Bajandas vs Punta Santiago

A side-by-side comparison of Bajandas and Punta Santiago: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Punta Santiago has the higher population (3,733 vs 922 in Bajandas). Punta Santiago has the higher median household income ($25,827 vs $20,000 in Bajandas). Punta Santiago has the higher median home value ($95,600 vs $93,400 in Bajandas).

Population, income & housing

	Bajandas	Punta Santiago
Population	922	3,733
Median age	62.9 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$20,000	$25,827
Median home value	$93,400	$95,600
Median gross rent	—	$633
Housing units	599	1,907
Homeownership rate	92.7%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bajandas	Punta Santiago
Population	866 → 922 (+6.5%)	4,074 → 3,733 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$11,897 → $20,000 (+68.1%)	$22,121 → $25,827 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$83,900 → $93,400 (+11.3%)	$85,800 → $95,600 (+11.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$614 → $633 (+3.1%)

Bajandas

Population

866922

Median household income

$11,897$20,000

Median home value

$83,900$93,400

Punta Santiago

Population

4,0743,733

Median household income

$22,121$25,827

Median home value

$85,800$95,600

Median gross rent

$614$633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bajandas	Punta Santiago
Under 5	0.0%	8.8%
5 to 17	4.2%	9.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	7.3%	14.4%
35 to 44	3.9%	10.6%
45 to 54	15.4%	10.3%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.5%
65 to 74	33.6%	14.1%
75 and over	14.3%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bajandas	Punta Santiago
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.8%
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%	99.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bajandas	Punta Santiago
No high school diploma	27.5%	17.8%
High school graduate	46.4%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	15.3%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bajandas	Punta Santiago
Drove alone	65.2%	80.8%
Carpooled	19.7%	16.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bajandas	Punta Santiago
1-unit, detached	81.0%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	19.0%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.8%
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	Punta Santiago
Poverty rate	42.1%	51.1%
Average household size	2.10	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1984	1976