Comunas vs Playita

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

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

Comunas has the higher population (3,187 vs 1,258 in Playita). Comunas has the higher median household income ($30,689 vs $17,282 in Playita). Comunas has the higher median home value ($105,900 vs $84,000 in Playita).

Population, income & housing

	Comunas	Playita
Population	3,187	1,258
Median age	42.3 yrs	58.2 yrs
Median household income	$30,689	$17,282
Median home value	$105,900	$84,000
Median gross rent	$844	—
Housing units	1,243	601
Homeownership rate	73.8%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	16.5%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Comunas	Playita
Population	758 → 3,187 (+320.4%)	1,663 → 1,258 (-24.4%)
Median household income	$11,745 → $30,689 (+161.3%)	$13,529 → $17,282 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$87,600 → $105,900 (+20.9%)	$78,800 → $84,000 (+6.6%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $844 (+17.5%)	$410 → $457 (+11.5%)

Comunas

Population

7583,187

Median household income

$11,745$30,689

Median home value

$87,600$105,900

Median gross rent

$718$844

Playita

Population

1,6631,258

Median household income

$13,529$17,282

Median home value

$78,800$84,000

Median gross rent

$410$457

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Comunas	Playita
Under 5	0.8%	1.4%
5 to 17	12.9%	11.9%
18 to 24	21.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	7.1%	7.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	5.6%
45 to 54	15.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	15.5%	11.4%
65 to 74	6.1%	23.5%
75 and over	8.9%	17.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Comunas	Playita
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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.3%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Comunas	Playita
No high school diploma	18.6%	33.2%
High school graduate	35.4%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Comunas	Playita
Drove alone	89.3%	92.0%
Carpooled	10.7%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Comunas	Playita
1-unit, detached	90.7%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Comunas	Playita
Poverty rate	48.4%	46.8%
Average household size	3.04	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1992	1975