Barceloneta vs Tiburones

A side-by-side comparison of Barceloneta and Tiburones: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Barceloneta has the higher population (3,481 vs 1,095 in Tiburones). Barceloneta has the higher median household income ($18,893 vs $12,204 in Tiburones). Barceloneta has the higher median home value ($111,200 vs $83,400 in Tiburones).

Population, income & housing

	Barceloneta	Tiburones
Population	3,481	1,095
Median age	46.8 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$18,893	$12,204
Median home value	$111,200	$83,400
Median gross rent	$451	—
Housing units	1,689	655
Homeownership rate	53.2%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	4.1%
Unemployment rate	24.5%	55.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barceloneta	Tiburones
Population	3,957 → 3,481 (-12.0%)	2,417 → 1,095 (-54.7%)
Median household income	$13,383 → $18,893 (+41.2%)	$20,293 → $12,204 (-39.9%)
Median home value	$87,300 → $111,200 (+27.4%)	$106,000 → $83,400 (-21.3%)
Median gross rent	$356 → $451 (+26.7%)	$452 → $636 (+40.7%)

Barceloneta

Population

3,9573,481

Median household income

$13,383$18,893

Median home value

$87,300$111,200

Median gross rent

$356$451

Tiburones

Population

2,4171,095

Median household income

$20,293$12,204

Median home value

$106,000$83,400

Median gross rent

$452$636

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barceloneta	Tiburones
Under 5	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.7%	23.6%
18 to 24	13.7%	11.1%
25 to 34	12.9%	9.8%
35 to 44	9.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	22.5%
55 to 64	13.4%	0.0%
65 to 74	17.1%	12.0%
75 and over	11.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barceloneta	Tiburones
White (non-Hispanic)	0.4%	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	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	98.3%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barceloneta	Tiburones
No high school diploma	25.5%	30.5%
High school graduate	37.1%	52.2%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	13.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barceloneta	Tiburones
Drove alone	88.3%	57.3%
Carpooled	1.5%	16.0%
Public transit	2.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	26.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barceloneta	Tiburones
1-unit, detached	72.9%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barceloneta	Tiburones
Poverty rate	54.6%	78.2%
Average household size	2.54	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	26	—
Median year structure built	1974	1979