Coamo Municipio vs Las Piedras Municipio

A side-by-side comparison of Coamo Municipio and Las Piedras Municipio: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Las Piedras Municipio has the higher population (35,034 vs 34,294 in Coamo Municipio). Las Piedras Municipio has the higher median household income ($25,697 vs $20,797 in Coamo Municipio). Las Piedras Municipio has the higher median home value ($121,300 vs $104,000 in Coamo Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Coamo Municipio	Las Piedras Municipio
Population	34,294	35,034
Median age	45.3 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$20,797	$25,697
Median home value	$104,000	$121,300
Median gross rent	$521	$496
Housing units	16,061	15,124
Homeownership rate	75.7%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coamo Municipio	Las Piedras Municipio
Population	38,906 → 34,294 (-11.9%)	37,499 → 35,034 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$19,692 → $20,797 (+5.6%)	$21,667 → $25,697 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$90,700 → $104,000 (+14.7%)	$114,200 → $121,300 (+6.2%)
Median gross rent	$493 → $521 (+5.7%)	$560 → $496 (-11.4%)

Coamo Municipio

Population

38,90634,294

Median household income

$19,692$20,797

Median home value

$90,700$104,000

Median gross rent

$493$521

Las Piedras Municipio

Population

37,49935,034

Median household income

$21,667$25,697

Median home value

$114,200$121,300

Median gross rent

$560$496

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coamo Municipio	Las Piedras Municipio
Under 5	3.3%	3.2%
5 to 17	13.8%	13.9%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.9%
25 to 34	11.7%	13.2%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	14.6%	13.7%
55 to 64	15.3%	12.5%
65 to 74	12.5%	11.3%
75 and over	7.9%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coamo Municipio	Las Piedras Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.2%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	99.7%	99.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coamo Municipio	Las Piedras Municipio
No high school diploma	18.1%	17.0%
High school graduate	39.9%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coamo Municipio	Las Piedras Municipio
Drove alone	89.3%	88.8%
Carpooled	2.3%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coamo Municipio	Las Piedras Municipio
1-unit, detached	79.9%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	12.6%	10.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	2.4%
20 or more units	2.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Coamo Municipio	Las Piedras Municipio
Poverty rate	52.0%	37.5%
Average household size	2.62	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1984	1991