Humacao vs Palmas del Mar

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

Humacao 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.

Humacao has the higher population (15,893 vs 2,799 in Palmas del Mar). Palmas del Mar has the higher median household income ($97,652 vs $21,366 in Humacao). Palmas del Mar has the higher median home value ($446,800 vs $113,400 in Humacao).

Population, income & housing

	Humacao	Palmas del Mar
Population	15,893	2,799
Median age	49.6 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$21,366	$97,652
Median home value	$113,400	$446,800
Median gross rent	$459	—
Housing units	8,369	3,415
Homeownership rate	64.1%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	66.4%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Humacao	Palmas del Mar
Population	17,939 → 15,893 (-11.4%)	2,192 → 2,799 (+27.7%)
Median household income	$17,644 → $21,366 (+21.1%)	$82,228 → $97,652 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$97,400 → $113,400 (+16.4%)	$313,000 → $446,800 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$366 → $459 (+25.4%)	$1,912 → $1,922 (+0.5%)

Humacao

Population

17,93915,893

Median household income

$17,644$21,366

Median home value

$97,400$113,400

Median gross rent

$366$459

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)

	Humacao	Palmas del Mar
Under 5	1.9%	2.9%
5 to 17	14.5%	7.3%
18 to 24	6.7%	13.9%
25 to 34	10.7%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.4%	7.3%
45 to 54	11.6%	18.9%
55 to 64	14.5%	11.0%
65 to 74	13.3%	18.0%
75 and over	15.4%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Humacao	Palmas del Mar
White (non-Hispanic)	0.3%	5.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	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	99.3%	87.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Humacao	Palmas del Mar
No high school diploma	18.3%	3.2%
High school graduate	34.2%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	32.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Humacao	Palmas del Mar
Drove alone	90.2%	82.7%
Carpooled	3.8%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	10.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Humacao	Palmas del Mar
1-unit, detached	63.8%	28.8%
1-unit, attached	17.3%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	33.9%
20 or more units	6.1%	22.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Humacao	Palmas del Mar
Poverty rate	39.4%	13.4%
Average household size	2.36	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1976	1992