Capitanejo vs Guayabal

A side-by-side comparison of Capitanejo and Guayabal: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Capitanejo has the higher population (2,881 vs 1,870 in Guayabal). Capitanejo has the higher median household income ($24,125 vs $21,632 in Guayabal). Capitanejo has the higher median home value ($93,900 vs $83,400 in Guayabal).

Population, income & housing

	Capitanejo	Guayabal
Population	2,881	1,870
Median age	43.6 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$24,125	$21,632
Median home value	$93,900	$83,400
Housing units	1,365	866
Homeownership rate	80.8%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	13.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Capitanejo	Guayabal
Population	3,186 → 2,881 (-9.6%)	1,450 → 1,870 (+29.0%)
Median household income	$14,576 → $24,125 (+65.5%)	$12,273 → $21,632 (+76.3%)
Median home value	$85,100 → $93,900 (+10.3%)	$66,400 → $83,400 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$628 → $626 (-0.3%)	—

Capitanejo

Population

3,1862,881

Median household income

$14,576$24,125

Median home value

$85,100$93,900

Median gross rent

$628$626

Guayabal

Population

1,4501,870

Median household income

$12,273$21,632

Median home value

$66,400$83,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Capitanejo	Guayabal
Under 5	6.7%	1.4%
5 to 17	17.5%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.5%	12.0%
25 to 34	12.4%	3.6%
35 to 44	6.6%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	20.5%	17.9%
65 to 74	9.7%	14.7%
75 and over	5.4%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Capitanejo	Guayabal
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	2.2%
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	100.0%	97.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Capitanejo	Guayabal
No high school diploma	22.2%	31.5%
High school graduate	26.8%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Capitanejo	Guayabal
Drove alone	99.3%	86.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Capitanejo	Guayabal
1-unit, detached	97.9%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	11.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Capitanejo	Guayabal
Poverty rate	44.6%	48.6%
Average household size	2.74	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1991	1977