Palma Sola vs Santa BÃ¡rbara

A side-by-side comparison of Palma Sola and Santa BÃ¡rbara: population, income, housing, and more.

Palma Sola and Santa BÃ¡rbara are places in Puerto Rico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Santa BÃ¡rbara has the higher population (4,231 vs 1,399 in Palma Sola). Palma Sola has the higher median household income ($22,614 vs $15,549 in Santa BÃ¡rbara). Palma Sola has the higher median home value ($173,600 vs $90,700 in Santa BÃ¡rbara).

Population, income & housing

	Palma Sola	Santa BÃ¡rbara
Population	1,399	4,231
Median age	36.8 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$22,614	$15,549
Median home value	$173,600	$90,700
Median gross rent	—	$616
Housing units	613	1,691
Homeownership rate	68.7%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	20.0%	17.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palma Sola	Santa BÃ¡rbara
Population	1,130 → 1,399 (+23.8%)	4,731 → 4,231 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$17,061 → $22,614 (+32.5%)	$16,226 → $15,549 (-4.2%)
Median home value	$87,000 → $173,600 (+99.5%)	$104,200 → $90,700 (-13.0%)
Median gross rent	$442 → $483 (+9.3%)	$843 → $616 (-26.9%)

Palma Sola

Population

1,1301,399

Median household income

$17,061$22,614

Median home value

$87,000$173,600

Median gross rent

$442$483

Santa BÃ¡rbara

Population

4,7314,231

Median household income

$16,226$15,549

Median home value

$104,200$90,700

Median gross rent

$843$616

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Palma Sola	Santa BÃ¡rbara
Under 5	2.3%	4.1%
5 to 17	21.1%	19.0%
18 to 24	17.1%	9.1%
25 to 34	6.1%	18.3%
35 to 44	15.2%	7.6%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.3%
55 to 64	9.8%	10.0%
65 to 74	11.7%	12.1%
75 and over	7.2%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palma Sola	Santa BÃ¡rbara
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+

	Palma Sola	Santa BÃ¡rbara
No high school diploma	14.5%	31.1%
High school graduate	52.7%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	13.9%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palma Sola	Santa BÃ¡rbara
Drove alone	100.0%	82.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palma Sola	Santa BÃ¡rbara
1-unit, detached	77.3%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	22.7%	28.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Palma Sola	Santa BÃ¡rbara
Poverty rate	55.0%	59.3%
Average household size	2.84	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	22	38
Median year structure built	1990	1979