Barranquitas Municipio vs Morovis Municipio

A side-by-side comparison of Barranquitas Municipio and Morovis Municipio: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Barranquitas Municipio has the higher population (28,984 vs 28,534 in Morovis Municipio). Morovis Municipio has the higher median household income ($23,010 vs $22,167 in Barranquitas Municipio). Barranquitas Municipio has the higher median home value ($120,900 vs $113,800 in Morovis Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Barranquitas Municipio	Morovis Municipio
Population	28,984	28,534
Median age	39.7 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$22,167	$23,010
Median home value	$120,900	$113,800
Median gross rent	$502	$572
Housing units	11,378	12,266
Homeownership rate	68.8%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	15.1%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barranquitas Municipio	Morovis Municipio
Population	28,393 → 28,984 (+2.1%)	30,962 → 28,534 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$17,036 → $22,167 (+30.1%)	$20,941 → $23,010 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$98,900 → $120,900 (+22.2%)	$105,700 → $113,800 (+7.7%)
Median gross rent	$409 → $502 (+22.7%)	$503 → $572 (+13.7%)

Barranquitas Municipio

Population

28,39328,984

Median household income

$17,036$22,167

Median home value

$98,900$120,900

Median gross rent

$409$502

Morovis Municipio

Population

30,96228,534

Median household income

$20,941$23,010

Median home value

$105,700$113,800

Median gross rent

$503$572

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barranquitas Municipio	Morovis Municipio
Under 5	4.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	16.0%	14.3%
18 to 24	9.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	14.1%	14.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.4%	10.8%
75 and over	8.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barranquitas Municipio	Morovis Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.1%	0.1%
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	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.7%	99.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barranquitas Municipio	Morovis Municipio
No high school diploma	21.4%	23.1%
High school graduate	30.8%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barranquitas Municipio	Morovis Municipio
Drove alone	81.8%	89.7%
Carpooled	10.6%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	4.3%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barranquitas Municipio	Morovis Municipio
1-unit, detached	72.2%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	21.9%	14.7%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	1.8%
20 or more units	1.1%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Barranquitas Municipio	Morovis Municipio
Poverty rate	49.6%	48.7%
Average household size	3.02	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1985	1986