BayamÃ³n Municipio vs Carolina Municipio

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

BayamÃ³n Municipio and Carolina 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 153,226 in Carolina Municipio). Carolina Municipio has the higher median household income ($35,126 vs $30,729 in BayamÃ³n Municipio). Carolina Municipio has the higher median home value ($152,300 vs $143,400 in BayamÃ³n Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	BayamÃ³n Municipio	Carolina Municipio
Population	183,456	153,226
Median age	44.1 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$30,729	$35,126
Median home value	$143,400	$152,300
Median gross rent	$669	$678
Housing units	84,738	77,274
Homeownership rate	69.9%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	BayamÃ³n Municipio	Carolina Municipio
Population	178,192 → 183,456 (+3.0%)	153,779 → 153,226 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$26,420 → $30,729 (+16.3%)	$29,059 → $35,126 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$131,700 → $143,400 (+8.9%)	$139,900 → $152,300 (+8.9%)
Median gross rent	$573 → $669 (+16.8%)	$622 → $678 (+9.0%)

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

Carolina Municipio

Population

153,779153,226

Median household income

$29,059$35,126

Median home value

$139,900$152,300

Median gross rent

$622$678

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	BayamÃ³n Municipio	Carolina Municipio
Under 5	3.4%	3.2%
5 to 17	12.5%	12.8%
18 to 24	9.2%	9.1%
25 to 34	14.3%	13.4%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	12.7%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.3%
75 and over	12.4%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	BayamÃ³n Municipio	Carolina Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.5%	0.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	98.9%	98.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	BayamÃ³n Municipio	Carolina Municipio
No high school diploma	15.4%	11.9%
High school graduate	23.0%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	BayamÃ³n Municipio	Carolina Municipio
Drove alone	77.4%	80.4%
Carpooled	11.1%	7.9%
Public transit	1.4%	0.9%
Walked	1.7%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.7%	8.6%
Other means	1.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	BayamÃ³n Municipio	Carolina Municipio
1-unit, detached	61.2%	49.0%
1-unit, attached	17.2%	21.1%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	10.1%
20 or more units	5.5%	17.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	BayamÃ³n Municipio	Carolina Municipio
Poverty rate	34.4%	29.3%
Average household size	2.49	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1972	1971