Arroyo vs Palmas

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

Arroyo and Palmas 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 1,173 in Palmas). Palmas has the higher median household income ($18,337 vs $17,034 in Arroyo). Arroyo has the higher median home value ($95,600 vs $93,200 in Palmas).

Population, income & housing

	Arroyo	Palmas
Population	7,234	1,173
Median age	42.4 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$17,034	$18,337
Median home value	$95,600	$93,200
Median gross rent	$430	—
Housing units	3,496	811
Homeownership rate	68.5%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	15.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arroyo	Palmas
Population	6,076 → 7,234 (+19.1%)	781 → 1,173 (+50.2%)
Median household income	$16,377 → $17,034 (+4.0%)	$11,042 → $18,337 (+66.1%)
Median home value	$85,800 → $95,600 (+11.4%)	$90,300 → $93,200 (+3.2%)
Median gross rent	$435 → $430 (-1.1%)	—

Arroyo

Population

6,0767,234

Median household income

$16,377$17,034

Median home value

$85,800$95,600

Median gross rent

$435$430

Palmas

Population

7811,173

Median household income

$11,042$18,337

Median home value

$90,300$93,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arroyo	Palmas
Under 5	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.4%	16.1%
18 to 24	10.6%	9.6%
25 to 34	13.8%	4.4%
35 to 44	14.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	10.2%	13.3%
65 to 74	9.2%	17.6%
75 and over	12.5%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arroyo	Palmas
White (non-Hispanic)	0.6%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	98.9%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arroyo	Palmas
No high school diploma	19.3%	27.3%
High school graduate	29.3%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arroyo	Palmas
Drove alone	89.2%	53.5%
Carpooled	8.7%	0.0%
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%	46.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arroyo	Palmas
1-unit, detached	78.3%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	1.2%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arroyo	Palmas
Poverty rate	51.8%	72.7%
Average household size	2.45	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1975	1981