Capitanejo vs Potala Pastillo

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

Capitanejo 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.

Capitanejo has the higher population (2,881 vs 2,736 in Potala Pastillo). Capitanejo has the higher median household income ($24,125 vs $14,679 in Potala Pastillo). Capitanejo has the higher median home value ($93,900 vs $80,000 in Potala Pastillo).

Population, income & housing

	Capitanejo	Potala Pastillo
Population	2,881	2,736
Median age	43.6 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$24,125	$14,679
Median home value	$93,900	$80,000
Housing units	1,365	1,215
Homeownership rate	80.8%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	25.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Capitanejo	Potala Pastillo
Population	3,186 → 2,881 (-9.6%)	2,818 → 2,736 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$14,576 → $24,125 (+65.5%)	$18,038 → $14,679 (-18.6%)
Median home value	$85,100 → $93,900 (+10.3%)	$70,600 → $80,000 (+13.3%)
Median gross rent	$628 → $626 (-0.3%)	$477 → $750 (+57.2%)

Capitanejo

Population

3,1862,881

Median household income

$14,576$24,125

Median home value

$85,100$93,900

Median gross rent

$628$626

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)

	Capitanejo	Potala Pastillo
Under 5	6.7%	1.8%
5 to 17	17.5%	11.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	9.4%
25 to 34	12.4%	9.6%
35 to 44	6.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.8%	17.3%
55 to 64	20.5%	14.0%
65 to 74	9.7%	17.4%
75 and over	5.4%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Capitanejo	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+

	Capitanejo	Potala Pastillo
No high school diploma	22.2%	35.3%
High school graduate	26.8%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Capitanejo	Potala Pastillo
Drove alone	99.3%	74.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Capitanejo	Potala Pastillo
1-unit, detached	97.9%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	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

	Capitanejo	Potala Pastillo
Poverty rate	44.6%	60.9%
Average household size	2.74	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	32	23
Median year structure built	1991	1977