Cayey Municipio vs San SebastiÃ¡n Municipio

A side-by-side comparison of Cayey Municipio and San SebastiÃ¡n Municipio: population, income, housing, and more.

Cayey Municipio and San SebastiÃ¡n 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 39,168 in San SebastiÃ¡n Municipio). Cayey Municipio has the higher median household income ($28,461 vs $17,834 in San SebastiÃ¡n Municipio). Cayey Municipio has the higher median home value ($141,600 vs $110,500 in San SebastiÃ¡n Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Cayey Municipio	San SebastiÃ¡n Municipio
Population	41,231	39,168
Median age	45.2 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$28,461	$17,834
Median home value	$141,600	$110,500
Median gross rent	$533	$481
Housing units	19,885	18,533
Homeownership rate	61.6%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	13.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cayey Municipio	San SebastiÃ¡n Municipio
Population	43,785 → 41,231 (-5.8%)	37,120 → 39,168 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$22,518 → $28,461 (+26.4%)	$15,331 → $17,834 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$117,200 → $141,600 (+20.8%)	$98,400 → $110,500 (+12.3%)
Median gross rent	$476 → $533 (+12.0%)	$403 → $481 (+19.4%)

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

San SebastiÃ¡n Municipio

Population

37,12039,168

Median household income

$15,331$17,834

Median home value

$98,400$110,500

Median gross rent

$403$481

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cayey Municipio	San SebastiÃ¡n Municipio
Under 5	3.2%	3.2%
5 to 17	12.8%	13.6%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.3%
25 to 34	12.9%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.2%	14.1%
65 to 74	12.4%	13.7%
75 and over	10.8%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cayey Municipio	San SebastiÃ¡n Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	2.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	99.6%	97.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cayey Municipio	San SebastiÃ¡n Municipio
No high school diploma	20.4%	28.3%
High school graduate	32.6%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cayey Municipio	San SebastiÃ¡n Municipio
Drove alone	92.8%	81.7%
Carpooled	2.8%	9.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.1%	3.2%
Other means	1.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cayey Municipio	San SebastiÃ¡n Municipio
1-unit, detached	70.3%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	20.2%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.3%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Cayey Municipio	San SebastiÃ¡n Municipio
Poverty rate	37.9%	52.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1979	1982