Guayama vs Jobos

A side-by-side comparison of Guayama and Jobos: population, income, housing, and more.

Guayama and Jobos are places in Puerto Rico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Guayama has the higher population (17,815 vs 1,649 in Jobos). Jobos has the higher median household income ($21,119 vs $21,010 in Guayama). Guayama has the higher median home value ($107,300 vs $80,400 in Jobos).

Population, income & housing

	Guayama	Jobos
Population	17,815	1,649
Median age	40.0 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$21,010	$21,119
Median home value	$107,300	$80,400
Median gross rent	$404	$439
Housing units	9,719	1,185
Homeownership rate	62.3%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guayama	Jobos
Population	20,913 → 17,815 (-14.8%)	1,897 → 1,649 (-13.1%)
Median household income	$17,341 → $21,010 (+21.2%)	$13,653 → $21,119 (+54.7%)
Median home value	$88,100 → $107,300 (+21.8%)	$50,700 → $80,400 (+58.6%)
Median gross rent	$345 → $404 (+17.1%)	$439 → $439 (+0.0%)

Guayama

Population

20,91317,815

Median household income

$17,341$21,010

Median home value

$88,100$107,300

Median gross rent

$345$404

Jobos

Population

1,8971,649

Median household income

$13,653$21,119

Median home value

$50,700$80,400

Median gross rent

$439$439

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Guayama	Jobos
Under 5	3.3%	1.3%
5 to 17	15.6%	14.5%
18 to 24	11.5%	9.0%
25 to 34	14.9%	15.9%
35 to 44	11.1%	6.9%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.0%
55 to 64	10.7%	19.1%
65 to 74	11.1%	15.3%
75 and over	10.5%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guayama	Jobos
White (non-Hispanic)	0.1%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.6%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guayama	Jobos
No high school diploma	15.1%	20.7%
High school graduate	30.7%	51.4%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guayama	Jobos
Drove alone	82.9%	57.0%
Carpooled	12.9%	16.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	22.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guayama	Jobos
1-unit, detached	77.0%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	12.3%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Guayama	Jobos
Poverty rate	46.9%	52.8%
Average household size	2.19	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	25	15
Median year structure built	1976	1977