Hato Candal vs Palmer

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

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

Hato Candal has the higher population (1,613 vs 1,586 in Palmer). Hato Candal has the higher median household income ($16,849 vs $15,022 in Palmer). Palmer has the higher median home value ($107,200 vs $95,100 in Hato Candal).

Population, income & housing

	Hato Candal	Palmer
Population	1,613	1,586
Median age	47.9 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$16,849	$15,022
Median home value	$95,100	$107,200
Median gross rent	$378	—
Housing units	861	545
Homeownership rate	60.5%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	14.3%	22.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hato Candal	Palmer
Population	1,683 → 1,613 (-4.2%)	1,011 → 1,586 (+56.9%)
Median household income	$18,026 → $16,849 (-6.5%)	$10,417 → $15,022 (+44.2%)
Median home value	$99,300 → $95,100 (-4.2%)	$107,700 → $107,200 (-0.5%)
Median gross rent	$371 → $378 (+1.9%)	—

Hato Candal

Population

1,6831,613

Median household income

$18,026$16,849

Median home value

$99,300$95,100

Median gross rent

$371$378

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)

	Hato Candal	Palmer
Under 5	1.8%	1.5%
5 to 17	14.4%	16.8%
18 to 24	4.2%	1.5%
25 to 34	10.0%	15.1%
35 to 44	15.5%	14.4%
45 to 54	15.6%	5.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	18.7%
65 to 74	8.1%	16.5%
75 and over	17.2%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hato Candal	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+

	Hato Candal	Palmer
No high school diploma	23.4%	21.2%
High school graduate	39.7%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hato Candal	Palmer
Drove alone	89.2%	87.6%
Carpooled	7.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	8.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hato Candal	Palmer
1-unit, detached	71.8%	52.5%
1-unit, attached	26.2%	47.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hato Candal	Palmer
Poverty rate	56.0%	50.8%
Average household size	2.31	3.55
Mean commute (minutes)	39	38
Median year structure built	1985	1976