CanÃ³vanas Municipio vs Isabela Municipio

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

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

Isabela Municipio has the higher population (42,878 vs 42,037 in CanÃ³vanas Municipio). CanÃ³vanas Municipio has the higher median household income ($27,278 vs $20,484 in Isabela Municipio). Isabela Municipio has the higher median home value ($121,800 vs $116,200 in CanÃ³vanas Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	CanÃ³vanas Municipio	Isabela Municipio
Population	42,037	42,878
Median age	42.6 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$27,278	$20,484
Median home value	$116,200	$121,800
Median gross rent	$578	$552
Housing units	17,915	20,638
Homeownership rate	73.1%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	15.3%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	CanÃ³vanas Municipio	Isabela Municipio
Population	45,588 → 42,037 (-7.8%)	41,707 → 42,878 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$21,267 → $27,278 (+28.3%)	$16,540 → $20,484 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$107,500 → $116,200 (+8.1%)	$102,200 → $121,800 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$522 → $578 (+10.7%)	$456 → $552 (+21.1%)

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

Isabela Municipio

Population

41,70742,878

Median household income

$16,540$20,484

Median home value

$102,200$121,800

Median gross rent

$456$552

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	CanÃ³vanas Municipio	Isabela Municipio
Under 5	3.4%	3.0%
5 to 17	14.5%	13.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.2%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.4%
45 to 54	14.6%	13.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.5%
75 and over	8.8%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	CanÃ³vanas Municipio	Isabela Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	99.9%	97.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	CanÃ³vanas Municipio	Isabela Municipio
No high school diploma	20.1%	23.4%
High school graduate	27.5%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	CanÃ³vanas Municipio	Isabela Municipio
Drove alone	85.0%	85.1%
Carpooled	6.9%	6.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.7%	3.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	CanÃ³vanas Municipio	Isabela Municipio
1-unit, detached	77.1%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	17.8%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	CanÃ³vanas Municipio	Isabela Municipio
Poverty rate	33.9%	46.7%
Average household size	2.76	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	35	25
Median year structure built	1985	1984