Comunas vs Yabucoa

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

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

Yabucoa has the higher population (5,740 vs 3,187 in Comunas). Comunas has the higher median household income ($30,689 vs $17,511 in Yabucoa). Comunas has the higher median home value ($105,900 vs $99,400 in Yabucoa).

Population, income & housing

	Comunas	Yabucoa
Population	3,187	5,740
Median age	42.3 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$30,689	$17,511
Median home value	$105,900	$99,400
Median gross rent	$844	$473
Housing units	1,243	3,046
Homeownership rate	73.8%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	16.5%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Comunas	Yabucoa
Population	758 → 3,187 (+320.4%)	7,070 → 5,740 (-18.8%)
Median household income	$11,745 → $30,689 (+161.3%)	$15,892 → $17,511 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$87,600 → $105,900 (+20.9%)	$92,100 → $99,400 (+7.9%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $844 (+17.5%)	$470 → $473 (+0.6%)

Comunas

Population

7583,187

Median household income

$11,745$30,689

Median home value

$87,600$105,900

Median gross rent

$718$844

Yabucoa

Population

7,0705,740

Median household income

$15,892$17,511

Median home value

$92,100$99,400

Median gross rent

$470$473

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Comunas	Yabucoa
Under 5	0.8%	3.8%
5 to 17	12.9%	15.9%
18 to 24	21.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	7.1%	14.7%
35 to 44	11.9%	10.9%
45 to 54	15.0%	11.3%
55 to 64	15.5%	14.1%
65 to 74	6.1%	12.4%
75 and over	8.9%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Comunas	Yabucoa
White (non-Hispanic)	0.7%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
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%	99.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Comunas	Yabucoa
No high school diploma	18.6%	20.3%
High school graduate	35.4%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Comunas	Yabucoa
Drove alone	89.3%	92.5%
Carpooled	10.7%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Comunas	Yabucoa
1-unit, detached	90.7%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	14.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Comunas	Yabucoa
Poverty rate	48.4%	56.7%
Average household size	3.04	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1992	1976