Betances vs Puerto Real

A side-by-side comparison of Betances and Puerto Real: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Puerto Real has the higher population (6,059 vs 626 in Betances). Puerto Real has the higher median household income ($20,318 vs $16,667 in Betances). Puerto Real has the higher median home value ($104,100 vs $70,200 in Betances).

Population, income & housing

	Betances	Puerto Real
Population	626	6,059
Median age	56.5 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$16,667	$20,318
Median home value	$70,200	$104,100
Median gross rent	$516	$512
Housing units	481	2,716
Homeownership rate	62.9%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	17.2%	22.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Betances	Puerto Real
Population	843 → 626 (-25.7%)	6,621 → 6,059 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$6,986 → $16,667 (+138.6%)	$13,794 → $20,318 (+47.3%)
Median home value	$62,200 → $70,200 (+12.9%)	$77,100 → $104,100 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$468 → $516 (+10.3%)	$371 → $512 (+38.0%)

Betances

Population

843626

Median household income

$6,986$16,667

Median home value

$62,200$70,200

Median gross rent

$468$516

Puerto Real

Population

6,6216,059

Median household income

$13,794$20,318

Median home value

$77,100$104,100

Median gross rent

$371$512

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Betances	Puerto Real
Under 5	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	5.8%	13.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.3%
25 to 34	21.9%	15.3%
35 to 44	14.1%	11.7%
45 to 54	4.8%	14.0%
55 to 64	16.6%	16.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.5%
75 and over	25.9%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Betances	Puerto Real
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	Puerto Real
No high school diploma	50.7%	27.2%
High school graduate	24.2%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Betances	Puerto Real
Drove alone	82.6%	87.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Betances	Puerto Real
1-unit, detached	80.5%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Betances	Puerto Real
Poverty rate	54.3%	47.0%
Average household size	1.92	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1971	1987