Carolina Municipio vs Guaynabo Municipio

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

Carolina 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.

Carolina Municipio has the higher population (153,226 vs 89,503 in Guaynabo Municipio). Guaynabo Municipio has the higher median household income ($46,048 vs $35,126 in Carolina Municipio). Guaynabo Municipio has the higher median home value ($214,500 vs $152,300 in Carolina Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Carolina Municipio	Guaynabo Municipio
Population	153,226	89,503
Median age	44.8 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$35,126	$46,048
Median home value	$152,300	$214,500
Median gross rent	$678	$850
Housing units	77,274	41,194
Homeownership rate	69.4%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.8%	49.1%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carolina Municipio	Guaynabo Municipio
Population	153,779 → 153,226 (-0.4%)	86,937 → 89,503 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$29,059 → $35,126 (+20.9%)	$35,928 → $46,048 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$139,900 → $152,300 (+8.9%)	$178,200 → $214,500 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $678 (+9.0%)	$720 → $850 (+18.1%)

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

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)

	Carolina Municipio	Guaynabo Municipio
Under 5	3.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	12.8%	11.3%
18 to 24	9.1%	8.2%
25 to 34	13.4%	13.5%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.7%	14.5%
65 to 74	11.3%	12.7%
75 and over	12.8%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carolina Municipio	Guaynabo Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.8%	1.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	98.7%	98.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carolina Municipio	Guaynabo Municipio
No high school diploma	11.9%	12.9%
High school graduate	26.7%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carolina Municipio	Guaynabo Municipio
Drove alone	80.4%	77.3%
Carpooled	7.9%	8.5%
Public transit	0.9%	2.2%
Walked	1.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.6%	8.6%
Other means	0.8%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carolina Municipio	Guaynabo Municipio
1-unit, detached	49.0%	51.1%
1-unit, attached	21.1%	12.5%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	12.0%
20 or more units	17.0%	15.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Carolina Municipio	Guaynabo Municipio
Poverty rate	29.3%	24.3%
Average household size	2.45	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1971	1980