Bartolo vs Palmer

A side-by-side comparison of Bartolo and Palmer: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Palmer has the higher population (1,586 vs 1,364 in Bartolo). Bartolo has the higher median household income ($16,172 vs $15,022 in Palmer). Palmer has the higher median home value ($107,200 vs $99,900 in Bartolo).

Population, income & housing

	Bartolo	Palmer
Population	1,364	1,586
Median age	42.7 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$16,172	$15,022
Median home value	$99,900	$107,200
Median gross rent	$550	—
Housing units	604	545
Homeownership rate	66.1%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	51.2%	22.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bartolo	Palmer
Population	1,475 → 1,364 (-7.5%)	1,011 → 1,586 (+56.9%)
Median household income	$21,507 → $16,172 (-24.8%)	$10,417 → $15,022 (+44.2%)
Median home value	$103,700 → $99,900 (-3.7%)	$107,700 → $107,200 (-0.5%)
Median gross rent	$429 → $550 (+28.2%)	—

Bartolo

Population

1,4751,364

Median household income

$21,507$16,172

Median home value

$103,700$99,900

Median gross rent

$429$550

Palmer

Population

1,0111,586

Median household income

$10,417$15,022

Median home value

$107,700$107,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bartolo	Palmer
Under 5	5.1%	1.5%
5 to 17	6.7%	16.8%
18 to 24	16.1%	1.5%
25 to 34	16.6%	15.1%
35 to 44	6.7%	14.4%
45 to 54	22.6%	5.5%
55 to 64	4.8%	18.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	16.5%
75 and over	11.9%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bartolo	Palmer
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+

	Bartolo	Palmer
No high school diploma	32.9%	21.2%
High school graduate	32.8%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	7.3%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bartolo	Palmer
Drove alone	100.0%	87.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	8.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bartolo	Palmer
1-unit, detached	83.9%	52.5%
1-unit, attached	16.1%	47.5%
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

	Bartolo	Palmer
Poverty rate	54.4%	50.8%
Average household size	2.97	3.55
Mean commute (minutes)	33	38
Median year structure built	1983	1976