Corozal vs Palmarejo

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

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

Corozal has the higher population (10,672 vs 1,490 in Palmarejo). Palmarejo has the higher median home value ($130,000 vs $124,400 in Corozal). Since 2019, Corozal's population has grown faster (+18.2% vs +17.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Corozal	Palmarejo
Population	10,672	1,490
Median age	41.6 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$23,539	—
Median home value	$124,400	$130,000
Median gross rent	$491	—
Housing units	4,272	648
Homeownership rate	67.0%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	14.7%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corozal	Palmarejo
Population	9,031 → 10,672 (+18.2%)	1,272 → 1,490 (+17.1%)
Median household income	$13,027 → $23,539 (+80.7%)	$15,238 → $18,542 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$89,900 → $124,400 (+38.4%)	$104,800 → $130,000 (+24.0%)
Median gross rent	$414 → $491 (+18.6%)	—

Corozal

Population

9,03110,672

Median household income

$13,027$23,539

Median home value

$89,900$124,400

Median gross rent

$414$491

Palmarejo

Population

1,2721,490

Median household income

$15,238$18,542

Median home value

$104,800$130,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Corozal	Palmarejo
Under 5	3.4%	2.1%
5 to 17	15.5%	23.8%
18 to 24	9.4%	5.3%
25 to 34	13.5%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	9.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.2%	7.2%
65 to 74	11.7%	14.6%
75 and over	8.6%	16.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corozal	Palmarejo
White (non-Hispanic)	0.5%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
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	99.5%	98.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corozal	Palmarejo
No high school diploma	21.7%	33.1%
High school graduate	28.8%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corozal	Palmarejo
Drove alone	86.9%	72.4%
Carpooled	4.5%	27.6%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	0.0%
Other means	3.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corozal	Palmarejo
1-unit, detached	70.2%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	21.0%	11.9%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Corozal	Palmarejo
Poverty rate	49.5%	52.0%
Average household size	3.03	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	35	43
Median year structure built	1973	1981