Ciales Municipio vs Patillas Municipio

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

Ciales Municipio and Patillas 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 15,753 in Patillas Municipio). Patillas Municipio has the higher median household income ($23,422 vs $20,614 in Ciales Municipio). Ciales Municipio has the higher median home value ($95,400 vs $89,200 in Patillas Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Ciales Municipio	Patillas Municipio
Population	16,874	15,753
Median age	45.4 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$20,614	$23,422
Median home value	$95,400	$89,200
Median gross rent	$407	$515
Housing units	7,276	8,067
Homeownership rate	69.7%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	14.8%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ciales Municipio	Patillas Municipio
Population	16,513 → 16,874 (+2.2%)	16,929 → 15,753 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$16,867 → $20,614 (+22.2%)	$16,007 → $23,422 (+46.3%)
Median home value	$88,600 → $95,400 (+7.7%)	$90,200 → $89,200 (-1.1%)
Median gross rent	$378 → $407 (+7.7%)	$309 → $515 (+66.7%)

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

Patillas Municipio

Population

16,92915,753

Median household income

$16,007$23,422

Median home value

$90,200$89,200

Median gross rent

$309$515

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ciales Municipio	Patillas Municipio
Under 5	3.5%	2.9%
5 to 17	13.9%	12.9%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.5%	12.0%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.6%	15.8%
65 to 74	12.9%	13.5%
75 and over	10.5%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ciales Municipio	Patillas Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.4%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.6%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ciales Municipio	Patillas Municipio
No high school diploma	29.4%	19.0%
High school graduate	30.0%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ciales Municipio	Patillas Municipio
Drove alone	84.8%	80.4%
Carpooled	7.6%	6.1%
Public transit	0.3%	1.7%
Walked	2.6%	11.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	0.7%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ciales Municipio	Patillas Municipio
1-unit, detached	81.0%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	12.8%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	1.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Ciales Municipio	Patillas Municipio
Poverty rate	58.2%	47.8%
Average household size	3.00	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1985	1989