Arecibo Municipio vs BayamÃ³n Municipio

A side-by-side comparison of Arecibo Municipio and BayamÃ³n Municipio: population, income, housing, and more.

Arecibo Municipio and BayamÃ³n Municipio are counties in Puerto Rico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

BayamÃ³n Municipio has the higher population (183,456 vs 86,875 in Arecibo Municipio). BayamÃ³n Municipio has the higher median household income ($30,729 vs $23,175 in Arecibo Municipio). BayamÃ³n Municipio has the higher median home value ($143,400 vs $110,800 in Arecibo Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Arecibo Municipio	BayamÃ³n Municipio
Population	86,875	183,456
Median age	45.1 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$23,175	$30,729
Median home value	$110,800	$143,400
Median gross rent	$518	$669
Housing units	41,415	84,738
Homeownership rate	62.6%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	16.4%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arecibo Municipio	BayamÃ³n Municipio
Population	85,390 → 86,875 (+1.7%)	178,192 → 183,456 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$18,647 → $23,175 (+24.3%)	$26,420 → $30,729 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$95,300 → $110,800 (+16.3%)	$131,700 → $143,400 (+8.9%)
Median gross rent	$411 → $518 (+26.0%)	$573 → $669 (+16.8%)

Arecibo Municipio

Population

85,39086,875

Median household income

$18,647$23,175

Median home value

$95,300$110,800

Median gross rent

$411$518

BayamÃ³n Municipio

Population

178,192183,456

Median household income

$26,420$30,729

Median home value

$131,700$143,400

Median gross rent

$573$669

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arecibo Municipio	BayamÃ³n Municipio
Under 5	3.3%	3.4%
5 to 17	13.1%	12.5%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.2%
25 to 34	13.2%	14.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.6%	11.4%
75 and over	11.8%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arecibo Municipio	BayamÃ³n Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.4%	0.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	99.3%	98.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arecibo Municipio	BayamÃ³n Municipio
No high school diploma	19.0%	15.4%
High school graduate	30.4%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arecibo Municipio	BayamÃ³n Municipio
Drove alone	86.6%	77.4%
Carpooled	5.7%	11.1%
Public transit	0.3%	1.4%
Walked	1.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	6.7%
Other means	0.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arecibo Municipio	BayamÃ³n Municipio
1-unit, detached	84.6%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	17.2%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	9.4%
20 or more units	1.5%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Arecibo Municipio	BayamÃ³n Municipio
Poverty rate	42.9%	34.4%
Average household size	2.65	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1978	1972