Bajandas vs Palmas del Mar

A side-by-side comparison of Bajandas and Palmas del Mar: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Palmas del Mar has the higher population (2,799 vs 922 in Bajandas). Palmas del Mar has the higher median household income ($97,652 vs $20,000 in Bajandas). Palmas del Mar has the higher median home value ($446,800 vs $93,400 in Bajandas).

Population, income & housing

	Bajandas	Palmas del Mar
Population	922	2,799
Median age	62.9 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$20,000	$97,652
Median home value	$93,400	$446,800
Housing units	599	3,415
Homeownership rate	92.7%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	66.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bajandas	Palmas del Mar
Population	866 → 922 (+6.5%)	2,192 → 2,799 (+27.7%)
Median household income	$11,897 → $20,000 (+68.1%)	$82,228 → $97,652 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$83,900 → $93,400 (+11.3%)	$313,000 → $446,800 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,912 → $1,922 (+0.5%)

Bajandas

Population

866922

Median household income

$11,897$20,000

Median home value

$83,900$93,400

Palmas del Mar

Population

2,1922,799

Median household income

$82,228$97,652

Median home value

$313,000$446,800

Median gross rent

$1,912$1,922

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bajandas	Palmas del Mar
Under 5	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 17	4.2%	7.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	13.9%
25 to 34	7.3%	11.6%
35 to 44	3.9%	7.3%
45 to 54	15.4%	18.9%
55 to 64	14.9%	11.0%
65 to 74	33.6%	18.0%
75 and over	14.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bajandas	Palmas del Mar
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	5.0%
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%	6.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	100.0%	87.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bajandas	Palmas del Mar
No high school diploma	27.5%	3.2%
High school graduate	46.4%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	15.3%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	32.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bajandas	Palmas del Mar
Drove alone	65.2%	82.7%
Carpooled	19.7%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	10.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bajandas	Palmas del Mar
1-unit, detached	81.0%	28.8%
1-unit, attached	19.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	33.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	22.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bajandas	Palmas del Mar
Poverty rate	42.1%	13.4%
Average household size	2.10	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	1984	1992