Arroyo Municipio vs Ciales Municipio

A side-by-side comparison of Arroyo Municipio and Ciales Municipio: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ciales Municipio has the higher population (16,874 vs 15,573 in Arroyo Municipio). Ciales Municipio has the higher median household income ($20,614 vs $18,931 in Arroyo Municipio). Ciales Municipio has the higher median home value ($95,400 vs $95,200 in Arroyo Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Arroyo Municipio	Ciales Municipio
Population	15,573	16,874
Median age	42.9 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$18,931	$20,614
Median home value	$95,200	$95,400
Median gross rent	$466	$407
Housing units	8,087	7,276
Homeownership rate	76.8%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	14.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arroyo Municipio	Ciales Municipio
Population	17,805 → 15,573 (-12.5%)	16,513 → 16,874 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$17,570 → $18,931 (+7.7%)	$16,867 → $20,614 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$89,400 → $95,200 (+6.5%)	$88,600 → $95,400 (+7.7%)
Median gross rent	$471 → $466 (-1.1%)	$378 → $407 (+7.7%)

Arroyo Municipio

Population

17,80515,573

Median household income

$17,570$18,931

Median home value

$89,400$95,200

Median gross rent

$471$466

Ciales Municipio

Population

16,51316,874

Median household income

$16,867$20,614

Median home value

$88,600$95,400

Median gross rent

$378$407

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arroyo Municipio	Ciales Municipio
Under 5	3.6%	3.5%
5 to 17	15.1%	13.9%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.0%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.2%	15.6%
65 to 74	12.0%	12.9%
75 and over	10.0%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arroyo Municipio	Ciales Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.4%	0.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.4%	99.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arroyo Municipio	Ciales Municipio
No high school diploma	20.9%	29.4%
High school graduate	29.5%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arroyo Municipio	Ciales Municipio
Drove alone	87.5%	84.8%
Carpooled	8.1%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.1%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	3.2%
Other means	2.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arroyo Municipio	Ciales Municipio
1-unit, detached	86.9%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	12.8%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Arroyo Municipio	Ciales Municipio
Poverty rate	54.4%	58.2%
Average household size	2.44	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1977	1985