Buena Vista vs Yaurel

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

Buena Vista and Yaurel 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 674 in Yaurel). Buena Vista has the higher median household income ($14,854 vs $13,058 in Yaurel). Buena Vista has the higher median home value ($109,000 vs $65,300 in Yaurel).

Population, income & housing

	Buena Vista	Yaurel
Population	1,605	674
Median age	45.8 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$14,854	$13,058
Median home value	$109,000	$65,300
Median gross rent	$588	—
Housing units	765	450
Homeownership rate	82.7%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buena Vista	Yaurel
Population	1,791 → 1,605 (-10.4%)	1,463 → 674 (-53.9%)
Median household income	$12,119 → $14,854 (+22.6%)	$12,941 → $13,058 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $109,000 (+25.6%)	$76,300 → $65,300 (-14.4%)
Median gross rent	$564 → $588 (+4.3%)	$420 → $421 (+0.2%)

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

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)

	Buena Vista	Yaurel
Under 5	9.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	18.9%	5.0%
18 to 24	4.5%	5.3%
25 to 34	7.8%	5.9%
35 to 44	7.4%	18.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	9.5%
55 to 64	20.7%	20.9%
65 to 74	16.9%	14.1%
75 and over	4.6%	16.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buena Vista	Yaurel
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	99.3%	98.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buena Vista	Yaurel
No high school diploma	39.4%	26.6%
High school graduate	29.1%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buena Vista	Yaurel
Drove alone	86.6%	90.9%
Carpooled	13.4%	9.1%
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%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buena Vista	Yaurel
1-unit, detached	90.7%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buena Vista	Yaurel
Poverty rate	74.7%	62.9%
Average household size	2.69	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	34	36
Median year structure built	1975	1970