Arroyo vs Yaurel

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

Arroyo and Yaurel 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 674 in Yaurel). Arroyo has the higher median household income ($17,034 vs $13,058 in Yaurel). Arroyo has the higher median home value ($95,600 vs $65,300 in Yaurel).

Population, income & housing

	Arroyo	Yaurel
Population	7,234	674
Median age	42.4 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$17,034	$13,058
Median home value	$95,600	$65,300
Median gross rent	$430	—
Housing units	3,496	450
Homeownership rate	68.5%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	15.9%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arroyo	Yaurel
Population	6,076 → 7,234 (+19.1%)	1,463 → 674 (-53.9%)
Median household income	$16,377 → $17,034 (+4.0%)	$12,941 → $13,058 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$85,800 → $95,600 (+11.4%)	$76,300 → $65,300 (-14.4%)
Median gross rent	$435 → $430 (-1.1%)	$420 → $421 (+0.2%)

Arroyo

Population

6,0767,234

Median household income

$16,377$17,034

Median home value

$85,800$95,600

Median gross rent

$435$430

Yaurel

Population

1,463674

Median household income

$12,941$13,058

Median home value

$76,300$65,300

Median gross rent

$420$421

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arroyo	Yaurel
Under 5	3.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	13.4%	5.0%
18 to 24	10.6%	5.3%
25 to 34	13.8%	5.9%
35 to 44	14.3%	18.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	9.5%
55 to 64	10.2%	20.9%
65 to 74	9.2%	14.1%
75 and over	12.5%	16.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arroyo	Yaurel
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	98.9%	98.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arroyo	Yaurel
No high school diploma	19.3%	26.6%
High school graduate	29.3%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arroyo	Yaurel
Drove alone	89.2%	90.9%
Carpooled	8.7%	9.1%
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	Yaurel
1-unit, detached	78.3%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	7.6%
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	Yaurel
Poverty rate	51.8%	62.9%
Average household size	2.45	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	24	36
Median year structure built	1975	1970