Caguas Municipio vs Carolina Municipio

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

Caguas 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.

Carolina Municipio has the higher population (153,226 vs 126,239 in Caguas Municipio). Carolina Municipio has the higher median household income ($35,126 vs $30,113 in Caguas Municipio). Carolina Municipio has the higher median home value ($152,300 vs $143,300 in Caguas Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Caguas Municipio	Carolina Municipio
Population	126,239	153,226
Median age	44.2 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$30,113	$35,126
Median home value	$143,300	$152,300
Median gross rent	$632	$678
Housing units	58,929	77,274
Homeownership rate	66.6%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.8%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caguas Municipio	Carolina Municipio
Population	128,937 → 126,239 (-2.1%)	153,779 → 153,226 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$25,136 → $30,113 (+19.8%)	$29,059 → $35,126 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$127,800 → $143,300 (+12.1%)	$139,900 → $152,300 (+8.9%)
Median gross rent	$567 → $632 (+11.5%)	$622 → $678 (+9.0%)

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

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)

	Caguas Municipio	Carolina Municipio
Under 5	3.2%	3.2%
5 to 17	13.3%	12.8%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.1%
25 to 34	13.4%	13.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.7%
65 to 74	11.2%	11.3%
75 and over	10.9%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caguas Municipio	Carolina Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	1.3%	0.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	98.1%	98.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caguas Municipio	Carolina Municipio
No high school diploma	14.7%	11.9%
High school graduate	27.2%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caguas Municipio	Carolina Municipio
Drove alone	79.0%	80.4%
Carpooled	9.3%	7.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.9%
Walked	1.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.4%	8.6%
Other means	2.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caguas Municipio	Carolina Municipio
1-unit, detached	65.5%	49.0%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	21.1%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	10.1%
20 or more units	3.4%	17.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Caguas Municipio	Carolina Municipio
Poverty rate	36.6%	29.3%
Average household size	2.48	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1980	1971