Cabo Rojo Municipio vs CanÃ³vanas Municipio

A side-by-side comparison of Cabo Rojo Municipio and CanÃ³vanas Municipio: population, income, housing, and more.

Cabo Rojo Municipio and CanÃ³vanas Municipio are counties in Puerto Rico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cabo Rojo Municipio has the higher population (46,955 vs 42,037 in CanÃ³vanas Municipio). CanÃ³vanas Municipio has the higher median household income ($27,278 vs $25,720 in Cabo Rojo Municipio). Cabo Rojo Municipio has the higher median home value ($117,800 vs $116,200 in CanÃ³vanas Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Cabo Rojo Municipio	CanÃ³vanas Municipio
Population	46,955	42,037
Median age	46.8 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$25,720	$27,278
Median home value	$117,800	$116,200
Median gross rent	$581	$578
Housing units	28,094	17,915
Homeownership rate	77.0%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	14.4%	15.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cabo Rojo Municipio	CanÃ³vanas Municipio
Population	48,487 → 46,955 (-3.2%)	45,588 → 42,037 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$16,708 → $25,720 (+53.9%)	$21,267 → $27,278 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$107,500 → $117,800 (+9.6%)	$107,500 → $116,200 (+8.1%)
Median gross rent	$465 → $581 (+24.9%)	$522 → $578 (+10.7%)

Cabo Rojo Municipio

Population

48,48746,955

Median household income

$16,708$25,720

Median home value

$107,500$117,800

Median gross rent

$465$581

CanÃ³vanas Municipio

Population

45,58842,037

Median household income

$21,267$27,278

Median home value

$107,500$116,200

Median gross rent

$522$578

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cabo Rojo Municipio	CanÃ³vanas Municipio
Under 5	2.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	13.0%	14.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.9%
25 to 34	12.4%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.6%	14.6%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.4%
65 to 74	12.1%	10.0%
75 and over	12.4%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cabo Rojo Municipio	CanÃ³vanas Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.5%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.0%	99.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cabo Rojo Municipio	CanÃ³vanas Municipio
No high school diploma	22.6%	20.1%
High school graduate	23.7%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cabo Rojo Municipio	CanÃ³vanas Municipio
Drove alone	83.9%	85.0%
Carpooled	7.0%	6.9%
Public transit	0.7%	0.1%
Walked	2.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	6.7%
Other means	0.2%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cabo Rojo Municipio	CanÃ³vanas Municipio
1-unit, detached	83.2%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	17.8%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	3.8%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cabo Rojo Municipio	CanÃ³vanas Municipio
Poverty rate	38.5%	33.9%
Average household size	2.58	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	25	35
Median year structure built	1986	1985