Mucarabones vs Toa Alta

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

Mucarabones 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 824 in Mucarabones). Toa Alta has the higher median household income ($21,098 vs $15,221 in Mucarabones). Mucarabones has the higher median home value ($140,200 vs $117,000 in Toa Alta).

Population, income & housing

	Mucarabones	Toa Alta
Population	824	3,058
Median age	64.1 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$15,221	$21,098
Median home value	$140,200	$117,000
Median gross rent	—	$649
Housing units	386	1,817
Homeownership rate	93.3%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mucarabones	Toa Alta
Population	1,108 → 824 (-25.6%)	3,396 → 3,058 (-10.0%)
Median household income	—	$23,608 → $21,098 (-10.6%)
Median home value	$92,600 → $140,200 (+51.4%)	$115,900 → $117,000 (+0.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$611 → $649 (+6.2%)

Mucarabones

Population

1,108824

Median home value

$92,600$140,200

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)

	Mucarabones	Toa Alta
Under 5	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	9.2%	8.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	15.4%	13.3%
35 to 44	4.1%	9.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	19.1%
55 to 64	24.2%	12.0%
65 to 74	23.3%	10.7%
75 and over	23.8%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mucarabones	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+

	Mucarabones	Toa Alta
No high school diploma	40.5%	17.8%
High school graduate	37.6%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mucarabones	Toa Alta
Drove alone	100.0%	81.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	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)

	Mucarabones	Toa Alta
1-unit, detached	55.7%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	28.5%	19.2%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	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

	Mucarabones	Toa Alta
Poverty rate	54.1%	49.5%
Average household size	2.13	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1970	1971