Caguas vs Parcelas Viejas Borinquen

A side-by-side comparison of Caguas and Parcelas Viejas Borinquen: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Caguas has the higher population (72,862 vs 1,011 in Parcelas Viejas Borinquen). Caguas has the higher median home value ($133,400 vs $97,900 in Parcelas Viejas Borinquen). Since 2019, Parcelas Viejas Borinquen's population has grown faster (+35.3% vs -0.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Caguas	Parcelas Viejas Borinquen
Population	72,862	1,011
Median age	44.2 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$26,649	—
Median home value	$133,400	$97,900
Median gross rent	$613	—
Housing units	36,030	353
Homeownership rate	59.6%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caguas	Parcelas Viejas Borinquen
Population	73,322 → 72,862 (-0.6%)	747 → 1,011 (+35.3%)
Median household income	$23,117 → $26,649 (+15.3%)	$20,129 → $25,568 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$119,800 → $133,400 (+11.4%)	$61,700 → $97,900 (+58.7%)
Median gross rent	$549 → $613 (+11.7%)	—

Caguas

Population

73,32272,862

Median household income

$23,117$26,649

Median home value

$119,800$133,400

Median gross rent

$549$613

Parcelas Viejas Borinquen

Population

7471,011

Median household income

$20,129$25,568

Median home value

$61,700$97,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caguas	Parcelas Viejas Borinquen
Under 5	3.1%	3.8%
5 to 17	12.8%	11.3%
18 to 24	9.1%	3.2%
25 to 34	14.3%	23.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	6.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.1%	19.2%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.7%
75 and over	13.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caguas	Parcelas Viejas Borinquen
White (non-Hispanic)	1.3%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	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	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	97.9%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caguas	Parcelas Viejas Borinquen
No high school diploma	13.9%	32.2%
High school graduate	28.6%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caguas	Parcelas Viejas Borinquen
Drove alone	79.3%	58.2%
Carpooled	8.3%	41.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	0.0%
Other means	3.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caguas	Parcelas Viejas Borinquen
1-unit, detached	56.9%	50.7%
1-unit, attached	15.3%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	34.8%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Caguas	Parcelas Viejas Borinquen
Poverty rate	40.6%	44.2%
Average household size	2.34	3.54
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1974	1962