Caguas vs Las Carolinas

A side-by-side comparison of Caguas and Las Carolinas: population, income, housing, and more.

Caguas and Las Carolinas 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 2,040 in Las Carolinas). Caguas has the higher median household income ($26,649 vs $24,688 in Las Carolinas). Caguas has the higher median home value ($133,400 vs $133,000 in Las Carolinas).

Population, income & housing

	Caguas	Las Carolinas
Population	72,862	2,040
Median age	44.2 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$26,649	$24,688
Median home value	$133,400	$133,000
Median gross rent	$613	$646
Housing units	36,030	946
Homeownership rate	59.6%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	34.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caguas	Las Carolinas
Population	73,322 → 72,862 (-0.6%)	1,898 → 2,040 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$23,117 → $26,649 (+15.3%)	$14,443 → $24,688 (+70.9%)
Median home value	$119,800 → $133,400 (+11.4%)	$95,600 → $133,000 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	$549 → $613 (+11.7%)	$477 → $646 (+35.4%)

Caguas

Population

73,32272,862

Median household income

$23,117$26,649

Median home value

$119,800$133,400

Median gross rent

$549$613

Las Carolinas

Population

1,8982,040

Median household income

$14,443$24,688

Median home value

$95,600$133,000

Median gross rent

$477$646

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caguas	Las Carolinas
Under 5	3.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	12.8%	8.8%
18 to 24	9.1%	10.2%
25 to 34	14.3%	24.3%
35 to 44	11.8%	9.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	15.1%
55 to 64	12.1%	11.1%
65 to 74	11.1%	9.2%
75 and over	13.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caguas	Las Carolinas
White (non-Hispanic)	1.3%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.8%
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%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	97.9%	96.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caguas	Las Carolinas
No high school diploma	13.9%	21.5%
High school graduate	28.6%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	14.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caguas	Las Carolinas
Drove alone	79.3%	86.0%
Carpooled	8.3%	8.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	0.0%
Other means	3.6%	5.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caguas	Las Carolinas
1-unit, detached	56.9%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	15.3%	22.8%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.9%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Caguas	Las Carolinas
Poverty rate	40.6%	51.5%
Average household size	2.34	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1974	1991