Caguas vs Hacienda San JosÃ©

A side-by-side comparison of Caguas and Hacienda San JosÃ©: population, income, housing, and more.

Caguas and Hacienda San JosÃ© are places in Puerto Rico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Caguas has the higher population (72,862 vs 3,569 in Hacienda San JosÃ©). Hacienda San JosÃ© has the higher median household income ($138,523 vs $26,649 in Caguas). Hacienda San JosÃ© has the higher median home value ($328,700 vs $133,400 in Caguas).

Population, income & housing

	Caguas	Hacienda San JosÃ©
Population	72,862	3,569
Median age	44.2 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$26,649	$138,523
Median home value	$133,400	$328,700
Median gross rent	$613	—
Housing units	36,030	1,187
Homeownership rate	59.6%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	68.0%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caguas	Hacienda San JosÃ©
Population	73,322 → 72,862 (-0.6%)	2,833 → 3,569 (+26.0%)
Median household income	$23,117 → $26,649 (+15.3%)	$115,513 → $138,523 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$119,800 → $133,400 (+11.4%)	$282,600 → $328,700 (+16.3%)
Median gross rent	$549 → $613 (+11.7%)	$1,716 → $1,822 (+6.2%)

Caguas

Population

73,32272,862

Median household income

$23,117$26,649

Median home value

$119,800$133,400

Median gross rent

$549$613

Hacienda San JosÃ©

Population

2,8333,569

Median household income

$115,513$138,523

Median home value

$282,600$328,700

Median gross rent

$1,716$1,822

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caguas	Hacienda San JosÃ©
Under 5	3.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	12.8%	23.1%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	14.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.5%	24.5%
55 to 64	12.1%	7.8%
65 to 74	11.1%	2.6%
75 and over	13.1%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caguas	Hacienda San JosÃ©
White (non-Hispanic)	1.3%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	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	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	97.9%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caguas	Hacienda San JosÃ©
No high school diploma	13.9%	3.6%
High school graduate	28.6%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	13.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	39.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caguas	Hacienda San JosÃ©
Drove alone	79.3%	66.6%
Carpooled	8.3%	15.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	15.0%
Other means	3.6%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caguas	Hacienda San JosÃ©
1-unit, detached	56.9%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	15.3%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.9%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Caguas	Hacienda San JosÃ©
Poverty rate	40.6%	12.7%
Average household size	2.34	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	28	35
Median year structure built	1974	2004