Barahona vs Morovis

A side-by-side comparison of Barahona and Morovis: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Barahona has the higher population (2,000 vs 1,761 in Morovis). Barahona has the higher median household income ($17,662 vs $12,995 in Morovis). Morovis has the higher median home value ($144,900 vs $93,400 in Barahona).

Population, income & housing

	Barahona	Morovis
Population	2,000	1,761
Median age	35.3 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$17,662	$12,995
Median home value	$93,400	$144,900
Median gross rent	$487	$320
Housing units	989	936
Homeownership rate	55.3%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	17.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barahona	Morovis
Population	2,147 → 2,000 (-6.8%)	1,755 → 1,761 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$16,991 → $17,662 (+3.9%)	$12,786 → $12,995 (+1.6%)
Median home value	$100,100 → $93,400 (-6.7%)	$90,000 → $144,900 (+61.0%)
Median gross rent	$554 → $487 (-12.1%)	$358 → $320 (-10.6%)

Barahona

Population

2,1472,000

Median household income

$16,991$17,662

Median home value

$100,100$93,400

Median gross rent

$554$487

Morovis

Population

1,7551,761

Median household income

$12,786$12,995

Median home value

$90,000$144,900

Median gross rent

$358$320

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barahona	Morovis
Under 5	6.6%	2.9%
5 to 17	17.7%	8.1%
18 to 24	9.4%	5.6%
25 to 34	15.3%	13.3%
35 to 44	8.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	10.5%	16.4%
65 to 74	11.0%	20.6%
75 and over	8.2%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barahona	Morovis
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+

	Barahona	Morovis
No high school diploma	19.6%	34.6%
High school graduate	34.0%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barahona	Morovis
Drove alone	91.4%	79.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	8.6%	9.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barahona	Morovis
1-unit, detached	83.8%	51.7%
1-unit, attached	16.2%	18.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barahona	Morovis
Poverty rate	64.9%	59.0%
Average household size	2.75	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1991	1978