Guayanilla vs Magas Arriba

A side-by-side comparison of Guayanilla and Magas Arriba: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Guayanilla has the higher population (3,090 vs 1,027 in Magas Arriba). Guayanilla has the higher median household income ($29,250 vs $21,884 in Magas Arriba). Guayanilla has the higher median home value ($100,400 vs $61,500 in Magas Arriba).

Population, income & housing

	Guayanilla	Magas Arriba
Population	3,090	1,027
Median age	52.6 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$29,250	$21,884
Median home value	$100,400	$61,500
Median gross rent	$443	—
Housing units	1,587	454
Homeownership rate	73.3%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	25.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guayanilla	Magas Arriba
Population	4,501 → 3,090 (-31.3%)	938 → 1,027 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$21,440 → $29,250 (+36.4%)	$24,188 → $21,884 (-9.5%)
Median home value	$97,000 → $100,400 (+3.5%)	$72,000 → $61,500 (-14.6%)
Median gross rent	$321 → $443 (+38.0%)	—

Guayanilla

Population

4,5013,090

Median household income

$21,440$29,250

Median home value

$97,000$100,400

Median gross rent

$321$443

Magas Arriba

Population

9381,027

Median household income

$24,188$21,884

Median home value

$72,000$61,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Guayanilla	Magas Arriba
Under 5	1.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	12.1%	5.1%
18 to 24	4.4%	13.5%
25 to 34	8.7%	12.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	9.8%
45 to 54	14.2%	13.7%
55 to 64	9.8%	13.4%
65 to 74	18.3%	5.3%
75 and over	19.8%	21.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guayanilla	Magas Arriba
White (non-Hispanic)	0.4%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.6%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guayanilla	Magas Arriba
No high school diploma	15.3%	23.0%
High school graduate	24.8%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guayanilla	Magas Arriba
Drove alone	96.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	3.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guayanilla	Magas Arriba
1-unit, detached	80.5%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Guayanilla	Magas Arriba
Poverty rate	35.3%	59.7%
Average household size	2.47	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	24	15
Median year structure built	1970	1976