Guayama vs Pueblito del Carmen

A side-by-side comparison of Guayama and Pueblito del Carmen: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Guayama has the higher population (17,815 vs 360 in Pueblito del Carmen). Guayama has the higher median household income ($21,010 vs $16,192 in Pueblito del Carmen). Guayama has the higher median home value ($107,300 vs $66,900 in Pueblito del Carmen).

Population, income & housing

	Guayama	Pueblito del Carmen
Population	17,815	360
Median age	40.0 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$21,010	$16,192
Median home value	$107,300	$66,900
Median gross rent	$404	—
Housing units	9,719	235
Homeownership rate	62.3%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guayama	Pueblito del Carmen
Population	20,913 → 17,815 (-14.8%)	695 → 360 (-48.2%)
Median household income	$17,341 → $21,010 (+21.2%)	$11,288 → $16,192 (+43.4%)
Median home value	$88,100 → $107,300 (+21.8%)	$46,600 → $66,900 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$345 → $404 (+17.1%)	—

Guayama

Population

20,91317,815

Median household income

$17,341$21,010

Median home value

$88,100$107,300

Median gross rent

$345$404

Pueblito del Carmen

Population

695360

Median household income

$11,288$16,192

Median home value

$46,600$66,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Guayama	Pueblito del Carmen
Under 5	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.6%	13.1%
18 to 24	11.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	14.9%	3.9%
35 to 44	11.1%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.3%	16.9%
55 to 64	10.7%	14.2%
65 to 74	11.1%	18.1%
75 and over	10.5%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guayama	Pueblito del Carmen
White (non-Hispanic)	0.1%	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	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.6%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guayama	Pueblito del Carmen
No high school diploma	15.1%	33.8%
High school graduate	30.7%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guayama	Pueblito del Carmen
Drove alone	82.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	12.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guayama	Pueblito del Carmen
1-unit, detached	77.0%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Guayama	Pueblito del Carmen
Poverty rate	46.9%	59.2%
Average household size	2.19	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1976	1975