Palmas vs Yaurel

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

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

Palmas has the higher population (1,173 vs 674 in Yaurel). Palmas has the higher median household income ($18,337 vs $13,058 in Yaurel). Palmas has the higher median home value ($93,200 vs $65,300 in Yaurel).

Population, income & housing

	Palmas	Yaurel
Population	1,173	674
Median age	51.2 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$18,337	$13,058
Median home value	$93,200	$65,300
Housing units	811	450
Homeownership rate	85.5%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palmas	Yaurel
Population	781 → 1,173 (+50.2%)	1,463 → 674 (-53.9%)
Median household income	$11,042 → $18,337 (+66.1%)	$12,941 → $13,058 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$90,300 → $93,200 (+3.2%)	$76,300 → $65,300 (-14.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$420 → $421 (+0.2%)

Palmas

Population

7811,173

Median household income

$11,042$18,337

Median home value

$90,300$93,200

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)

	Palmas	Yaurel
Under 5	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.1%	5.0%
18 to 24	9.6%	5.3%
25 to 34	4.4%	5.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	18.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	9.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	20.9%
65 to 74	17.6%	14.1%
75 and over	14.3%	16.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palmas	Yaurel
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	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	100.0%	98.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palmas	Yaurel
No high school diploma	27.3%	26.6%
High school graduate	33.5%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palmas	Yaurel
Drove alone	53.5%	90.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	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	46.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palmas	Yaurel
1-unit, detached	90.9%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Palmas	Yaurel
Poverty rate	72.7%	62.9%
Average household size	2.15	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	—	36
Median year structure built	1981	1970