Barceloneta Municipio vs CataÃ±o Municipio

A side-by-side comparison of Barceloneta Municipio and CataÃ±o Municipio: population, income, housing, and more.

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

CataÃ±o Municipio has the higher population (22,768 vs 22,565 in Barceloneta Municipio). CataÃ±o Municipio has the higher median household income ($24,307 vs $21,750 in Barceloneta Municipio). CataÃ±o Municipio has the higher median home value ($134,700 vs $121,200 in Barceloneta Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Barceloneta Municipio	CataÃ±o Municipio
Population	22,565	22,768
Median age	42.6 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$21,750	$24,307
Median home value	$121,200	$134,700
Median gross rent	$625	$561
Housing units	10,216	11,011
Homeownership rate	71.1%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	14.7%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barceloneta Municipio	CataÃ±o Municipio
Population	24,079 → 22,565 (-6.3%)	24,271 → 22,768 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$17,154 → $21,750 (+26.8%)	$17,448 → $24,307 (+39.3%)
Median home value	$104,600 → $121,200 (+15.9%)	$117,700 → $134,700 (+14.4%)
Median gross rent	$481 → $625 (+29.9%)	$491 → $561 (+14.3%)

Barceloneta Municipio

Population

24,07922,565

Median household income

$17,154$21,750

Median home value

$104,600$121,200

Median gross rent

$481$625

CataÃ±o Municipio

Population

24,27122,768

Median household income

$17,448$24,307

Median home value

$117,700$134,700

Median gross rent

$491$561

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barceloneta Municipio	CataÃ±o Municipio
Under 5	3.4%	3.4%
5 to 17	13.7%	14.0%
18 to 24	9.3%	9.0%
25 to 34	14.4%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	13.5%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.9%
75 and over	10.4%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barceloneta Municipio	CataÃ±o Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.2%	0.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.2%	98.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barceloneta Municipio	CataÃ±o Municipio
No high school diploma	22.0%	21.5%
High school graduate	32.8%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barceloneta Municipio	CataÃ±o Municipio
Drove alone	89.2%	84.0%
Carpooled	4.3%	5.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.9%
Walked	1.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barceloneta Municipio	CataÃ±o Municipio
1-unit, detached	88.7%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	17.4%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	13.1%
20 or more units	0.9%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Barceloneta Municipio	CataÃ±o Municipio
Poverty rate	45.4%	44.2%
Average household size	2.64	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1987	1974