Betances vs Pole Ojea

A side-by-side comparison of Betances and Pole Ojea: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pole Ojea has the higher population (1,579 vs 626 in Betances). Pole Ojea has the higher median household income ($20,486 vs $16,667 in Betances). Pole Ojea has the higher median home value ($74,100 vs $70,200 in Betances).

Population, income & housing

	Betances	Pole Ojea
Population	626	1,579
Median age	56.5 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$16,667	$20,486
Median home value	$70,200	$74,100
Median gross rent	$516	$589
Housing units	481	939
Homeownership rate	62.9%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	17.2%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Betances	Pole Ojea
Population	843 → 626 (-25.7%)	1,646 → 1,579 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$6,986 → $16,667 (+138.6%)	$12,704 → $20,486 (+61.3%)
Median home value	$62,200 → $70,200 (+12.9%)	$71,500 → $74,100 (+3.6%)
Median gross rent	$468 → $516 (+10.3%)	$540 → $589 (+9.1%)

Betances

Population

843626

Median household income

$6,986$16,667

Median home value

$62,200$70,200

Median gross rent

$468$516

Pole Ojea

Population

1,6461,579

Median household income

$12,704$20,486

Median home value

$71,500$74,100

Median gross rent

$540$589

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Betances	Pole Ojea
Under 5	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	5.8%	12.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	21.9%	15.8%
35 to 44	14.1%	6.7%
45 to 54	4.8%	10.4%
55 to 64	16.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	11.0%	12.1%
75 and over	25.9%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Betances	Pole Ojea
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	1.5%
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%	98.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Betances	Pole Ojea
No high school diploma	50.7%	32.6%
High school graduate	24.2%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Betances	Pole Ojea
Drove alone	82.6%	91.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.1%
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	Pole Ojea
1-unit, detached	80.5%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Betances	Pole Ojea
Poverty rate	54.3%	73.7%
Average household size	1.92	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1971	1986