Animas vs Arecibo

A side-by-side comparison of Animas and Arecibo: population, income, housing, and more.

Animas and Arecibo are places in Puerto Rico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Arecibo has the higher population (40,255 vs 1,441 in Animas). Arecibo has the higher median household income ($21,984 vs $21,250 in Animas). Arecibo has the higher median home value ($110,900 vs $84,600 in Animas).

Population, income & housing

	Animas	Arecibo
Population	1,441	40,255
Median age	38.8 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$21,250	$21,984
Median home value	$84,600	$110,900
Median gross rent	$540	$494
Housing units	612	20,164
Homeownership rate	41.0%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	17.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Animas	Arecibo
Population	1,171 → 1,441 (+23.1%)	39,176 → 40,255 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$21,750 → $21,250 (-2.3%)	$17,591 → $21,984 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$93,800 → $84,600 (-9.8%)	$95,400 → $110,900 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$514 → $540 (+5.1%)	$389 → $494 (+27.0%)

Animas

Population

1,1711,441

Median household income

$21,750$21,250

Median home value

$93,800$84,600

Median gross rent

$514$540

Arecibo

Population

39,17640,255

Median household income

$17,591$21,984

Median home value

$95,400$110,900

Median gross rent

$389$494

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Animas	Arecibo
Under 5	5.9%	4.0%
5 to 17	22.1%	13.4%
18 to 24	3.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	9.1%	13.0%
35 to 44	14.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	25.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	5.2%	13.2%
65 to 74	7.3%	11.7%
75 and over	8.3%	13.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Animas	Arecibo
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	100.0%	99.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Animas	Arecibo
No high school diploma	12.4%	17.1%
High school graduate	44.6%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Animas	Arecibo
Drove alone	63.4%	86.0%
Carpooled	17.0%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	19.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Animas	Arecibo
1-unit, detached	87.9%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Animas	Arecibo
Poverty rate	37.1%	43.6%
Average household size	2.73	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1991	1974