Fajardo Municipio vs San GermÃ¡n Municipio

A side-by-side comparison of Fajardo Municipio and San GermÃ¡n Municipio: population, income, housing, and more.

Fajardo Municipio and San GermÃ¡n Municipio are counties in Puerto Rico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fajardo Municipio has the higher population (31,756 vs 31,514 in San GermÃ¡n Municipio). Fajardo Municipio has the higher median household income ($25,170 vs $17,921 in San GermÃ¡n Municipio). Fajardo Municipio has the higher median home value ($118,400 vs $100,100 in San GermÃ¡n Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Fajardo Municipio	San GermÃ¡n Municipio
Population	31,756	31,514
Median age	44.3 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$25,170	$17,921
Median home value	$118,400	$100,100
Median gross rent	$610	$464
Housing units	18,649	15,808
Homeownership rate	68.3%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	18.3%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fajardo Municipio	San GermÃ¡n Municipio
Population	31,111 → 31,756 (+2.1%)	31,442 → 31,514 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$19,430 → $25,170 (+29.5%)	$16,486 → $17,921 (+8.7%)
Median home value	$101,900 → $118,400 (+16.2%)	$82,300 → $100,100 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	$515 → $610 (+18.4%)	$410 → $464 (+13.2%)

Fajardo Municipio

Population

31,11131,756

Median household income

$19,430$25,170

Median home value

$101,900$118,400

Median gross rent

$515$610

San GermÃ¡n Municipio

Population

31,44231,514

Median household income

$16,486$17,921

Median home value

$82,300$100,100

Median gross rent

$410$464

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fajardo Municipio	San GermÃ¡n Municipio
Under 5	3.5%	3.2%
5 to 17	13.7%	13.7%
18 to 24	9.0%	9.1%
25 to 34	13.8%	11.6%
35 to 44	10.6%	10.4%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.4%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.6%	13.1%
75 and over	12.8%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fajardo Municipio	San GermÃ¡n Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.7%	0.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	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	0.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.1%	99.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fajardo Municipio	San GermÃ¡n Municipio
No high school diploma	15.3%	25.3%
High school graduate	31.8%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	18.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fajardo Municipio	San GermÃ¡n Municipio
Drove alone	81.8%	87.2%
Carpooled	4.8%	5.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.1%
Walked	1.7%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	4.3%
Other means	3.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fajardo Municipio	San GermÃ¡n Municipio
1-unit, detached	63.1%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	16.7%	16.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	5.1%
20 or more units	6.4%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Fajardo Municipio	San GermÃ¡n Municipio
Poverty rate	41.5%	51.9%
Average household size	2.46	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1978	1977