Ciales Municipio vs RincÃ³n Municipio

A side-by-side comparison of Ciales Municipio and RincÃ³n Municipio: population, income, housing, and more.

Ciales Municipio and RincÃ³n 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 15,276 in RincÃ³n Municipio). RincÃ³n Municipio has the higher median household income ($25,223 vs $20,614 in Ciales Municipio). RincÃ³n Municipio has the higher median home value ($154,900 vs $95,400 in Ciales Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Ciales Municipio	RincÃ³n Municipio
Population	16,874	15,276
Median age	45.4 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$20,614	$25,223
Median home value	$95,400	$154,900
Median gross rent	$407	$626
Housing units	7,276	9,163
Homeownership rate	69.7%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	14.8%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ciales Municipio	RincÃ³n Municipio
Population	16,513 → 16,874 (+2.2%)	14,056 → 15,276 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$16,867 → $20,614 (+22.2%)	$19,907 → $25,223 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$88,600 → $95,400 (+7.7%)	$122,000 → $154,900 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$378 → $407 (+7.7%)	$450 → $626 (+39.1%)

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

RincÃ³n Municipio

Population

14,05615,276

Median household income

$19,907$25,223

Median home value

$122,000$154,900

Median gross rent

$450$626

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ciales Municipio	RincÃ³n Municipio
Under 5	3.5%	2.7%
5 to 17	13.9%	11.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.5%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	14.1%
55 to 64	15.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	12.9%	13.6%
75 and over	10.5%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ciales Municipio	RincÃ³n Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.4%	3.8%
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%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	99.6%	95.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ciales Municipio	RincÃ³n Municipio
No high school diploma	29.4%	25.8%
High school graduate	30.0%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ciales Municipio	RincÃ³n Municipio
Drove alone	84.8%	66.1%
Carpooled	7.6%	16.1%
Public transit	0.3%	2.8%
Walked	2.6%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	3.2%	9.4%
Other means	1.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ciales Municipio	RincÃ³n Municipio
1-unit, detached	81.0%	47.4%
1-unit, attached	12.8%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	33.8%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	5.9%
20 or more units	1.5%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Ciales Municipio	RincÃ³n Municipio
Poverty rate	58.2%	44.6%
Average household size	3.00	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	33	23
Median year structure built	1985	1979