Aguilita vs Potala Pastillo

A side-by-side comparison of Aguilita and Potala Pastillo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Aguilita has the higher population (3,840 vs 2,736 in Potala Pastillo). Aguilita has the higher median household income ($21,065 vs $14,679 in Potala Pastillo). Aguilita has the higher median home value ($101,400 vs $80,000 in Potala Pastillo).

Population, income & housing

	Aguilita	Potala Pastillo
Population	3,840	2,736
Median age	40.0 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$21,065	$14,679
Median home value	$101,400	$80,000
Median gross rent	$494	—
Housing units	1,768	1,215
Homeownership rate	82.0%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	25.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aguilita	Potala Pastillo
Population	4,069 → 3,840 (-5.6%)	2,818 → 2,736 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$16,205 → $21,065 (+30.0%)	$18,038 → $14,679 (-18.6%)
Median home value	$81,000 → $101,400 (+25.2%)	$70,600 → $80,000 (+13.3%)
Median gross rent	$471 → $494 (+4.9%)	$477 → $750 (+57.2%)

Aguilita

Population

4,0693,840

Median household income

$16,205$21,065

Median home value

$81,000$101,400

Median gross rent

$471$494

Potala Pastillo

Population

2,8182,736

Median household income

$18,038$14,679

Median home value

$70,600$80,000

Median gross rent

$477$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aguilita	Potala Pastillo
Under 5	4.3%	1.8%
5 to 17	17.1%	11.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	9.4%
25 to 34	15.3%	9.6%
35 to 44	8.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	14.9%	17.3%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.0%
65 to 74	11.2%	17.4%
75 and over	6.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aguilita	Potala Pastillo
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	100.0%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aguilita	Potala Pastillo
No high school diploma	20.5%	35.3%
High school graduate	35.8%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aguilita	Potala Pastillo
Drove alone	90.9%	74.6%
Carpooled	1.3%	16.8%
Public transit	4.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	6.1%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aguilita	Potala Pastillo
1-unit, detached	96.5%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
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

	Aguilita	Potala Pastillo
Poverty rate	55.1%	60.9%
Average household size	2.78	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1990	1977