Corozal Municipio vs Las Piedras Municipio

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

Corozal 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 34,474 in Corozal Municipio). Las Piedras Municipio has the higher median household income ($25,697 vs $23,933 in Corozal Municipio). Las Piedras Municipio has the higher median home value ($121,300 vs $117,800 in Corozal Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Corozal Municipio	Las Piedras Municipio
Population	34,474	35,034
Median age	42.8 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$23,933	$25,697
Median home value	$117,800	$121,300
Median gross rent	$515	$496
Housing units	13,371	15,124
Homeownership rate	75.7%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corozal Municipio	Las Piedras Municipio
Population	33,500 → 34,474 (+2.9%)	37,499 → 35,034 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$15,140 → $23,933 (+58.1%)	$21,667 → $25,697 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $117,800 (+27.9%)	$114,200 → $121,300 (+6.2%)
Median gross rent	$516 → $515 (-0.2%)	$560 → $496 (-11.4%)

Corozal Municipio

Population

33,50034,474

Median household income

$15,140$23,933

Median home value

$92,100$117,800

Median gross rent

$516$515

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)

	Corozal Municipio	Las Piedras Municipio
Under 5	3.7%	3.2%
5 to 17	14.9%	13.9%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.9%
25 to 34	13.5%	13.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	13.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	12.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.3%
75 and over	9.3%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corozal Municipio	Las Piedras Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.3%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	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+

	Corozal Municipio	Las Piedras Municipio
No high school diploma	22.3%	17.0%
High school graduate	28.0%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corozal Municipio	Las Piedras Municipio
Drove alone	90.0%	88.8%
Carpooled	4.5%	4.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	0.5%
Other means	2.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corozal Municipio	Las Piedras Municipio
1-unit, detached	75.1%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	21.3%	10.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Corozal Municipio	Las Piedras Municipio
Poverty rate	44.2%	37.5%
Average household size	3.14	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	35	30
Median year structure built	1979	1991