Galateo vs Mucarabones

A side-by-side comparison of Galateo and Mucarabones: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Galateo has the higher population (1,878 vs 824 in Mucarabones). Galateo has the higher median household income ($20,455 vs $15,221 in Mucarabones). Mucarabones has the higher median home value ($140,200 vs $86,500 in Galateo).

Population, income & housing

	Galateo	Mucarabones
Population	1,878	824
Median age	42.5 yrs	64.1 yrs
Median household income	$20,455	$15,221
Median home value	$86,500	$140,200
Housing units	870	386
Homeownership rate	77.9%	93.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galateo	Mucarabones
Population	2,940 → 1,878 (-36.1%)	1,108 → 824 (-25.6%)
Median household income	$17,945 → $20,455 (+14.0%)	—
Median home value	$81,100 → $86,500 (+6.7%)	$92,600 → $140,200 (+51.4%)
Median gross rent	$470 → $525 (+11.7%)	—

Galateo

Population

2,9401,878

Median household income

$17,945$20,455

Median home value

$81,100$86,500

Median gross rent

$470$525

Mucarabones

Population

1,108824

Median home value

$92,600$140,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galateo	Mucarabones
Under 5	4.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.8%	9.2%
18 to 24	3.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.6%	15.4%
35 to 44	17.8%	4.1%
45 to 54	15.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	8.5%	24.2%
65 to 74	13.1%	23.3%
75 and over	7.3%	23.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galateo	Mucarabones
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+

	Galateo	Mucarabones
No high school diploma	24.4%	40.5%
High school graduate	39.1%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	15.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galateo	Mucarabones
Drove alone	96.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	3.8%	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)

	Galateo	Mucarabones
1-unit, detached	74.8%	55.7%
1-unit, attached	23.3%	28.5%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	15.8%
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

	Galateo	Mucarabones
Poverty rate	49.0%	54.1%
Average household size	2.94	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1973	1970