Cabo Rojo Municipio vs Humacao Municipio

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

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

Humacao Municipio has the higher population (50,441 vs 46,955 in Cabo Rojo Municipio). Humacao Municipio has the higher median household income ($26,083 vs $25,720 in Cabo Rojo Municipio). Humacao Municipio has the higher median home value ($117,900 vs $117,800 in Cabo Rojo Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Cabo Rojo Municipio	Humacao Municipio
Population	46,955	50,441
Median age	46.8 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$25,720	$26,083
Median home value	$117,800	$117,900
Median gross rent	$581	$531
Housing units	28,094	26,715
Homeownership rate	77.0%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	14.4%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cabo Rojo Municipio	Humacao Municipio
Population	48,487 → 46,955 (-3.2%)	52,507 → 50,441 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$16,708 → $25,720 (+53.9%)	$20,434 → $26,083 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$107,500 → $117,800 (+9.6%)	$96,000 → $117,900 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$465 → $581 (+24.9%)	$437 → $531 (+21.5%)

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

Humacao Municipio

Population

52,50750,441

Median household income

$20,434$26,083

Median home value

$96,000$117,900

Median gross rent

$437$531

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cabo Rojo Municipio	Humacao Municipio
Under 5	2.7%	3.3%
5 to 17	13.0%	13.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	12.4%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	14.6%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.6%
65 to 74	12.1%	13.4%
75 and over	12.4%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cabo Rojo Municipio	Humacao Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.5%	0.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	99.0%	98.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cabo Rojo Municipio	Humacao Municipio
No high school diploma	22.6%	19.0%
High school graduate	23.7%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cabo Rojo Municipio	Humacao Municipio
Drove alone	83.9%	86.3%
Carpooled	7.0%	5.7%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.9%	5.5%
Other means	0.2%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cabo Rojo Municipio	Humacao Municipio
1-unit, detached	83.2%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	12.8%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	7.8%
20 or more units	2.3%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cabo Rojo Municipio	Humacao Municipio
Poverty rate	38.5%	38.5%
Average household size	2.58	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1986	1983