MarueÃ±o vs Vayas

A side-by-side comparison of MarueÃ±o and Vayas: population, income, housing, and more.

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

MarueÃ±o has the higher population (996 vs 414 in Vayas). MarueÃ±o has the higher median household income ($11,699 vs $7,337 in Vayas). Vayas has the higher median home value ($95,500 vs $65,600 in MarueÃ±o).

Population, income & housing

	MarueÃ±o	Vayas
Population	996	414
Median age	47.5 yrs	64.4 yrs
Median household income	$11,699	$7,337
Median home value	$65,600	$95,500
Median gross rent	$432	—
Housing units	470	236
Homeownership rate	75.4%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	37.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	MarueÃ±o	Vayas
Population	915 → 996 (+8.9%)	662 → 414 (-37.5%)
Median household income	$12,955 → $11,699 (-9.7%)	$13,633 → $7,337 (-46.2%)
Median home value	$96,600 → $65,600 (-32.1%)	$70,500 → $95,500 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$520 → $432 (-16.9%)	—

MarueÃ±o

Population

915996

Median household income

$12,955$11,699

Median home value

$96,600$65,600

Median gross rent

$520$432

Vayas

Population

662414

Median household income

$13,633$7,337

Median home value

$70,500$95,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	MarueÃ±o	Vayas
Under 5	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.8%	9.7%
18 to 24	8.9%	9.7%
25 to 34	9.8%	9.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	6.5%
45 to 54	9.3%	4.8%
55 to 64	6.7%	11.1%
65 to 74	17.6%	11.8%
75 and over	21.6%	36.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	MarueÃ±o	Vayas
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	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	100.0%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	MarueÃ±o	Vayas
No high school diploma	54.7%	46.7%
High school graduate	23.3%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	6.7%	5.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	MarueÃ±o	Vayas
Drove alone	43.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	56.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	MarueÃ±o	Vayas
1-unit, detached	90.6%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	10.2%
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	2.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	MarueÃ±o	Vayas
Poverty rate	60.4%	88.2%
Average household size	2.35	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	—	55
Median year structure built	1976	1969