Las Ollas vs Playita Cortada

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

Las Ollas 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 912 in Las Ollas). Playita Cortada has the higher median household income ($16,841 vs $14,916 in Las Ollas). Playita Cortada has the higher median home value ($104,600 vs $67,600 in Las Ollas).

Population, income & housing

	Las Ollas	Playita Cortada
Population	912	1,461
Median age	51.5 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$14,916	$16,841
Median home value	$67,600	$104,600
Median gross rent	—	$577
Housing units	556	731
Homeownership rate	72.4%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	19.7%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Las Ollas	Playita Cortada
Population	1,430 → 912 (-36.2%)	1,306 → 1,461 (+11.9%)
Median household income	$13,779 → $14,916 (+8.3%)	$11,763 → $16,841 (+43.2%)
Median home value	$74,000 → $67,600 (-8.6%)	$86,100 → $104,600 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$393 → $387 (-1.5%)	$471 → $577 (+22.5%)

Las Ollas

Population

1,430912

Median household income

$13,779$14,916

Median home value

$74,000$67,600

Median gross rent

$393$387

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)

	Las Ollas	Playita Cortada
Under 5	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	8.0%	20.7%
18 to 24	9.3%	12.3%
25 to 34	12.2%	11.1%
35 to 44	9.2%	15.5%
45 to 54	18.5%	19.2%
55 to 64	13.7%	6.4%
65 to 74	15.0%	7.6%
75 and over	14.0%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Las Ollas	Playita Cortada
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	100.0%	98.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Las Ollas	Playita Cortada
No high school diploma	45.6%	16.1%
High school graduate	26.1%	55.2%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	9.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Las Ollas	Playita Cortada
Drove alone	91.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Las Ollas	Playita Cortada
1-unit, detached	89.0%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	11.0%	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

	Las Ollas	Playita Cortada
Poverty rate	50.8%	64.8%
Average household size	2.03	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1974	1997