[5] Vayas is a rural, coastal barrio located in the southern region of the municipality, east of downtown Ponce, and southeast of the traditional center of the city, Plaza Las Delicias.

[6] The toponymy, or origin of the name, is related to the edges or boundary (a type of fencing) to cordon off a land area or barrio.

[7] It is bounded on the North by PR-1 and La Esperanza Street, on the South by the Caribbean Sea, on the West by Bucara Street/Los Caobos Avenue, PR-52 (roughly), and the Costa Caribe Country Club East Access Road, and on the East by Río Inabón.

[8][9][10][11] In terms of barrio-to-barrio boundaries, Vayas is bounded in the North by Sabanetas and Coto Laurel, in the South by the Caribbean Sea, in the West by Bucaná, and in the East by Capitanejo.

Vayas has the third longest coastline of all five of Ponce's coastal barrios, after Canas and Playa.