Arroyo vs Buena Vista

A side-by-side comparison of Arroyo and Buena Vista: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Arroyo has the higher population (7,234 vs 1,605 in Buena Vista). Arroyo has the higher median household income ($17,034 vs $14,854 in Buena Vista). Buena Vista has the higher median home value ($109,000 vs $95,600 in Arroyo).

Population, income & housing

	Arroyo	Buena Vista
Population	7,234	1,605
Median age	42.4 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$17,034	$14,854
Median home value	$95,600	$109,000
Median gross rent	$430	$588
Housing units	3,496	765
Homeownership rate	68.5%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	15.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arroyo	Buena Vista
Population	6,076 → 7,234 (+19.1%)	1,791 → 1,605 (-10.4%)
Median household income	$16,377 → $17,034 (+4.0%)	$12,119 → $14,854 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$85,800 → $95,600 (+11.4%)	$86,800 → $109,000 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$435 → $430 (-1.1%)	$564 → $588 (+4.3%)

Arroyo

Population

6,0767,234

Median household income

$16,377$17,034

Median home value

$85,800$95,600

Median gross rent

$435$430

Buena Vista

Population

1,7911,605

Median household income

$12,119$14,854

Median home value

$86,800$109,000

Median gross rent

$564$588

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arroyo	Buena Vista
Under 5	3.6%	9.1%
5 to 17	13.4%	18.9%
18 to 24	10.6%	4.5%
25 to 34	13.8%	7.8%
35 to 44	14.3%	7.4%
45 to 54	12.4%	10.2%
55 to 64	10.2%	20.7%
65 to 74	9.2%	16.9%
75 and over	12.5%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arroyo	Buena Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	0.6%	0.7%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	98.9%	99.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arroyo	Buena Vista
No high school diploma	19.3%	39.4%
High school graduate	29.3%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arroyo	Buena Vista
Drove alone	89.2%	86.6%
Carpooled	8.7%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arroyo	Buena Vista
1-unit, detached	78.3%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arroyo	Buena Vista
Poverty rate	51.8%	74.7%
Average household size	2.45	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	24	34
Median year structure built	1975	1975