Betances vs Monte Grande

A side-by-side comparison of Betances and Monte Grande: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Monte Grande has the higher population (3,264 vs 626 in Betances). Monte Grande has the higher median household income ($27,417 vs $16,667 in Betances). Monte Grande has the higher median home value ($108,900 vs $70,200 in Betances).

Population, income & housing

	Betances	Monte Grande
Population	626	3,264
Median age	56.5 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$16,667	$27,417
Median home value	$70,200	$108,900
Median gross rent	$516	$484
Housing units	481	1,351
Homeownership rate	62.9%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	17.2%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Betances	Monte Grande
Population	843 → 626 (-25.7%)	3,159 → 3,264 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$6,986 → $16,667 (+138.6%)	$21,410 → $27,417 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$62,200 → $70,200 (+12.9%)	$92,700 → $108,900 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$468 → $516 (+10.3%)	$563 → $484 (-14.0%)

Betances

Population

843626

Median household income

$6,986$16,667

Median home value

$62,200$70,200

Median gross rent

$468$516

Monte Grande

Population

3,1593,264

Median household income

$21,410$27,417

Median home value

$92,700$108,900

Median gross rent

$563$484

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Betances	Monte Grande
Under 5	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 17	5.8%	16.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	21.9%	15.0%
35 to 44	14.1%	15.3%
45 to 54	4.8%	14.0%
55 to 64	16.6%	10.2%
65 to 74	11.0%	7.9%
75 and over	25.9%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Betances	Monte Grande
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.3%
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%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	100.0%	99.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Betances	Monte Grande
No high school diploma	50.7%	19.1%
High school graduate	24.2%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Betances	Monte Grande
Drove alone	82.6%	84.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.1%
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	Monte Grande
1-unit, detached	80.5%	95.6%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	4.4%
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

	Betances	Monte Grande
Poverty rate	54.3%	35.0%
Average household size	1.92	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	—	36
Median year structure built	1971	1986