Canovanillas vs Quebrada Prieta

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

Canovanillas 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.

Quebrada Prieta has the higher population (654 vs 564 in Canovanillas). Since 2019, Canovanillas's population has grown faster (+297.2% vs +36.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Canovanillas	Quebrada Prieta
Population	564	654
Median age	36.6 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,875	—
Median home value	—	$108,200
Housing units	164	352
Homeownership rate	60.2%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	14.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canovanillas	Quebrada Prieta
Population	142 → 564 (+297.2%)	478 → 654 (+36.8%)
Median household income	$53,942 → $56,875 (+5.4%)	—
Median home value	—	$122,400 → $108,200 (-11.6%)

Canovanillas

Population

142564

Median household income

$53,942$56,875

Quebrada Prieta

Population

478654

Median home value

$122,400$108,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canovanillas	Quebrada Prieta
Under 5	0.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	16.0%	3.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	10.2%
25 to 34	21.5%	25.4%
35 to 44	22.3%	3.7%
45 to 54	10.8%	3.8%
55 to 64	4.4%	16.1%
65 to 74	11.0%	14.7%
75 and over	5.7%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canovanillas	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+

	Canovanillas	Quebrada Prieta
No high school diploma	9.6%	28.2%
High school graduate	22.5%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canovanillas	Quebrada Prieta
Drove alone	78.3%	96.4%
Carpooled	9.0%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canovanillas	Quebrada Prieta
1-unit, detached	100.0%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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

	Canovanillas	Quebrada Prieta
Poverty rate	17.9%	37.5%
Average household size	4.59	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	44	27
Median year structure built	1980	1982