BayamÃ³n Municipio vs San Juan Municipio

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

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

San Juan Municipio has the higher population (338,661 vs 183,456 in BayamÃ³n Municipio). BayamÃ³n Municipio has the higher median household income ($30,729 vs $26,981 in San Juan Municipio). San Juan Municipio has the higher median home value ($171,400 vs $143,400 in BayamÃ³n Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	BayamÃ³n Municipio	San Juan Municipio
Population	183,456	338,661
Median age	44.1 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$30,729	$26,981
Median home value	$143,400	$171,400
Median gross rent	$669	$596
Housing units	84,738	193,011
Homeownership rate	69.9%	53.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	42.2%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	14.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	BayamÃ³n Municipio	San Juan Municipio
Population	178,192 → 183,456 (+3.0%)	335,468 → 338,661 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$26,420 → $30,729 (+16.3%)	$22,710 → $26,981 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$131,700 → $143,400 (+8.9%)	$153,500 → $171,400 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$573 → $669 (+16.8%)	$484 → $596 (+23.1%)

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

San Juan Municipio

Population

335,468338,661

Median household income

$22,710$26,981

Median home value

$153,500$171,400

Median gross rent

$484$596

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	BayamÃ³n Municipio	San Juan Municipio
Under 5	3.4%	3.4%
5 to 17	12.5%	12.4%
18 to 24	9.2%	9.3%
25 to 34	14.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.4%	12.1%
75 and over	12.4%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	BayamÃ³n Municipio	San Juan Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.5%	1.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	98.9%	97.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	BayamÃ³n Municipio	San Juan Municipio
No high school diploma	15.4%	14.5%
High school graduate	23.0%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	BayamÃ³n Municipio	San Juan Municipio
Drove alone	77.4%	73.6%
Carpooled	11.1%	6.9%
Public transit	1.4%	3.7%
Walked	1.7%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.7%	7.3%
Other means	1.7%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	BayamÃ³n Municipio	San Juan Municipio
1-unit, detached	61.2%	41.0%
1-unit, attached	17.2%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	18.6%
20 or more units	5.5%	22.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	BayamÃ³n Municipio	San Juan Municipio
Poverty rate	34.4%	39.5%
Average household size	2.49	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1972	1967