Arecibo Municipio vs Guaynabo Municipio

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

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

Guaynabo Municipio has the higher population (89,503 vs 86,875 in Arecibo Municipio). Guaynabo Municipio has the higher median household income ($46,048 vs $23,175 in Arecibo Municipio). Guaynabo Municipio has the higher median home value ($214,500 vs $110,800 in Arecibo Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Arecibo Municipio	Guaynabo Municipio
Population	86,875	89,503
Median age	45.1 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$23,175	$46,048
Median home value	$110,800	$214,500
Median gross rent	$518	$850
Housing units	41,415	41,194
Homeownership rate	62.6%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	49.1%
Unemployment rate	16.4%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arecibo Municipio	Guaynabo Municipio
Population	85,390 → 86,875 (+1.7%)	86,937 → 89,503 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$18,647 → $23,175 (+24.3%)	$35,928 → $46,048 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$95,300 → $110,800 (+16.3%)	$178,200 → $214,500 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$411 → $518 (+26.0%)	$720 → $850 (+18.1%)

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

Guaynabo Municipio

Population

86,93789,503

Median household income

$35,928$46,048

Median home value

$178,200$214,500

Median gross rent

$720$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arecibo Municipio	Guaynabo Municipio
Under 5	3.3%	3.1%
5 to 17	13.1%	11.3%
18 to 24	9.1%	8.2%
25 to 34	13.2%	13.5%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.5%
65 to 74	11.6%	12.7%
75 and over	11.8%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arecibo Municipio	Guaynabo Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.4%	1.5%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.3%	98.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arecibo Municipio	Guaynabo Municipio
No high school diploma	19.0%	12.9%
High school graduate	30.4%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arecibo Municipio	Guaynabo Municipio
Drove alone	86.6%	77.3%
Carpooled	5.7%	8.5%
Public transit	0.3%	2.2%
Walked	1.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.2%	8.6%
Other means	0.7%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arecibo Municipio	Guaynabo Municipio
1-unit, detached	84.6%	51.1%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	12.5%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	12.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	15.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Arecibo Municipio	Guaynabo Municipio
Poverty rate	42.9%	24.3%
Average household size	2.65	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1978	1980