CanÃ³vanas Municipio vs Cayey Municipio

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

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

CanÃ³vanas Municipio has the higher population (42,037 vs 41,231 in Cayey Municipio). Cayey Municipio has the higher median household income ($28,461 vs $27,278 in CanÃ³vanas Municipio). Cayey Municipio has the higher median home value ($141,600 vs $116,200 in CanÃ³vanas Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	CanÃ³vanas Municipio	Cayey Municipio
Population	42,037	41,231
Median age	42.6 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$27,278	$28,461
Median home value	$116,200	$141,600
Median gross rent	$578	$533
Housing units	17,915	19,885
Homeownership rate	73.1%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	15.3%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	CanÃ³vanas Municipio	Cayey Municipio
Population	45,588 → 42,037 (-7.8%)	43,785 → 41,231 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$21,267 → $27,278 (+28.3%)	$22,518 → $28,461 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$107,500 → $116,200 (+8.1%)	$117,200 → $141,600 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$522 → $578 (+10.7%)	$476 → $533 (+12.0%)

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

Cayey Municipio

Population

43,78541,231

Median household income

$22,518$28,461

Median home value

$117,200$141,600

Median gross rent

$476$533

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	CanÃ³vanas Municipio	Cayey Municipio
Under 5	3.4%	3.2%
5 to 17	14.5%	12.8%
18 to 24	8.9%	9.0%
25 to 34	13.7%	12.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	11.8%
45 to 54	14.6%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	12.4%
75 and over	8.8%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	CanÃ³vanas Municipio	Cayey Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	99.9%	99.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	CanÃ³vanas Municipio	Cayey Municipio
No high school diploma	20.1%	20.4%
High school graduate	27.5%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	CanÃ³vanas Municipio	Cayey Municipio
Drove alone	85.0%	92.8%
Carpooled	6.9%	2.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.4%
Walked	1.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	0.1%
Other means	0.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	CanÃ³vanas Municipio	Cayey Municipio
1-unit, detached	77.1%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	17.8%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	20.2%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	CanÃ³vanas Municipio	Cayey Municipio
Poverty rate	33.9%	37.9%
Average household size	2.76	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	35	27
Median year structure built	1985	1979