Galateo vs Toa Alta

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

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

Toa Alta has the higher population (3,058 vs 1,878 in Galateo). Toa Alta has the higher median household income ($21,098 vs $20,455 in Galateo). Toa Alta has the higher median home value ($117,000 vs $86,500 in Galateo).

Population, income & housing

	Galateo	Toa Alta
Population	1,878	3,058
Median age	42.5 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$20,455	$21,098
Median home value	$86,500	$117,000
Median gross rent	—	$649
Housing units	870	1,817
Homeownership rate	77.9%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Galateo	Toa Alta
Population	2,940 → 1,878 (-36.1%)	3,396 → 3,058 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$17,945 → $20,455 (+14.0%)	$23,608 → $21,098 (-10.6%)
Median home value	$81,100 → $86,500 (+6.7%)	$115,900 → $117,000 (+0.9%)
Median gross rent	$470 → $525 (+11.7%)	$611 → $649 (+6.2%)

Galateo

Population

2,9401,878

Median household income

$17,945$20,455

Median home value

$81,100$86,500

Median gross rent

$470$525

Toa Alta

Population

3,3963,058

Median household income

$23,608$21,098

Median home value

$115,900$117,000

Median gross rent

$611$649

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Galateo	Toa Alta
Under 5	4.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.8%	8.9%
18 to 24	3.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	15.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	17.8%	9.0%
45 to 54	15.4%	19.1%
55 to 64	8.5%	12.0%
65 to 74	13.1%	10.7%
75 and over	7.3%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Galateo	Toa Alta
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	Toa Alta
No high school diploma	24.4%	17.8%
High school graduate	39.1%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Galateo	Toa Alta
Drove alone	96.2%	81.6%
Carpooled	3.8%	14.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Galateo	Toa Alta
1-unit, detached	74.8%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	23.3%	19.2%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Galateo	Toa Alta
Poverty rate	49.0%	49.5%
Average household size	2.94	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1973	1971