Cayey Municipio vs Gurabo Municipio

A side-by-side comparison of Cayey Municipio and Gurabo Municipio: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cayey Municipio has the higher population (41,231 vs 40,383 in Gurabo Municipio). Gurabo Municipio has the higher median household income ($39,532 vs $28,461 in Cayey Municipio). Gurabo Municipio has the higher median home value ($160,100 vs $141,600 in Cayey Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Cayey Municipio	Gurabo Municipio
Population	41,231	40,383
Median age	45.2 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$28,461	$39,532
Median home value	$141,600	$160,100
Median gross rent	$533	$674
Housing units	19,885	17,343
Homeownership rate	61.6%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	33.8%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cayey Municipio	Gurabo Municipio
Population	43,785 → 41,231 (-5.8%)	46,910 → 40,383 (-13.9%)
Median household income	$22,518 → $28,461 (+26.4%)	$35,018 → $39,532 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$117,200 → $141,600 (+20.8%)	$141,200 → $160,100 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$476 → $533 (+12.0%)	$622 → $674 (+8.4%)

Cayey Municipio

Population

43,78541,231

Median household income

$22,518$28,461

Median home value

$117,200$141,600

Median gross rent

$476$533

Gurabo Municipio

Population

46,91040,383

Median household income

$35,018$39,532

Median home value

$141,200$160,100

Median gross rent

$622$674

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cayey Municipio	Gurabo Municipio
Under 5	3.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	12.8%	14.2%
18 to 24	9.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	12.9%	14.4%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.9%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.8%
55 to 64	14.2%	12.8%
65 to 74	12.4%	9.5%
75 and over	10.8%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cayey Municipio	Gurabo Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	1.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	99.6%	96.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cayey Municipio	Gurabo Municipio
No high school diploma	20.4%	15.7%
High school graduate	32.6%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cayey Municipio	Gurabo Municipio
Drove alone	92.8%	80.1%
Carpooled	2.8%	8.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.1%	7.1%
Other means	1.6%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cayey Municipio	Gurabo Municipio
1-unit, detached	70.3%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	12.9%
2 to 4 units	20.2%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.3%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cayey Municipio	Gurabo Municipio
Poverty rate	37.9%	32.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1979	1992