Arecibo vs Bajadero

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

Arecibo and Bajadero 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 3,672 in Bajadero). Bajadero has the higher median household income ($22,583 vs $21,984 in Arecibo). Arecibo has the higher median home value ($110,900 vs $97,800 in Bajadero).

Population, income & housing

	Arecibo	Bajadero
Population	40,255	3,672
Median age	44.8 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$21,984	$22,583
Median home value	$110,900	$97,800
Median gross rent	$494	$658
Housing units	20,164	1,638
Homeownership rate	56.1%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	17.9%	22.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arecibo	Bajadero
Population	39,176 → 40,255 (+2.8%)	3,326 → 3,672 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$17,591 → $21,984 (+25.0%)	$15,313 → $22,583 (+47.5%)
Median home value	$95,400 → $110,900 (+16.2%)	$71,100 → $97,800 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$389 → $494 (+27.0%)	$442 → $658 (+48.9%)

Arecibo

Population

39,17640,255

Median household income

$17,591$21,984

Median home value

$95,400$110,900

Median gross rent

$389$494

Bajadero

Population

3,3263,672

Median household income

$15,313$22,583

Median home value

$71,100$97,800

Median gross rent

$442$658

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arecibo	Bajadero
Under 5	4.0%	2.6%
5 to 17	13.4%	15.6%
18 to 24	9.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.0%	13.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	15.7%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.7%	7.5%
75 and over	13.7%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arecibo	Bajadero
White (non-Hispanic)	0.4%	0.0%
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	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.3%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arecibo	Bajadero
No high school diploma	17.1%	17.8%
High school graduate	28.1%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arecibo	Bajadero
Drove alone	86.0%	96.4%
Carpooled	5.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	3.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arecibo	Bajadero
1-unit, detached	77.0%	94.6%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arecibo	Bajadero
Poverty rate	43.6%	45.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1974	1979