Luquillo vs Playa Fortuna

A side-by-side comparison of Luquillo and Playa Fortuna: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Luquillo has the higher population (7,461 vs 1,474 in Playa Fortuna). Luquillo has the higher median household income ($22,414 vs $17,452 in Playa Fortuna). Luquillo has the higher median home value ($123,300 vs $99,900 in Playa Fortuna).

Population, income & housing

	Luquillo	Playa Fortuna
Population	7,461	1,474
Median age	39.6 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$22,414	$17,452
Median home value	$123,300	$99,900
Median gross rent	$433	—
Housing units	3,722	765
Homeownership rate	62.9%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	24.4%	19.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Luquillo	Playa Fortuna
Population	7,599 → 7,461 (-1.8%)	961 → 1,474 (+53.4%)
Median household income	$21,613 → $22,414 (+3.7%)	$14,085 → $17,452 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$110,300 → $123,300 (+11.8%)	$104,800 → $99,900 (-4.7%)
Median gross rent	$333 → $433 (+30.0%)	—

Luquillo

Population

7,5997,461

Median household income

$21,613$22,414

Median home value

$110,300$123,300

Median gross rent

$333$433

Playa Fortuna

Population

9611,474

Median household income

$14,085$17,452

Median home value

$104,800$99,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Luquillo	Playa Fortuna
Under 5	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	5.6%
18 to 24	12.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.2%	19.7%
35 to 44	13.9%	5.5%
45 to 54	10.1%	19.2%
55 to 64	12.5%	16.1%
65 to 74	10.2%	11.9%
75 and over	9.4%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Luquillo	Playa Fortuna
White (non-Hispanic)	0.2%	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	99.8%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Luquillo	Playa Fortuna
No high school diploma	13.6%	34.8%
High school graduate	37.4%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Luquillo	Playa Fortuna
Drove alone	80.3%	95.2%
Carpooled	2.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.8%
Worked from home	4.9%	0.0%
Other means	5.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Luquillo	Playa Fortuna
1-unit, detached	65.9%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	26.8%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Luquillo	Playa Fortuna
Poverty rate	46.4%	66.6%
Average household size	2.60	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1978	1986