Bajandas vs Candelero Abajo

A side-by-side comparison of Bajandas and Candelero Abajo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bajandas has the higher population (922 vs 320 in Candelero Abajo). Candelero Abajo has the higher median household income ($23,700 vs $20,000 in Bajandas). Since 2019, Candelero Abajo's population has grown faster (+36.8% vs +6.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Bajandas	Candelero Abajo
Population	922	320
Median age	62.9 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$20,000	$23,700
Median home value	$93,400	—
Housing units	599	292
Homeownership rate	92.7%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bajandas	Candelero Abajo
Population	866 → 922 (+6.5%)	234 → 320 (+36.8%)
Median household income	$11,897 → $20,000 (+68.1%)	$13,304 → $23,700 (+78.1%)
Median home value	$83,900 → $93,400 (+11.3%)	—

Bajandas

Population

866922

Median household income

$11,897$20,000

Median home value

$83,900$93,400

Candelero Abajo

Population

234320

Median household income

$13,304$23,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bajandas	Candelero Abajo
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.2%	15.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.8%
25 to 34	7.3%	7.5%
35 to 44	3.9%	15.9%
45 to 54	15.4%	6.9%
55 to 64	14.9%	7.2%
65 to 74	33.6%	12.8%
75 and over	14.3%	26.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bajandas	Candelero Abajo
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+

	Bajandas	Candelero Abajo
No high school diploma	27.5%	28.7%
High school graduate	46.4%	51.4%
Some college or associate's	15.3%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bajandas	Candelero Abajo
Drove alone	65.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	19.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bajandas	Candelero Abajo
1-unit, detached	81.0%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	19.0%	12.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.6%
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

	Bajandas	Candelero Abajo
Poverty rate	42.1%	43.4%
Average household size	2.10	2.13
Median year structure built	1984	1995