Arecibo vs La Alianza

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

Arecibo and La Alianza 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 1,484 in La Alianza). Arecibo has the higher median household income ($21,984 vs $11,706 in La Alianza). Arecibo has the higher median home value ($110,900 vs $80,000 in La Alianza).

Population, income & housing

	Arecibo	La Alianza
Population	40,255	1,484
Median age	44.8 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$21,984	$11,706
Median home value	$110,900	$80,000
Median gross rent	$494	$530
Housing units	20,164	978
Homeownership rate	56.1%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	17.9%	39.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arecibo	La Alianza
Population	39,176 → 40,255 (+2.8%)	1,484 → 1,484 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$17,591 → $21,984 (+25.0%)	$12,188 → $11,706 (-4.0%)
Median home value	$95,400 → $110,900 (+16.2%)	$104,200 → $80,000 (-23.2%)
Median gross rent	$389 → $494 (+27.0%)	$276 → $530 (+92.0%)

Arecibo

Population

39,17640,255

Median household income

$17,591$21,984

Median home value

$95,400$110,900

Median gross rent

$389$494

La Alianza

Population

1,4841,484

Median household income

$12,188$11,706

Median home value

$104,200$80,000

Median gross rent

$276$530

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arecibo	La Alianza
Under 5	4.0%	1.3%
5 to 17	13.4%	12.1%
18 to 24	9.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.0%	8.8%
35 to 44	10.8%	6.9%
45 to 54	11.2%	17.6%
55 to 64	13.2%	21.2%
65 to 74	11.7%	12.5%
75 and over	13.7%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arecibo	La Alianza
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	La Alianza
No high school diploma	17.1%	38.7%
High school graduate	28.1%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	12.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arecibo	La Alianza
Drove alone	86.0%	83.0%
Carpooled	5.1%	11.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	5.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arecibo	La Alianza
1-unit, detached	77.0%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	1.5%
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	La Alianza
Poverty rate	43.6%	69.5%
Average household size	2.51	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1974	1980