Bajandas vs Candelero Arriba

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

Bajandas and Candelero Arriba 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 780 in Candelero Arriba). Candelero Arriba has the higher median household income ($20,875 vs $20,000 in Bajandas). Candelero Arriba has the higher median home value ($160,100 vs $93,400 in Bajandas).

Population, income & housing

	Bajandas	Candelero Arriba
Population	922	780
Median age	62.9 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$20,000	$20,875
Median home value	$93,400	$160,100
Housing units	599	497
Homeownership rate	92.7%	97.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bajandas	Candelero Arriba
Population	866 → 922 (+6.5%)	1,036 → 780 (-24.7%)
Median household income	$11,897 → $20,000 (+68.1%)	$17,875 → $20,875 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$83,900 → $93,400 (+11.3%)	$135,800 → $160,100 (+17.9%)

Bajandas

Population

866922

Median household income

$11,897$20,000

Median home value

$83,900$93,400

Candelero Arriba

Population

1,036780

Median household income

$17,875$20,875

Median home value

$135,800$160,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bajandas	Candelero Arriba
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.2%	10.9%
18 to 24	6.4%	9.6%
25 to 34	7.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	3.9%	11.5%
45 to 54	15.4%	18.6%
55 to 64	14.9%	10.0%
65 to 74	33.6%	35.4%
75 and over	14.3%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bajandas	Candelero Arriba
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 Arriba
No high school diploma	27.5%	4.7%
High school graduate	46.4%	64.4%
Some college or associate's	15.3%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bajandas	Candelero Arriba
Drove alone	65.2%	52.5%
Carpooled	19.7%	34.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	12.7%
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 Arriba
1-unit, detached	81.0%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	19.0%	15.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
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 Arriba
Poverty rate	42.1%	45.5%
Average household size	2.10	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	—	41
Median year structure built	1984	1983