BayamÃ³n Municipio vs Caguas Municipio

A side-by-side comparison of BayamÃ³n Municipio and Caguas Municipio: population, income, housing, and more.

BayamÃ³n Municipio and Caguas Municipio are counties in Puerto Rico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

BayamÃ³n Municipio has the higher population (183,456 vs 126,239 in Caguas Municipio). BayamÃ³n Municipio has the higher median household income ($30,729 vs $30,113 in Caguas Municipio). BayamÃ³n Municipio has the higher median home value ($143,400 vs $143,300 in Caguas Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	BayamÃ³n Municipio	Caguas Municipio
Population	183,456	126,239
Median age	44.1 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$30,729	$30,113
Median home value	$143,400	$143,300
Median gross rent	$669	$632
Housing units	84,738	58,929
Homeownership rate	69.9%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	BayamÃ³n Municipio	Caguas Municipio
Population	178,192 → 183,456 (+3.0%)	128,937 → 126,239 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$26,420 → $30,729 (+16.3%)	$25,136 → $30,113 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$131,700 → $143,400 (+8.9%)	$127,800 → $143,300 (+12.1%)
Median gross rent	$573 → $669 (+16.8%)	$567 → $632 (+11.5%)

BayamÃ³n Municipio

Population

178,192183,456

Median household income

$26,420$30,729

Median home value

$131,700$143,400

Median gross rent

$573$669

Caguas Municipio

Population

128,937126,239

Median household income

$25,136$30,113

Median home value

$127,800$143,300

Median gross rent

$567$632

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	BayamÃ³n Municipio	Caguas Municipio
Under 5	3.4%	3.2%
5 to 17	12.5%	13.3%
18 to 24	9.2%	9.1%
25 to 34	14.3%	13.4%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.2%
75 and over	12.4%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	BayamÃ³n Municipio	Caguas Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.5%	1.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	98.9%	98.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	BayamÃ³n Municipio	Caguas Municipio
No high school diploma	15.4%	14.7%
High school graduate	23.0%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	BayamÃ³n Municipio	Caguas Municipio
Drove alone	77.4%	79.0%
Carpooled	11.1%	9.3%
Public transit	1.4%	0.5%
Walked	1.7%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.7%	6.4%
Other means	1.7%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	BayamÃ³n Municipio	Caguas Municipio
1-unit, detached	61.2%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	17.2%	13.2%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	8.7%
20 or more units	5.5%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	BayamÃ³n Municipio	Caguas Municipio
Poverty rate	34.4%	36.6%
Average household size	2.49	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1972	1980