Emajagua vs Palo Seco

A side-by-side comparison of Emajagua and Palo Seco: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Emajagua has the higher population (2,884 vs 1,001 in Palo Seco). Emajagua has the higher median household income ($33,974 vs $18,582 in Palo Seco). Emajagua has the higher median home value ($113,800 vs $109,100 in Palo Seco).

Population, income & housing

	Emajagua	Palo Seco
Population	2,884	1,001
Median age	50.8 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$33,974	$18,582
Median home value	$113,800	$109,100
Median gross rent	$565	$564
Housing units	1,303	511
Homeownership rate	82.8%	55.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	4.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	18.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emajagua	Palo Seco
Population	2,134 → 2,884 (+35.1%)	642 → 1,001 (+55.9%)
Median household income	$22,448 → $33,974 (+51.3%)	$16,136 → $18,582 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$104,800 → $113,800 (+8.6%)	$81,600 → $109,100 (+33.7%)
Median gross rent	$431 → $565 (+31.1%)	$336 → $564 (+67.9%)

Emajagua

Population

2,1342,884

Median household income

$22,448$33,974

Median home value

$104,800$113,800

Median gross rent

$431$565

Palo Seco

Population

6421,001

Median household income

$16,136$18,582

Median home value

$81,600$109,100

Median gross rent

$336$564

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emajagua	Palo Seco
Under 5	1.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	14.2%
18 to 24	10.5%	4.1%
25 to 34	12.0%	18.2%
35 to 44	8.0%	16.4%
45 to 54	7.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	21.9%	9.3%
65 to 74	13.8%	14.8%
75 and over	10.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emajagua	Palo Seco
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+

	Emajagua	Palo Seco
No high school diploma	18.6%	39.5%
High school graduate	26.7%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emajagua	Palo Seco
Drove alone	92.7%	86.7%
Carpooled	4.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	13.3%
Walked	3.2%	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)

	Emajagua	Palo Seco
1-unit, detached	73.7%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	18.4%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Emajagua	Palo Seco
Poverty rate	44.9%	53.3%
Average household size	3.08	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1989	1976