Del Carmen vs Piedra Gorda

A side-by-side comparison of Del Carmen and Piedra Gorda: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Piedra Gorda has the higher population (2,210 vs 1,435 in Del Carmen). Del Carmen has the higher median household income ($38,321 vs $20,683 in Piedra Gorda). Piedra Gorda has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $109,200 in Del Carmen).

Population, income & housing

	Del Carmen	Piedra Gorda
Population	1,435	2,210
Median age	44.0 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$38,321	$20,683
Median home value	$109,200	$112,500
Median gross rent	$629	—
Housing units	665	740
Homeownership rate	70.4%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Del Carmen	Piedra Gorda
Population	1,695 → 1,435 (-15.3%)	1,428 → 2,210 (+54.8%)
Median household income	$16,266 → $38,321 (+135.6%)	$13,341 → $20,683 (+55.0%)
Median home value	$94,700 → $109,200 (+15.3%)	$86,000 → $112,500 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $629 (-12.4%)	—

Del Carmen

Population

1,6951,435

Median household income

$16,266$38,321

Median home value

$94,700$109,200

Median gross rent

$718$629

Piedra Gorda

Population

1,4282,210

Median household income

$13,341$20,683

Median home value

$86,000$112,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Del Carmen	Piedra Gorda
Under 5	5.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.3%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.7%	4.0%
25 to 34	13.0%	18.6%
35 to 44	8.0%	11.4%
45 to 54	15.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	17.0%	20.8%
65 to 74	4.0%	8.4%
75 and over	12.5%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Del Carmen	Piedra Gorda
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+

	Del Carmen	Piedra Gorda
No high school diploma	20.2%	25.2%
High school graduate	22.1%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Del Carmen	Piedra Gorda
Drove alone	95.2%	94.1%
Carpooled	4.8%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Del Carmen	Piedra Gorda
1-unit, detached	68.7%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	27.2%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Del Carmen	Piedra Gorda
Poverty rate	26.6%	38.8%
Average household size	2.71	3.29
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1978	1988