Coamo Municipio vs Yauco Municipio

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

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

Coamo Municipio has the higher population (34,294 vs 33,509 in Yauco Municipio). Yauco Municipio has the higher median household income ($21,918 vs $20,797 in Coamo Municipio). Coamo Municipio has the higher median home value ($104,000 vs $98,800 in Yauco Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Coamo Municipio	Yauco Municipio
Population	34,294	33,509
Median age	45.3 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$20,797	$21,918
Median home value	$104,000	$98,800
Median gross rent	$521	$521
Housing units	16,061	17,199
Homeownership rate	75.7%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coamo Municipio	Yauco Municipio
Population	38,906 → 34,294 (-11.9%)	35,428 → 33,509 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$19,692 → $20,797 (+5.6%)	$14,743 → $21,918 (+48.7%)
Median home value	$90,700 → $104,000 (+14.7%)	$91,100 → $98,800 (+8.5%)
Median gross rent	$493 → $521 (+5.7%)	$365 → $521 (+42.7%)

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

Yauco Municipio

Population

35,42833,509

Median household income

$14,743$21,918

Median home value

$91,100$98,800

Median gross rent

$365$521

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coamo Municipio	Yauco Municipio
Under 5	3.3%	3.1%
5 to 17	13.8%	13.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	14.6%	13.0%
55 to 64	15.3%	14.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	13.5%
75 and over	7.9%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coamo Municipio	Yauco Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.2%	0.4%
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	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	99.7%	99.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coamo Municipio	Yauco Municipio
No high school diploma	18.1%	20.5%
High school graduate	39.9%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coamo Municipio	Yauco Municipio
Drove alone	89.3%	90.8%
Carpooled	2.3%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	3.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coamo Municipio	Yauco Municipio
1-unit, detached	79.9%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	12.6%	12.6%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	3.9%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Coamo Municipio	Yauco Municipio
Poverty rate	52.0%	44.6%
Average household size	2.62	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1984	1981