Jauca vs Playita Cortada

A side-by-side comparison of Jauca and Playita Cortada: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Playita Cortada has the higher population (1,461 vs 1,388 in Jauca). Jauca has the higher median household income ($18,807 vs $16,841 in Playita Cortada). Playita Cortada has the higher median home value ($104,600 vs $85,800 in Jauca).

Population, income & housing

	Jauca	Playita Cortada
Population	1,388	1,461
Median age	55.5 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$18,807	$16,841
Median home value	$85,800	$104,600
Median gross rent	—	$577
Housing units	872	731
Homeownership rate	81.7%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jauca	Playita Cortada
Population	1,694 → 1,388 (-18.1%)	1,306 → 1,461 (+11.9%)
Median household income	$18,067 → $18,807 (+4.1%)	$11,763 → $16,841 (+43.2%)
Median home value	$80,900 → $85,800 (+6.1%)	$86,100 → $104,600 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$482 → $415 (-13.9%)	$471 → $577 (+22.5%)

Jauca

Population

1,6941,388

Median household income

$18,067$18,807

Median home value

$80,900$85,800

Median gross rent

$482$415

Playita Cortada

Population

1,3061,461

Median household income

$11,763$16,841

Median home value

$86,100$104,600

Median gross rent

$471$577

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jauca	Playita Cortada
Under 5	3.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	2.2%	20.7%
18 to 24	9.6%	12.3%
25 to 34	9.7%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	15.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	19.2%
55 to 64	21.5%	6.4%
65 to 74	17.4%	7.6%
75 and over	12.6%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jauca	Playita Cortada
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.0%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.6%
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	98.9%	98.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jauca	Playita Cortada
No high school diploma	22.2%	16.1%
High school graduate	44.4%	55.2%
Some college or associate's	11.1%	9.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jauca	Playita Cortada
Drove alone	75.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	15.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	5.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jauca	Playita Cortada
1-unit, detached	95.0%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	5.2%
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

	Jauca	Playita Cortada
Poverty rate	43.8%	64.8%
Average household size	2.38	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1984	1997