CataÃ±o Municipio vs Lajas Municipio

A side-by-side comparison of CataÃ±o Municipio and Lajas Municipio: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lajas Municipio has the higher population (23,133 vs 22,768 in CataÃ±o Municipio). CataÃ±o Municipio has the higher median household income ($24,307 vs $18,920 in Lajas Municipio). CataÃ±o Municipio has the higher median home value ($134,700 vs $102,400 in Lajas Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	CataÃ±o Municipio	Lajas Municipio
Population	22,768	23,133
Median age	43.5 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$24,307	$18,920
Median home value	$134,700	$102,400
Median gross rent	$561	$502
Housing units	11,011	12,129
Homeownership rate	59.3%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	20.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	CataÃ±o Municipio	Lajas Municipio
Population	24,271 → 22,768 (-6.2%)	22,835 → 23,133 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$17,448 → $24,307 (+39.3%)	$13,992 → $18,920 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$117,700 → $134,700 (+14.4%)	$86,900 → $102,400 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$491 → $561 (+14.3%)	$452 → $502 (+11.1%)

CataÃ±o Municipio

Population

24,27122,768

Median household income

$17,448$24,307

Median home value

$117,700$134,700

Median gross rent

$491$561

Lajas Municipio

Population

22,83523,133

Median household income

$13,992$18,920

Median home value

$86,900$102,400

Median gross rent

$452$502

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	CataÃ±o Municipio	Lajas Municipio
Under 5	3.4%	3.1%
5 to 17	14.0%	12.5%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.3%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.9%	13.5%
75 and over	11.4%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	CataÃ±o Municipio	Lajas Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.9%	1.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	98.8%	97.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	CataÃ±o Municipio	Lajas Municipio
No high school diploma	21.5%	27.6%
High school graduate	33.1%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	CataÃ±o Municipio	Lajas Municipio
Drove alone	84.0%	89.2%
Carpooled	5.7%	4.2%
Public transit	0.9%	0.8%
Walked	1.5%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	3.6%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	CataÃ±o Municipio	Lajas Municipio
1-unit, detached	61.1%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	17.4%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	2.6%
20 or more units	4.1%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	CataÃ±o Municipio	Lajas Municipio
Poverty rate	44.2%	53.0%
Average household size	2.53	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1974	1982