Playita vs Yabucoa

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

Playita 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 1,258 in Playita). Yabucoa has the higher median household income ($17,511 vs $17,282 in Playita). Yabucoa has the higher median home value ($99,400 vs $84,000 in Playita).

Population, income & housing

	Playita	Yabucoa
Population	1,258	5,740
Median age	58.2 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$17,282	$17,511
Median home value	$84,000	$99,400
Median gross rent	—	$473
Housing units	601	3,046
Homeownership rate	76.1%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Playita	Yabucoa
Population	1,663 → 1,258 (-24.4%)	7,070 → 5,740 (-18.8%)
Median household income	$13,529 → $17,282 (+27.7%)	$15,892 → $17,511 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$78,800 → $84,000 (+6.6%)	$92,100 → $99,400 (+7.9%)
Median gross rent	$410 → $457 (+11.5%)	$470 → $473 (+0.6%)

Playita

Population

1,6631,258

Median household income

$13,529$17,282

Median home value

$78,800$84,000

Median gross rent

$410$457

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)

	Playita	Yabucoa
Under 5	1.4%	3.8%
5 to 17	11.9%	15.9%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	7.0%	14.7%
35 to 44	5.6%	10.9%
45 to 54	15.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.4%	14.1%
65 to 74	23.5%	12.4%
75 and over	17.9%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Playita	Yabucoa
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	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	100.0%	99.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Playita	Yabucoa
No high school diploma	33.2%	20.3%
High school graduate	30.9%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Playita	Yabucoa
Drove alone	92.0%	92.5%
Carpooled	8.0%	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)

	Playita	Yabucoa
1-unit, detached	92.2%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	14.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Playita	Yabucoa
Poverty rate	46.8%	56.7%
Average household size	2.29	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	18	28
Median year structure built	1975	1976