Candelaria Arenas vs Ingenio

A side-by-side comparison of Candelaria Arenas and Ingenio: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Candelaria Arenas has the higher population (4,054 vs 2,547 in Ingenio). Ingenio has the higher median household income ($21,756 vs $21,448 in Candelaria Arenas). Ingenio has the higher median home value ($106,400 vs $95,800 in Candelaria Arenas).

Population, income & housing

	Candelaria Arenas	Ingenio
Population	4,054	2,547
Median age	39.9 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$21,448	$21,756
Median home value	$95,800	$106,400
Median gross rent	$497	$640
Housing units	1,789	1,356
Homeownership rate	62.4%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	13.9%	14.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Candelaria Arenas	Ingenio
Population	3,693 → 4,054 (+9.8%)	3,426 → 2,547 (-25.7%)
Median household income	$19,036 → $21,448 (+12.7%)	$13,434 → $21,756 (+61.9%)
Median home value	$78,700 → $95,800 (+21.7%)	$84,100 → $106,400 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$572 → $497 (-13.1%)	$503 → $640 (+27.2%)

Candelaria Arenas

Population

3,6934,054

Median household income

$19,036$21,448

Median home value

$78,700$95,800

Median gross rent

$572$497

Ingenio

Population

3,4262,547

Median household income

$13,434$21,756

Median home value

$84,100$106,400

Median gross rent

$503$640

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Candelaria Arenas	Ingenio
Under 5	4.1%	1.4%
5 to 17	14.0%	18.8%
18 to 24	9.2%	4.3%
25 to 34	15.9%	4.5%
35 to 44	13.4%	15.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	17.7%
65 to 74	6.9%	15.9%
75 and over	10.7%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Candelaria Arenas	Ingenio
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+

	Candelaria Arenas	Ingenio
No high school diploma	34.5%	29.5%
High school graduate	30.4%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Candelaria Arenas	Ingenio
Drove alone	71.2%	67.3%
Carpooled	9.6%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	17.7%
Other means	13.2%	6.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Candelaria Arenas	Ingenio
1-unit, detached	72.6%	54.7%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	10.9%
2 to 4 units	21.1%	33.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Candelaria Arenas	Ingenio
Poverty rate	56.0%	43.3%
Average household size	2.56	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	28	35
Median year structure built	1982	1975