Candelaria vs Ingenio

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

Candelaria 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 has the higher population (14,319 vs 2,547 in Ingenio). Candelaria has the higher median household income ($38,884 vs $21,756 in Ingenio). Candelaria has the higher median home value ($141,100 vs $106,400 in Ingenio).

Population, income & housing

	Candelaria	Ingenio
Population	14,319	2,547
Median age	40.9 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$38,884	$21,756
Median home value	$141,100	$106,400
Median gross rent	$882	$640
Housing units	6,207	1,356
Homeownership rate	74.5%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	14.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Candelaria	Ingenio
Population	15,193 → 14,319 (-5.8%)	3,426 → 2,547 (-25.7%)
Median household income	$28,865 → $38,884 (+34.7%)	$13,434 → $21,756 (+61.9%)
Median home value	$133,100 → $141,100 (+6.0%)	$84,100 → $106,400 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $882 (+23.4%)	$503 → $640 (+27.2%)

Candelaria

Population

15,19314,319

Median household income

$28,865$38,884

Median home value

$133,100$141,100

Median gross rent

$715$882

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	Ingenio
Under 5	3.8%	1.4%
5 to 17	13.3%	18.8%
18 to 24	7.8%	4.3%
25 to 34	16.1%	4.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	15.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.5%	17.7%
65 to 74	12.1%	15.9%
75 and over	8.0%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Candelaria	Ingenio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.7%	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	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.1%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Candelaria	Ingenio
No high school diploma	11.2%	29.5%
High school graduate	23.6%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Candelaria	Ingenio
Drove alone	73.1%	67.3%
Carpooled	10.6%	8.1%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	17.7%
Other means	3.0%	6.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Candelaria	Ingenio
1-unit, detached	78.1%	54.7%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	10.9%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	33.3%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	1.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Candelaria	Ingenio
Poverty rate	27.8%	43.3%
Average household size	2.68	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	35	35
Median year structure built	1982	1975