Piedra Gorda vs Quebrada

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

Piedra Gorda and Quebrada 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 742 in Quebrada). Piedra Gorda has the higher median household income ($20,683 vs $19,726 in Quebrada). Piedra Gorda has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $85,700 in Quebrada).

Population, income & housing

	Piedra Gorda	Quebrada
Population	2,210	742
Median age	39.9 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$20,683	$19,726
Median home value	$112,500	$85,700
Housing units	740	363
Homeownership rate	86.7%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	3.5%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Piedra Gorda	Quebrada
Population	1,428 → 2,210 (+54.8%)	985 → 742 (-24.7%)
Median household income	$13,341 → $20,683 (+55.0%)	$18,040 → $19,726 (+9.3%)
Median home value	$86,000 → $112,500 (+30.8%)	$83,800 → $85,700 (+2.3%)

Piedra Gorda

Population

1,4282,210

Median household income

$13,341$20,683

Median home value

$86,000$112,500

Quebrada

Population

985742

Median household income

$18,040$19,726

Median home value

$83,800$85,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Piedra Gorda	Quebrada
Under 5	4.9%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.7%	6.6%
18 to 24	4.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	18.6%	19.8%
35 to 44	11.4%	6.6%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	20.8%	18.6%
65 to 74	8.4%	17.5%
75 and over	3.5%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Piedra Gorda	Quebrada
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+

	Piedra Gorda	Quebrada
No high school diploma	25.2%	33.1%
High school graduate	35.5%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Piedra Gorda	Quebrada
Drove alone	94.1%	77.3%
Carpooled	3.2%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Piedra Gorda	Quebrada
1-unit, detached	89.7%	95.9%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Piedra Gorda	Quebrada
Poverty rate	38.8%	48.4%
Average household size	3.29	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	1988	1986