Barceloneta Municipio vs Villalba Municipio

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

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

Barceloneta Municipio has the higher population (22,565 vs 21,778 in Villalba Municipio). Villalba Municipio has the higher median household income ($24,882 vs $21,750 in Barceloneta Municipio). Barceloneta Municipio has the higher median home value ($121,200 vs $103,300 in Villalba Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Barceloneta Municipio	Villalba Municipio
Population	22,565	21,778
Median age	42.6 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$21,750	$24,882
Median home value	$121,200	$103,300
Median gross rent	$625	$519
Housing units	10,216	9,188
Homeownership rate	71.1%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	14.7%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barceloneta Municipio	Villalba Municipio
Population	24,079 → 22,565 (-6.3%)	22,403 → 21,778 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$17,154 → $21,750 (+26.8%)	$19,877 → $24,882 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$104,600 → $121,200 (+15.9%)	$92,600 → $103,300 (+11.6%)
Median gross rent	$481 → $625 (+29.9%)	$405 → $519 (+28.1%)

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

Villalba Municipio

Population

22,40321,778

Median household income

$19,877$24,882

Median home value

$92,600$103,300

Median gross rent

$405$519

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barceloneta Municipio	Villalba Municipio
Under 5	3.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	13.7%	14.8%
18 to 24	9.3%	9.6%
25 to 34	14.4%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	10.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	12.8%
55 to 64	11.6%	14.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	12.5%
75 and over	10.4%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barceloneta Municipio	Villalba Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.2%	0.3%
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	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.2%	99.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barceloneta Municipio	Villalba Municipio
No high school diploma	22.0%	21.1%
High school graduate	32.8%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barceloneta Municipio	Villalba Municipio
Drove alone	89.2%	89.7%
Carpooled	4.3%	6.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.8%
Walked	1.5%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barceloneta Municipio	Villalba Municipio
1-unit, detached	88.7%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	15.4%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Barceloneta Municipio	Villalba Municipio
Poverty rate	45.4%	41.8%
Average household size	2.64	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1987	1987