Arecibo Municipio vs Toa Baja Municipio

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

Arecibo Municipio and Toa Baja 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 73,987 in Toa Baja Municipio). Toa Baja Municipio has the higher median household income ($29,648 vs $23,175 in Arecibo Municipio). Toa Baja Municipio has the higher median home value ($137,800 vs $110,800 in Arecibo Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Arecibo Municipio	Toa Baja Municipio
Population	86,875	73,987
Median age	45.1 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$23,175	$29,648
Median home value	$110,800	$137,800
Median gross rent	$518	$708
Housing units	41,415	35,263
Homeownership rate	62.6%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	16.4%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arecibo Municipio	Toa Baja Municipio
Population	85,390 → 86,875 (+1.7%)	77,810 → 73,987 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$18,647 → $23,175 (+24.3%)	$25,105 → $29,648 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$95,300 → $110,800 (+16.3%)	$122,300 → $137,800 (+12.7%)
Median gross rent	$411 → $518 (+26.0%)	$581 → $708 (+21.9%)

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 Baja Municipio

Population

77,81073,987

Median household income

$25,105$29,648

Median home value

$122,300$137,800

Median gross rent

$581$708

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arecibo Municipio	Toa Baja Municipio
Under 5	3.3%	3.2%
5 to 17	13.1%	13.5%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.4%
25 to 34	13.2%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.1%
65 to 74	11.6%	11.2%
75 and over	11.8%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arecibo Municipio	Toa Baja 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%	0.0%
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%	99.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arecibo Municipio	Toa Baja Municipio
No high school diploma	19.0%	15.9%
High school graduate	30.4%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arecibo Municipio	Toa Baja Municipio
Drove alone	86.6%	72.6%
Carpooled	5.7%	10.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.8%
Walked	1.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	8.4%
Other means	0.7%	6.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arecibo Municipio	Toa Baja Municipio
1-unit, detached	84.6%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	18.2%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	4.3%
20 or more units	1.5%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Arecibo Municipio	Toa Baja Municipio
Poverty rate	42.9%	33.8%
Average household size	2.65	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1978	1976