Buena Vista vs Humacao

A side-by-side comparison of Buena Vista and Humacao: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Humacao has the higher population (15,893 vs 1,077 in Buena Vista). Buena Vista has the higher median home value ($157,600 vs $113,400 in Humacao). Since 2019, Buena Vista's population has grown faster (+21.6% vs -11.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Buena Vista	Humacao
Population	1,077	15,893
Median age	52.2 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$21,366
Median home value	$157,600	$113,400
Median gross rent	—	$459
Housing units	587	8,369
Homeownership rate	79.7%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buena Vista	Humacao
Population	886 → 1,077 (+21.6%)	17,939 → 15,893 (-11.4%)
Median household income	$17,833 → $28,438 (+59.5%)	$17,644 → $21,366 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$100,000 → $157,600 (+57.6%)	$97,400 → $113,400 (+16.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$366 → $459 (+25.4%)

Buena Vista

Population

8861,077

Median household income

$17,833$28,438

Median home value

$100,000$157,600

Humacao

Population

17,93915,893

Median household income

$17,644$21,366

Median home value

$97,400$113,400

Median gross rent

$366$459

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buena Vista	Humacao
Under 5	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 17	10.7%	14.5%
18 to 24	14.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	8.0%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	18.5%	14.5%
65 to 74	13.1%	13.3%
75 and over	15.0%	15.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buena Vista	Humacao
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
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%	99.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buena Vista	Humacao
No high school diploma	28.3%	18.3%
High school graduate	31.9%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buena Vista	Humacao
Drove alone	88.0%	90.2%
Carpooled	8.6%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buena Vista	Humacao
1-unit, detached	80.7%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	11.6%	17.3%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buena Vista	Humacao
Poverty rate	42.0%	39.4%
Average household size	3.37	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1989	1976