so the rate below compares streets, not a resident's risk. 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$1,284 per m² for a used two-bedroom (−41% vs the city). One-bedroom asking rents changed by +24.5% 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 · 202562.7 reported robberies and thefts per 1,000 residents — well above the city rate of 32.2.
Read this one with care: offices, terminals or tourism put far more people on these streets every day than live here, while the denominator only counts residents. This is not an estimate of an individual resident’s risk. 1,664 robberies (with violence or threat) and 1,083 thefts were reported in Constitución in 2025, against 43,838 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.