Caguas vs Los Prados

A side-by-side comparison of Caguas and Los Prados: population, income, housing, and more.

Caguas and Los Prados 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 3,530 in Los Prados). Los Prados has the higher median household income ($108,750 vs $26,649 in Caguas). Los Prados has the higher median home value ($276,200 vs $133,400 in Caguas).

Population, income & housing

	Caguas	Los Prados
Population	72,862	3,530
Median age	44.2 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$26,649	$108,750
Median home value	$133,400	$276,200
Median gross rent	$613	$1,518
Housing units	36,030	1,218
Homeownership rate	59.6%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	86.2%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caguas	Los Prados
Population	73,322 → 72,862 (-0.6%)	2,249 → 3,530 (+57.0%)
Median household income	$23,117 → $26,649 (+15.3%)	$82,424 → $108,750 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$119,800 → $133,400 (+11.4%)	$233,700 → $276,200 (+18.2%)
Median gross rent	$549 → $613 (+11.7%)	$1,229 → $1,518 (+23.5%)

Caguas

Population

73,32272,862

Median household income

$23,117$26,649

Median home value

$119,800$133,400

Median gross rent

$549$613

Los Prados

Population

2,2493,530

Median household income

$82,424$108,750

Median home value

$233,700$276,200

Median gross rent

$1,229$1,518

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caguas	Los Prados
Under 5	3.1%	1.0%
5 to 17	12.8%	19.8%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	14.3%	15.3%
35 to 44	11.8%	19.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	20.3%
55 to 64	12.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	11.1%	2.5%
75 and over	13.1%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caguas	Los Prados
White (non-Hispanic)	1.3%	5.9%
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%	94.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caguas	Los Prados
No high school diploma	13.9%	0.9%
High school graduate	28.6%	0.9%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	11.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	39.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	46.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caguas	Los Prados
Drove alone	79.3%	66.7%
Carpooled	8.3%	28.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	5.3%
Other means	3.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caguas	Los Prados
1-unit, detached	56.9%	48.5%
1-unit, attached	15.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	39.8%
20 or more units	4.9%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Caguas	Los Prados
Poverty rate	40.6%	6.3%
Average household size	2.34	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	28	43
Median year structure built	1974	2005