Buena Vista vs Palmas

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

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

Buena Vista has the higher population (1,605 vs 1,173 in Palmas). Palmas has the higher median household income ($18,337 vs $14,854 in Buena Vista). Buena Vista has the higher median home value ($109,000 vs $93,200 in Palmas).

Population, income & housing

	Buena Vista	Palmas
Population	1,605	1,173
Median age	45.8 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$14,854	$18,337
Median home value	$109,000	$93,200
Median gross rent	$588	—
Housing units	765	811
Homeownership rate	82.7%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buena Vista	Palmas
Population	1,791 → 1,605 (-10.4%)	781 → 1,173 (+50.2%)
Median household income	$12,119 → $14,854 (+22.6%)	$11,042 → $18,337 (+66.1%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $109,000 (+25.6%)	$90,300 → $93,200 (+3.2%)
Median gross rent	$564 → $588 (+4.3%)	—

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

Palmas

Population

7811,173

Median household income

$11,042$18,337

Median home value

$90,300$93,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buena Vista	Palmas
Under 5	9.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.9%	16.1%
18 to 24	4.5%	9.6%
25 to 34	7.8%	4.4%
35 to 44	7.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	20.7%	13.3%
65 to 74	16.9%	17.6%
75 and over	4.6%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buena Vista	Palmas
White (non-Hispanic)	0.7%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.3%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buena Vista	Palmas
No high school diploma	39.4%	27.3%
High school graduate	29.1%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buena Vista	Palmas
Drove alone	86.6%	53.5%
Carpooled	13.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	46.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buena Vista	Palmas
1-unit, detached	90.7%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buena Vista	Palmas
Poverty rate	74.7%	72.7%
Average household size	2.69	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	34	—
Median year structure built	1975	1981