Betances vs El Combate

A side-by-side comparison of Betances and El Combate: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Betances has the higher population (626 vs 406 in El Combate). El Combate has the higher median household income ($22,696 vs $16,667 in Betances). El Combate has the higher median home value ($157,200 vs $70,200 in Betances).

Population, income & housing

	Betances	El Combate
Population	626	406
Median age	56.5 yrs	66.8 yrs
Median household income	$16,667	$22,696
Median home value	$70,200	$157,200
Median gross rent	$516	—
Housing units	481	1,101
Homeownership rate	62.9%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	40.2%
Unemployment rate	17.2%	65.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Betances	El Combate
Population	843 → 626 (-25.7%)	180 → 406 (+125.6%)
Median household income	$6,986 → $16,667 (+138.6%)	$7,813 → $22,696 (+190.5%)
Median home value	$62,200 → $70,200 (+12.9%)	$261,000 → $157,200 (-39.8%)
Median gross rent	$468 → $516 (+10.3%)	—

Betances

Population

843626

Median household income

$6,986$16,667

Median home value

$62,200$70,200

Median gross rent

$468$516

El Combate

Population

180406

Median household income

$7,813$22,696

Median home value

$261,000$157,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Betances	El Combate
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	21.9%	15.5%
35 to 44	14.1%	6.2%
45 to 54	4.8%	8.6%
55 to 64	16.6%	6.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	40.9%
75 and over	25.9%	16.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Betances	El Combate
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	100.0%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Betances	El Combate
No high school diploma	50.7%	13.1%
High school graduate	24.2%	9.2%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Betances	El Combate
Drove alone	82.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Betances	El Combate
1-unit, detached	80.5%	54.9%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	23.1%

Poverty & households

	Betances	El Combate
Poverty rate	54.3%	17.7%
Average household size	1.92	1.65
Median year structure built	1971	1991