Arecibo Municipio vs Carolina Municipio

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

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

Carolina Municipio has the higher population (153,226 vs 86,875 in Arecibo Municipio). Carolina Municipio has the higher median household income ($35,126 vs $23,175 in Arecibo Municipio). Carolina Municipio has the higher median home value ($152,300 vs $110,800 in Arecibo Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Arecibo Municipio	Carolina Municipio
Population	86,875	153,226
Median age	45.1 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$23,175	$35,126
Median home value	$110,800	$152,300
Median gross rent	$518	$678
Housing units	41,415	77,274
Homeownership rate	62.6%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	16.4%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arecibo Municipio	Carolina Municipio
Population	85,390 → 86,875 (+1.7%)	153,779 → 153,226 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$18,647 → $23,175 (+24.3%)	$29,059 → $35,126 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$95,300 → $110,800 (+16.3%)	$139,900 → $152,300 (+8.9%)
Median gross rent	$411 → $518 (+26.0%)	$622 → $678 (+9.0%)

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

Carolina Municipio

Population

153,779153,226

Median household income

$29,059$35,126

Median home value

$139,900$152,300

Median gross rent

$622$678

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arecibo Municipio	Carolina Municipio
Under 5	3.3%	3.2%
5 to 17	13.1%	12.8%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.1%
25 to 34	13.2%	13.4%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	12.7%
65 to 74	11.6%	11.3%
75 and over	11.8%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arecibo Municipio	Carolina Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.4%	0.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	99.3%	98.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arecibo Municipio	Carolina Municipio
No high school diploma	19.0%	11.9%
High school graduate	30.4%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arecibo Municipio	Carolina Municipio
Drove alone	86.6%	80.4%
Carpooled	5.7%	7.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.9%
Walked	1.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.2%	8.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arecibo Municipio	Carolina Municipio
1-unit, detached	84.6%	49.0%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	21.1%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	10.1%
20 or more units	1.5%	17.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Arecibo Municipio	Carolina Municipio
Poverty rate	42.9%	29.3%
Average household size	2.65	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1978	1971