CanÃ³vanas Municipio vs Gurabo Municipio

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

CanÃ³vanas Municipio and Gurabo 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 40,383 in Gurabo Municipio). Gurabo Municipio has the higher median household income ($39,532 vs $27,278 in CanÃ³vanas Municipio). Gurabo Municipio has the higher median home value ($160,100 vs $116,200 in CanÃ³vanas Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	CanÃ³vanas Municipio	Gurabo Municipio
Population	42,037	40,383
Median age	42.6 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$27,278	$39,532
Median home value	$116,200	$160,100
Median gross rent	$578	$674
Housing units	17,915	17,343
Homeownership rate	73.1%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	33.8%
Unemployment rate	15.3%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	CanÃ³vanas Municipio	Gurabo Municipio
Population	45,588 → 42,037 (-7.8%)	46,910 → 40,383 (-13.9%)
Median household income	$21,267 → $27,278 (+28.3%)	$35,018 → $39,532 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$107,500 → $116,200 (+8.1%)	$141,200 → $160,100 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$522 → $578 (+10.7%)	$622 → $674 (+8.4%)

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

Gurabo Municipio

Population

46,91040,383

Median household income

$35,018$39,532

Median home value

$141,200$160,100

Median gross rent

$622$674

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	CanÃ³vanas Municipio	Gurabo Municipio
Under 5	3.4%	3.1%
5 to 17	14.5%	14.2%
18 to 24	8.9%	9.4%
25 to 34	13.7%	14.4%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.9%
45 to 54	14.6%	14.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.5%
75 and over	8.8%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	CanÃ³vanas Municipio	Gurabo Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	1.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	99.9%	96.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	CanÃ³vanas Municipio	Gurabo Municipio
No high school diploma	20.1%	15.7%
High school graduate	27.5%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	CanÃ³vanas Municipio	Gurabo Municipio
Drove alone	85.0%	80.1%
Carpooled	6.9%	8.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	7.1%
Other means	0.2%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	CanÃ³vanas Municipio	Gurabo Municipio
1-unit, detached	77.1%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	17.8%	12.9%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	CanÃ³vanas Municipio	Gurabo Municipio
Poverty rate	33.9%	32.0%
Average household size	2.76	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	35	34
Median year structure built	1985	1992