Betances vs Cabo Rojo

A side-by-side comparison of Betances and Cabo Rojo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cabo Rojo has the higher population (9,222 vs 626 in Betances). Cabo Rojo has the higher median household income ($23,689 vs $16,667 in Betances). Cabo Rojo has the higher median home value ($123,600 vs $70,200 in Betances).

Population, income & housing

	Betances	Cabo Rojo
Population	626	9,222
Median age	56.5 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$16,667	$23,689
Median home value	$70,200	$123,600
Median gross rent	$516	$601
Housing units	481	4,670
Homeownership rate	62.9%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	17.2%	13.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Betances	Cabo Rojo
Population	843 → 626 (-25.7%)	8,861 → 9,222 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$6,986 → $16,667 (+138.6%)	$20,578 → $23,689 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$62,200 → $70,200 (+12.9%)	$109,300 → $123,600 (+13.1%)
Median gross rent	$468 → $516 (+10.3%)	$484 → $601 (+24.2%)

Betances

Population

843626

Median household income

$6,986$16,667

Median home value

$62,200$70,200

Median gross rent

$468$516

Cabo Rojo

Population

8,8619,222

Median household income

$20,578$23,689

Median home value

$109,300$123,600

Median gross rent

$484$601

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Betances	Cabo Rojo
Under 5	0.0%	1.2%
5 to 17	5.8%	15.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	21.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	14.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	4.8%	13.5%
55 to 64	16.6%	15.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	12.7%
75 and over	25.9%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Betances	Cabo Rojo
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
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	100.0%	99.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Betances	Cabo Rojo
No high school diploma	50.7%	15.6%
High school graduate	24.2%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Betances	Cabo Rojo
Drove alone	82.6%	79.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Betances	Cabo Rojo
1-unit, detached	80.5%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Betances	Cabo Rojo
Poverty rate	54.3%	34.7%
Average household size	1.92	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	1971	1978