Maguayo vs Palmarejo

A side-by-side comparison of Maguayo and Palmarejo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Palmarejo has the higher population (1,620 vs 695 in Maguayo). Palmarejo has the higher median household income ($18,284 vs $12,604 in Maguayo). Maguayo has the higher median home value ($90,600 vs $86,800 in Palmarejo).

Population, income & housing

	Maguayo	Palmarejo
Population	695	1,620
Median age	54.4 yrs	59.5 yrs
Median household income	$12,604	$18,284
Median home value	$90,600	$86,800
Housing units	399	703
Homeownership rate	79.9%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	29.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maguayo	Palmarejo
Population	845 → 695 (-17.8%)	1,393 → 1,620 (+16.3%)
Median household income	$14,388 → $12,604 (-12.4%)	$10,333 → $18,284 (+76.9%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $90,600 (+4.4%)	$78,000 → $86,800 (+11.3%)

Maguayo

Population

845695

Median household income

$14,388$12,604

Median home value

$86,800$90,600

Palmarejo

Population

1,3931,620

Median household income

$10,333$18,284

Median home value

$78,000$86,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maguayo	Palmarejo
Under 5	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	8.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	17.4%	4.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	27.8%
35 to 44	6.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	20.3%	2.8%
55 to 64	6.8%	15.4%
65 to 74	6.6%	25.2%
75 and over	34.2%	19.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maguayo	Palmarejo
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%	7.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	100.0%	92.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maguayo	Palmarejo
No high school diploma	29.2%	38.6%
High school graduate	45.3%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	12.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maguayo	Palmarejo
Drove alone	100.0%	95.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maguayo	Palmarejo
1-unit, detached	95.0%	98.0%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	2.0%
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

	Maguayo	Palmarejo
Poverty rate	75.4%	61.4%
Average household size	2.33	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	1983	1975