Las Carolinas vs Los Prados

A side-by-side comparison of Las Carolinas and Los Prados: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Los Prados has the higher population (3,530 vs 2,040 in Las Carolinas). Los Prados has the higher median household income ($108,750 vs $24,688 in Las Carolinas). Los Prados has the higher median home value ($276,200 vs $133,000 in Las Carolinas).

Population, income & housing

	Las Carolinas	Los Prados
Population	2,040	3,530
Median age	36.4 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$24,688	$108,750
Median home value	$133,000	$276,200
Median gross rent	$646	$1,518
Housing units	946	1,218
Homeownership rate	53.0%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	86.2%
Unemployment rate	34.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Las Carolinas	Los Prados
Population	1,898 → 2,040 (+7.5%)	2,249 → 3,530 (+57.0%)
Median household income	$14,443 → $24,688 (+70.9%)	$82,424 → $108,750 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$95,600 → $133,000 (+39.1%)	$233,700 → $276,200 (+18.2%)
Median gross rent	$477 → $646 (+35.4%)	$1,229 → $1,518 (+23.5%)

Las Carolinas

Population

1,8982,040

Median household income

$14,443$24,688

Median home value

$95,600$133,000

Median gross rent

$477$646

Los Prados

Population

2,2493,530

Median household income

$82,424$108,750

Median home value

$233,700$276,200

Median gross rent

$1,229$1,518

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Las Carolinas	Los Prados
Under 5	4.9%	1.0%
5 to 17	8.8%	19.8%
18 to 24	10.2%	7.3%
25 to 34	24.3%	15.3%
35 to 44	9.7%	19.3%
45 to 54	15.1%	20.3%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.2%	2.5%
75 and over	6.7%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Las Carolinas	Los Prados
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	5.9%
Black or African American	1.8%	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	2.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	96.1%	94.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Las Carolinas	Los Prados
No high school diploma	21.5%	0.9%
High school graduate	44.8%	0.9%
Some college or associate's	14.7%	11.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	39.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	46.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Las Carolinas	Los Prados
Drove alone	86.0%	66.7%
Carpooled	8.4%	28.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.3%
Other means	5.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Las Carolinas	Los Prados
1-unit, detached	70.7%	48.5%
1-unit, attached	22.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	39.8%
20 or more units	2.9%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Las Carolinas	Los Prados
Poverty rate	51.5%	6.3%
Average household size	2.89	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	27	43
Median year structure built	1991	2005