Cambalache vs Quebrada Prieta

A side-by-side comparison of Cambalache and Quebrada Prieta: population, income, housing, and more.

Cambalache and Quebrada Prieta are places in Puerto Rico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cambalache has the higher population (675 vs 654 in Quebrada Prieta). Cambalache has the higher median home value ($252,800 vs $108,200 in Quebrada Prieta). Since 2019, Quebrada Prieta's population has grown faster (+36.8% vs -43.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Cambalache	Quebrada Prieta
Population	675	654
Median age	56.2 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$37,625	—
Median home value	$252,800	$108,200
Housing units	321	352
Homeownership rate	77.0%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.3%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	14.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambalache	Quebrada Prieta
Population	1,185 → 675 (-43.0%)	478 → 654 (+36.8%)
Median household income	$28,250 → $37,625 (+33.2%)	—
Median home value	$101,300 → $252,800 (+149.6%)	$122,400 → $108,200 (-11.6%)

Cambalache

Population

1,185675

Median household income

$28,250$37,625

Median home value

$101,300$252,800

Quebrada Prieta

Population

478654

Median home value

$122,400$108,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cambalache	Quebrada Prieta
Under 5	0.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	2.1%	3.4%
18 to 24	14.5%	10.2%
25 to 34	7.4%	25.4%
35 to 44	4.7%	3.7%
45 to 54	19.4%	3.8%
55 to 64	20.3%	16.1%
65 to 74	23.3%	14.7%
75 and over	8.3%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambalache	Quebrada Prieta
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+

	Cambalache	Quebrada Prieta
No high school diploma	4.3%	28.2%
High school graduate	33.4%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	21.5%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambalache	Quebrada Prieta
Drove alone	65.5%	96.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambalache	Quebrada Prieta
1-unit, detached	92.2%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	33.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cambalache	Quebrada Prieta
Poverty rate	11.7%	37.5%
Average household size	2.64	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1998	1982