Humacao vs Punta Santiago

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

Humacao 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.

Humacao has the higher population (15,893 vs 3,733 in Punta Santiago). Punta Santiago has the higher median household income ($25,827 vs $21,366 in Humacao). Humacao has the higher median home value ($113,400 vs $95,600 in Punta Santiago).

Population, income & housing

	Humacao	Punta Santiago
Population	15,893	3,733
Median age	49.6 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$21,366	$25,827
Median home value	$113,400	$95,600
Median gross rent	$459	$633
Housing units	8,369	1,907
Homeownership rate	64.1%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Humacao	Punta Santiago
Population	17,939 → 15,893 (-11.4%)	4,074 → 3,733 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$17,644 → $21,366 (+21.1%)	$22,121 → $25,827 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$97,400 → $113,400 (+16.4%)	$85,800 → $95,600 (+11.4%)
Median gross rent	$366 → $459 (+25.4%)	$614 → $633 (+3.1%)

Humacao

Population

17,93915,893

Median household income

$17,644$21,366

Median home value

$97,400$113,400

Median gross rent

$366$459

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)

	Humacao	Punta Santiago
Under 5	1.9%	8.8%
5 to 17	14.5%	9.5%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.7%	14.4%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	10.3%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.5%
65 to 74	13.3%	14.1%
75 and over	15.4%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Humacao	Punta Santiago
White (non-Hispanic)	0.3%	0.8%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.3%	99.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Humacao	Punta Santiago
No high school diploma	18.3%	17.8%
High school graduate	34.2%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Humacao	Punta Santiago
Drove alone	90.2%	80.8%
Carpooled	3.8%	16.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Humacao	Punta Santiago
1-unit, detached	63.8%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	17.3%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Humacao	Punta Santiago
Poverty rate	39.4%	51.1%
Average household size	2.36	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1976	1976