Guayabal vs Potala Pastillo

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

Guayabal 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.

Potala Pastillo has the higher population (2,736 vs 1,870 in Guayabal). Guayabal has the higher median household income ($21,632 vs $14,679 in Potala Pastillo). Guayabal has the higher median home value ($83,400 vs $80,000 in Potala Pastillo).

Population, income & housing

	Guayabal	Potala Pastillo
Population	1,870	2,736
Median age	49.9 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$21,632	$14,679
Median home value	$83,400	$80,000
Housing units	866	1,215
Homeownership rate	79.6%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	13.4%	25.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guayabal	Potala Pastillo
Population	1,450 → 1,870 (+29.0%)	2,818 → 2,736 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$12,273 → $21,632 (+76.3%)	$18,038 → $14,679 (-18.6%)
Median home value	$66,400 → $83,400 (+25.6%)	$70,600 → $80,000 (+13.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$477 → $750 (+57.2%)

Guayabal

Population

1,4501,870

Median household income

$12,273$21,632

Median home value

$66,400$83,400

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)

	Guayabal	Potala Pastillo
Under 5	1.4%	1.8%
5 to 17	15.2%	11.0%
18 to 24	12.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	3.6%	9.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	17.3%
55 to 64	17.9%	14.0%
65 to 74	14.7%	17.4%
75 and over	12.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guayabal	Potala Pastillo
White (non-Hispanic)	2.2%	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	97.8%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guayabal	Potala Pastillo
No high school diploma	31.5%	35.3%
High school graduate	37.3%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	14.2%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guayabal	Potala Pastillo
Drove alone	86.1%	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	13.9%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guayabal	Potala Pastillo
1-unit, detached	88.1%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	11.9%	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

	Guayabal	Potala Pastillo
Poverty rate	48.6%	60.9%
Average household size	2.65	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1977	1977