Maunabo vs Palo Seco

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

Maunabo 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.

Maunabo has the higher population (1,478 vs 1,001 in Palo Seco). Palo Seco has the higher median household income ($18,582 vs $12,738 in Maunabo). Palo Seco has the higher median home value ($109,100 vs $100,800 in Maunabo).

Population, income & housing

	Maunabo	Palo Seco
Population	1,478	1,001
Median age	42.5 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$12,738	$18,582
Median home value	$100,800	$109,100
Median gross rent	$417	$564
Housing units	734	511
Homeownership rate	67.2%	55.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	4.7%
Unemployment rate	37.2%	18.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maunabo	Palo Seco
Population	1,810 → 1,478 (-18.3%)	642 → 1,001 (+55.9%)
Median household income	$25,542 → $12,738 (-50.1%)	$16,136 → $18,582 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$98,800 → $100,800 (+2.0%)	$81,600 → $109,100 (+33.7%)
Median gross rent	$408 → $417 (+2.2%)	$336 → $564 (+67.9%)

Maunabo

Population

1,8101,478

Median household income

$25,542$12,738

Median home value

$98,800$100,800

Median gross rent

$408$417

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)

	Maunabo	Palo Seco
Under 5	1.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.0%	14.2%
18 to 24	8.1%	4.1%
25 to 34	12.3%	18.2%
35 to 44	16.0%	16.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.7%
55 to 64	11.8%	9.3%
65 to 74	10.6%	14.8%
75 and over	15.7%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maunabo	Palo Seco
White (non-Hispanic)	2.6%	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	97.4%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maunabo	Palo Seco
No high school diploma	19.6%	39.5%
High school graduate	35.9%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maunabo	Palo Seco
Drove alone	84.2%	86.7%
Carpooled	5.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	13.3%
Walked	10.3%	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)

	Maunabo	Palo Seco
1-unit, detached	86.2%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	18.4%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Maunabo	Palo Seco
Poverty rate	53.9%	53.3%
Average household size	2.56	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1970	1976