CataÃ±o Municipio vs Naguabo Municipio

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

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

Naguabo Municipio has the higher population (23,205 vs 22,768 in CataÃ±o Municipio). CataÃ±o Municipio has the higher median household income ($24,307 vs $21,416 in Naguabo Municipio). CataÃ±o Municipio has the higher median home value ($134,700 vs $105,500 in Naguabo Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	CataÃ±o Municipio	Naguabo Municipio
Population	22,768	23,205
Median age	43.5 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$24,307	$21,416
Median home value	$134,700	$105,500
Median gross rent	$561	$525
Housing units	11,011	11,220
Homeownership rate	59.3%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	CataÃ±o Municipio	Naguabo Municipio
Population	24,271 → 22,768 (-6.2%)	26,075 → 23,205 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$17,448 → $24,307 (+39.3%)	$19,432 → $21,416 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$117,700 → $134,700 (+14.4%)	$92,500 → $105,500 (+14.1%)
Median gross rent	$491 → $561 (+14.3%)	$452 → $525 (+16.2%)

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

Naguabo Municipio

Population

26,07523,205

Median household income

$19,432$21,416

Median home value

$92,500$105,500

Median gross rent

$452$525

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	CataÃ±o Municipio	Naguabo Municipio
Under 5	3.4%	3.6%
5 to 17	14.0%	15.7%
18 to 24	9.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	13.3%	14.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.5%	11.1%
65 to 74	11.9%	10.3%
75 and over	11.4%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	CataÃ±o Municipio	Naguabo Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.9%	0.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.5%
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%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	98.8%	98.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	CataÃ±o Municipio	Naguabo Municipio
No high school diploma	21.5%	19.8%
High school graduate	33.1%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	CataÃ±o Municipio	Naguabo Municipio
Drove alone	84.0%	88.2%
Carpooled	5.7%	3.3%
Public transit	0.9%	1.5%
Walked	1.5%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	3.4%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	CataÃ±o Municipio	Naguabo Municipio
1-unit, detached	61.1%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	17.4%	13.1%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	6.4%
20 or more units	4.1%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	CataÃ±o Municipio	Naguabo Municipio
Poverty rate	44.2%	48.0%
Average household size	2.53	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1974	1984