Arecibo vs Sabana Hoyos

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

Arecibo and Sabana Hoyos 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 3,156 in Sabana Hoyos). Sabana Hoyos has the higher median household income ($26,272 vs $21,984 in Arecibo). Sabana Hoyos has the higher median home value ($115,700 vs $110,900 in Arecibo).

Population, income & housing

	Arecibo	Sabana Hoyos
Population	40,255	3,156
Median age	44.8 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$21,984	$26,272
Median home value	$110,900	$115,700
Median gross rent	$494	$557
Housing units	20,164	1,556
Homeownership rate	56.1%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	17.9%	13.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arecibo	Sabana Hoyos
Population	39,176 → 40,255 (+2.8%)	1,772 → 3,156 (+78.1%)
Median household income	$17,591 → $21,984 (+25.0%)	$23,199 → $26,272 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$95,400 → $110,900 (+16.2%)	$106,300 → $115,700 (+8.8%)
Median gross rent	$389 → $494 (+27.0%)	$513 → $557 (+8.6%)

Arecibo

Population

39,17640,255

Median household income

$17,591$21,984

Median home value

$95,400$110,900

Median gross rent

$389$494

Sabana Hoyos

Population

1,7723,156

Median household income

$23,199$26,272

Median home value

$106,300$115,700

Median gross rent

$513$557

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arecibo	Sabana Hoyos
Under 5	4.0%	2.0%
5 to 17	13.4%	14.0%
18 to 24	9.0%	10.2%
25 to 34	13.0%	11.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.3%
65 to 74	11.7%	15.8%
75 and over	13.7%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arecibo	Sabana Hoyos
White (non-Hispanic)	0.4%	1.5%
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%	98.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arecibo	Sabana Hoyos
No high school diploma	17.1%	24.6%
High school graduate	28.1%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arecibo	Sabana Hoyos
Drove alone	86.0%	68.9%
Carpooled	5.1%	12.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	13.7%
Other means	1.3%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arecibo	Sabana Hoyos
1-unit, detached	77.0%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	1.2%
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	Sabana Hoyos
Poverty rate	43.6%	46.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1974	1985