Caguas Municipio vs Guaynabo Municipio

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

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

Caguas Municipio has the higher population (126,239 vs 89,503 in Guaynabo Municipio). Guaynabo Municipio has the higher median household income ($46,048 vs $30,113 in Caguas Municipio). Guaynabo Municipio has the higher median home value ($214,500 vs $143,300 in Caguas Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Caguas Municipio	Guaynabo Municipio
Population	126,239	89,503
Median age	44.2 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$30,113	$46,048
Median home value	$143,300	$214,500
Median gross rent	$632	$850
Housing units	58,929	41,194
Homeownership rate	66.6%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.8%	49.1%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caguas Municipio	Guaynabo Municipio
Population	128,937 → 126,239 (-2.1%)	86,937 → 89,503 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$25,136 → $30,113 (+19.8%)	$35,928 → $46,048 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$127,800 → $143,300 (+12.1%)	$178,200 → $214,500 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$567 → $632 (+11.5%)	$720 → $850 (+18.1%)

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

Guaynabo Municipio

Population

86,93789,503

Median household income

$35,928$46,048

Median home value

$178,200$214,500

Median gross rent

$720$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caguas Municipio	Guaynabo Municipio
Under 5	3.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	13.3%	11.3%
18 to 24	9.1%	8.2%
25 to 34	13.4%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	11.2%	12.7%
75 and over	10.9%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caguas Municipio	Guaynabo Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	1.3%	1.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	98.1%	98.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caguas Municipio	Guaynabo Municipio
No high school diploma	14.7%	12.9%
High school graduate	27.2%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caguas Municipio	Guaynabo Municipio
Drove alone	79.0%	77.3%
Carpooled	9.3%	8.5%
Public transit	0.5%	2.2%
Walked	1.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.4%	8.6%
Other means	2.8%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caguas Municipio	Guaynabo Municipio
1-unit, detached	65.5%	51.1%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	12.5%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	12.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	15.4%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Caguas Municipio	Guaynabo Municipio
Poverty rate	36.6%	24.3%
Average household size	2.48	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1980	1980