CataÃ±o Municipio vs Villalba Municipio

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

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

CataÃ±o Municipio has the higher population (22,768 vs 21,778 in Villalba Municipio). Villalba Municipio has the higher median household income ($24,882 vs $24,307 in CataÃ±o Municipio). CataÃ±o Municipio has the higher median home value ($134,700 vs $103,300 in Villalba Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	CataÃ±o Municipio	Villalba Municipio
Population	22,768	21,778
Median age	43.5 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$24,307	$24,882
Median home value	$134,700	$103,300
Median gross rent	$561	$519
Housing units	11,011	9,188
Homeownership rate	59.3%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	CataÃ±o Municipio	Villalba Municipio
Population	24,271 → 22,768 (-6.2%)	22,403 → 21,778 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$17,448 → $24,307 (+39.3%)	$19,877 → $24,882 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$117,700 → $134,700 (+14.4%)	$92,600 → $103,300 (+11.6%)
Median gross rent	$491 → $561 (+14.3%)	$405 → $519 (+28.1%)

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

Villalba Municipio

Population

22,40321,778

Median household income

$19,877$24,882

Median home value

$92,600$103,300

Median gross rent

$405$519

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	CataÃ±o Municipio	Villalba Municipio
Under 5	3.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	14.0%	14.8%
18 to 24	9.0%	9.6%
25 to 34	13.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.9%	12.5%
75 and over	11.4%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	CataÃ±o Municipio	Villalba Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.9%	0.3%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	98.8%	99.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	CataÃ±o Municipio	Villalba Municipio
No high school diploma	21.5%	21.1%
High school graduate	33.1%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	CataÃ±o Municipio	Villalba Municipio
Drove alone	84.0%	89.7%
Carpooled	5.7%	6.1%
Public transit	0.9%	0.8%
Walked	1.5%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	0.5%
Other means	2.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	CataÃ±o Municipio	Villalba Municipio
1-unit, detached	61.1%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	17.4%	15.4%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	2.1%
20 or more units	4.1%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	CataÃ±o Municipio	Villalba Municipio
Poverty rate	44.2%	41.8%
Average household size	2.53	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1974	1987