Caguas vs TomÃ¡s de Castro

A side-by-side comparison of Caguas and TomÃ¡s de Castro: population, income, housing, and more.

Caguas and TomÃ¡s de Castro 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 795 in TomÃ¡s de Castro). Caguas has the higher median household income ($26,649 vs $24,740 in TomÃ¡s de Castro). TomÃ¡s de Castro has the higher median home value ($226,700 vs $133,400 in Caguas).

Population, income & housing

	Caguas	TomÃ¡s de Castro
Population	72,862	795
Median age	44.2 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$26,649	$24,740
Median home value	$133,400	$226,700
Median gross rent	$613	—
Housing units	36,030	391
Homeownership rate	59.6%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caguas	TomÃ¡s de Castro
Population	73,322 → 72,862 (-0.6%)	869 → 795 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$23,117 → $26,649 (+15.3%)	$32,563 → $24,740 (-24.0%)
Median home value	$119,800 → $133,400 (+11.4%)	$97,800 → $226,700 (+131.8%)
Median gross rent	$549 → $613 (+11.7%)	—

Caguas

Population

73,32272,862

Median household income

$23,117$26,649

Median home value

$119,800$133,400

Median gross rent

$549$613

TomÃ¡s de Castro

Population

869795

Median household income

$32,563$24,740

Median home value

$97,800$226,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caguas	TomÃ¡s de Castro
Under 5	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.8%	6.3%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.9%
25 to 34	14.3%	14.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	14.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	15.6%
55 to 64	12.1%	9.4%
65 to 74	11.1%	15.2%
75 and over	13.1%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caguas	TomÃ¡s de Castro
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	TomÃ¡s de Castro
No high school diploma	13.9%	39.3%
High school graduate	28.6%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	5.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caguas	TomÃ¡s de Castro
Drove alone	79.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	8.3%	0.0%
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%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caguas	TomÃ¡s de Castro
1-unit, detached	56.9%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	15.3%	20.7%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Caguas	TomÃ¡s de Castro
Poverty rate	40.6%	30.4%
Average household size	2.34	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1974	1976