Coamo vs Palmarejo

A side-by-side comparison of Coamo and Palmarejo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Coamo has the higher population (9,504 vs 742 in Palmarejo). Palmarejo has the higher median household income ($28,525 vs $15,959 in Coamo). Palmarejo has the higher median home value ($111,900 vs $92,600 in Coamo).

Population, income & housing

	Coamo	Palmarejo
Population	9,504	742
Median age	49.3 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$15,959	$28,525
Median home value	$92,600	$111,900
Median gross rent	$447	—
Housing units	4,845	351
Homeownership rate	61.3%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coamo	Palmarejo
Population	11,012 → 9,504 (-13.7%)	679 → 742 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$16,095 → $15,959 (-0.8%)	$22,813 → $28,525 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $92,600 (+0.5%)	$88,300 → $111,900 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$481 → $447 (-7.1%)	—

Coamo

Population

11,0129,504

Median household income

$16,095$15,959

Median home value

$92,100$92,600

Median gross rent

$481$447

Palmarejo

Population

679742

Median household income

$22,813$28,525

Median home value

$88,300$111,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coamo	Palmarejo
Under 5	4.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	10.2%	20.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	15.2%
25 to 34	10.9%	15.2%
35 to 44	10.1%	23.3%
45 to 54	19.6%	5.3%
55 to 64	14.5%	2.7%
65 to 74	13.1%	7.4%
75 and over	10.2%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coamo	Palmarejo
White (non-Hispanic)	0.1%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	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	99.8%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coamo	Palmarejo
No high school diploma	17.5%	45.9%
High school graduate	44.5%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coamo	Palmarejo
Drove alone	81.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coamo	Palmarejo
1-unit, detached	71.4%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	14.2%	24.8%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Coamo	Palmarejo
Poverty rate	56.7%	80.6%
Average household size	2.33	4.91
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1976	1978