Arroyo Municipio vs Hormigueros Municipio

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

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

Arroyo Municipio has the higher population (15,573 vs 15,520 in Hormigueros Municipio). Hormigueros Municipio has the higher median household income ($24,862 vs $18,931 in Arroyo Municipio). Hormigueros Municipio has the higher median home value ($115,600 vs $95,200 in Arroyo Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Arroyo Municipio	Hormigueros Municipio
Population	15,573	15,520
Median age	42.9 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$18,931	$24,862
Median home value	$95,200	$115,600
Median gross rent	$466	$556
Housing units	8,087	7,570
Homeownership rate	76.8%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arroyo Municipio	Hormigueros Municipio
Population	17,805 → 15,573 (-12.5%)	15,943 → 15,520 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$17,570 → $18,931 (+7.7%)	$19,030 → $24,862 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$89,400 → $95,200 (+6.5%)	$98,700 → $115,600 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$471 → $466 (-1.1%)	$424 → $556 (+31.1%)

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

Hormigueros Municipio

Population

15,94315,520

Median household income

$19,030$24,862

Median home value

$98,700$115,600

Median gross rent

$424$556

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arroyo Municipio	Hormigueros Municipio
Under 5	3.6%	2.4%
5 to 17	15.1%	11.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	13.3%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.0%
65 to 74	12.0%	13.4%
75 and over	10.0%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arroyo Municipio	Hormigueros Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.4%	1.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
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%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.4%	98.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arroyo Municipio	Hormigueros Municipio
No high school diploma	20.9%	18.8%
High school graduate	29.5%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arroyo Municipio	Hormigueros Municipio
Drove alone	87.5%	91.8%
Carpooled	8.1%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	2.2%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arroyo Municipio	Hormigueros Municipio
1-unit, detached	86.9%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.4%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arroyo Municipio	Hormigueros Municipio
Poverty rate	54.4%	40.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1977	1977