Pole Ojea vs Puerto Real

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

Pole Ojea 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 1,579 in Pole Ojea). Pole Ojea has the higher median household income ($20,486 vs $20,318 in Puerto Real). Puerto Real has the higher median home value ($104,100 vs $74,100 in Pole Ojea).

Population, income & housing

	Pole Ojea	Puerto Real
Population	1,579	6,059
Median age	48.6 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$20,486	$20,318
Median home value	$74,100	$104,100
Median gross rent	$589	$512
Housing units	939	2,716
Homeownership rate	78.1%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	22.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pole Ojea	Puerto Real
Population	1,646 → 1,579 (-4.1%)	6,621 → 6,059 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$12,704 → $20,486 (+61.3%)	$13,794 → $20,318 (+47.3%)
Median home value	$71,500 → $74,100 (+3.6%)	$77,100 → $104,100 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$540 → $589 (+9.1%)	$371 → $512 (+38.0%)

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

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)

	Pole Ojea	Puerto Real
Under 5	4.7%	3.1%
5 to 17	12.5%	13.2%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.3%
25 to 34	15.8%	15.3%
35 to 44	6.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	14.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	16.7%
65 to 74	12.1%	9.5%
75 and over	17.4%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pole Ojea	Puerto Real
White (non-Hispanic)	1.5%	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	98.5%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pole Ojea	Puerto Real
No high school diploma	32.6%	27.2%
High school graduate	41.6%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pole Ojea	Puerto Real
Drove alone	91.9%	87.0%
Carpooled	8.1%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pole Ojea	Puerto Real
1-unit, detached	86.8%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pole Ojea	Puerto Real
Poverty rate	73.7%	47.0%
Average household size	2.89	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1986	1987