Arecibo Municipio vs Toa Alta Municipio

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

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

Arecibo Municipio has the higher population (86,875 vs 66,536 in Toa Alta Municipio). Toa Alta Municipio has the higher median household income ($33,349 vs $23,175 in Arecibo Municipio). Toa Alta Municipio has the higher median home value ($152,000 vs $110,800 in Arecibo Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Arecibo Municipio	Toa Alta Municipio
Population	86,875	66,536
Median age	45.1 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$23,175	$33,349
Median home value	$110,800	$152,000
Median gross rent	$518	$723
Housing units	41,415	26,786
Homeownership rate	62.6%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	16.4%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arecibo Municipio	Toa Alta Municipio
Population	85,390 → 86,875 (+1.7%)	72,864 → 66,536 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$18,647 → $23,175 (+24.3%)	$28,834 → $33,349 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$95,300 → $110,800 (+16.3%)	$133,500 → $152,000 (+13.9%)
Median gross rent	$411 → $518 (+26.0%)	$664 → $723 (+8.9%)

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

Toa Alta Municipio

Population

72,86466,536

Median household income

$28,834$33,349

Median home value

$133,500$152,000

Median gross rent

$664$723

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arecibo Municipio	Toa Alta Municipio
Under 5	3.3%	3.1%
5 to 17	13.1%	14.2%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.8%
25 to 34	13.2%	15.1%
35 to 44	11.2%	13.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.6%	9.5%
75 and over	11.8%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arecibo Municipio	Toa Alta Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.4%	0.6%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.3%	99.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arecibo Municipio	Toa Alta Municipio
No high school diploma	19.0%	14.6%
High school graduate	30.4%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arecibo Municipio	Toa Alta Municipio
Drove alone	86.6%	85.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	7.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	1.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	4.2%
Other means	0.7%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arecibo Municipio	Toa Alta Municipio
1-unit, detached	84.6%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	3.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Arecibo Municipio	Toa Alta Municipio
Poverty rate	42.9%	33.8%
Average household size	2.65	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	26	40
Median year structure built	1978	1989