Coco vs Salinas

A side-by-side comparison of Coco and Salinas: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Coco has the higher population (5,409 vs 4,448 in Salinas). Salinas has the higher median household income ($19,405 vs $15,995 in Coco). Salinas has the higher median home value ($97,400 vs $76,200 in Coco).

Population, income & housing

	Coco	Salinas
Population	5,409	4,448
Median age	43.5 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$15,995	$19,405
Median home value	$76,200	$97,400
Median gross rent	$463	$390
Housing units	2,544	2,230
Homeownership rate	68.3%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	12.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coco	Salinas
Population	5,108 → 5,409 (+5.9%)	5,051 → 4,448 (-11.9%)
Median household income	$17,758 → $15,995 (-9.9%)	$19,273 → $19,405 (+0.7%)
Median home value	$85,400 → $76,200 (-10.8%)	$86,300 → $97,400 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$388 → $463 (+19.3%)	$390 → $390 (+0.0%)

Coco

Population

5,1085,409

Median household income

$17,758$15,995

Median home value

$85,400$76,200

Median gross rent

$388$463

Salinas

Population

5,0514,448

Median household income

$19,273$19,405

Median home value

$86,300$97,400

Median gross rent

$390$390

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coco	Salinas
Under 5	3.2%	3.4%
5 to 17	16.5%	14.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	9.6%
55 to 64	16.5%	13.1%
65 to 74	12.1%	17.0%
75 and over	7.1%	15.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coco	Salinas
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.2%
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%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	100.0%	99.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coco	Salinas
No high school diploma	26.7%	14.6%
High school graduate	40.5%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coco	Salinas
Drove alone	88.6%	84.1%
Carpooled	6.7%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	1.1%	1.7%
Worked from home	3.6%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coco	Salinas
1-unit, detached	92.1%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Coco	Salinas
Poverty rate	60.0%	50.2%
Average household size	2.47	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1979	1975