Ciales Municipio vs Hormigueros Municipio

A side-by-side comparison of Ciales Municipio and Hormigueros Municipio: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ciales Municipio has the higher population (16,874 vs 15,520 in Hormigueros Municipio). Hormigueros Municipio has the higher median household income ($24,862 vs $20,614 in Ciales Municipio). Hormigueros Municipio has the higher median home value ($115,600 vs $95,400 in Ciales Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Ciales Municipio	Hormigueros Municipio
Population	16,874	15,520
Median age	45.4 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$20,614	$24,862
Median home value	$95,400	$115,600
Median gross rent	$407	$556
Housing units	7,276	7,570
Homeownership rate	69.7%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	14.8%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ciales Municipio	Hormigueros Municipio
Population	16,513 → 16,874 (+2.2%)	15,943 → 15,520 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$16,867 → $20,614 (+22.2%)	$19,030 → $24,862 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$88,600 → $95,400 (+7.7%)	$98,700 → $115,600 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$378 → $407 (+7.7%)	$424 → $556 (+31.1%)

Ciales Municipio

Population

16,51316,874

Median household income

$16,867$20,614

Median home value

$88,600$95,400

Median gross rent

$378$407

Hormigueros Municipio

Population

15,94315,520

Median household income

$19,030$24,862

Median home value

$98,700$115,600

Median gross rent

$424$556

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ciales Municipio	Hormigueros Municipio
Under 5	3.5%	2.4%
5 to 17	13.9%	11.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.5%	10.7%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	12.9%	13.4%
75 and over	10.5%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ciales Municipio	Hormigueros Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.4%	1.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.6%	98.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ciales Municipio	Hormigueros Municipio
No high school diploma	29.4%	18.8%
High school graduate	30.0%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ciales Municipio	Hormigueros Municipio
Drove alone	84.8%	91.8%
Carpooled	7.6%	5.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	2.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	2.2%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ciales Municipio	Hormigueros Municipio
1-unit, detached	81.0%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	12.8%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	2.2%
20 or more units	1.5%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ciales Municipio	Hormigueros Municipio
Poverty rate	58.2%	40.1%
Average household size	3.00	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	1985	1977