Carolina Municipio vs San Juan Municipio

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

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

San Juan Municipio has the higher population (338,661 vs 153,226 in Carolina Municipio). Carolina Municipio has the higher median household income ($35,126 vs $26,981 in San Juan Municipio). San Juan Municipio has the higher median home value ($171,400 vs $152,300 in Carolina Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Carolina Municipio	San Juan Municipio
Population	153,226	338,661
Median age	44.8 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$35,126	$26,981
Median home value	$152,300	$171,400
Median gross rent	$678	$596
Housing units	77,274	193,011
Homeownership rate	69.4%	53.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.8%	42.2%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	14.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carolina Municipio	San Juan Municipio
Population	153,779 → 153,226 (-0.4%)	335,468 → 338,661 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$29,059 → $35,126 (+20.9%)	$22,710 → $26,981 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$139,900 → $152,300 (+8.9%)	$153,500 → $171,400 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $678 (+9.0%)	$484 → $596 (+23.1%)

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

San Juan Municipio

Population

335,468338,661

Median household income

$22,710$26,981

Median home value

$153,500$171,400

Median gross rent

$484$596

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carolina Municipio	San Juan Municipio
Under 5	3.2%	3.4%
5 to 17	12.8%	12.4%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.3%
25 to 34	13.4%	13.0%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.3%	12.1%
75 and over	12.8%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carolina Municipio	San Juan Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.8%	1.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.2%
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%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	98.7%	97.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carolina Municipio	San Juan Municipio
No high school diploma	11.9%	14.5%
High school graduate	26.7%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carolina Municipio	San Juan Municipio
Drove alone	80.4%	73.6%
Carpooled	7.9%	6.9%
Public transit	0.9%	3.7%
Walked	1.3%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.6%	7.3%
Other means	0.8%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carolina Municipio	San Juan Municipio
1-unit, detached	49.0%	41.0%
1-unit, attached	21.1%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	18.6%
20 or more units	17.0%	22.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Carolina Municipio	San Juan Municipio
Poverty rate	29.3%	39.5%
Average household size	2.45	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1971	1967