GuÃ¡nica Municipio vs Jayuya Municipio

A side-by-side comparison of GuÃ¡nica Municipio and Jayuya Municipio: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jayuya Municipio has the higher population (14,653 vs 13,266 in GuÃ¡nica Municipio). Jayuya Municipio has the higher median household income ($18,413 vs $16,210 in GuÃ¡nica Municipio). Jayuya Municipio has the higher median home value ($105,000 vs $82,800 in GuÃ¡nica Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	GuÃ¡nica Municipio	Jayuya Municipio
Population	13,266	14,653
Median age	45.8 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$16,210	$18,413
Median home value	$82,800	$105,000
Median gross rent	$330	$463
Housing units	9,017	6,276
Homeownership rate	71.2%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	26.7%	17.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	GuÃ¡nica Municipio	Jayuya Municipio
Population	16,293 → 13,266 (-18.6%)	14,539 → 14,653 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$12,995 → $16,210 (+24.7%)	$14,808 → $18,413 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$88,100 → $82,800 (-6.0%)	$94,100 → $105,000 (+11.6%)
Median gross rent	$378 → $330 (-12.7%)	$371 → $463 (+24.8%)

GuÃ¡nica Municipio

Population

16,29313,266

Median household income

$12,995$16,210

Median home value

$88,100$82,800

Median gross rent

$378$330

Jayuya Municipio

Population

14,53914,653

Median household income

$14,808$18,413

Median home value

$94,100$105,000

Median gross rent

$371$463

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	GuÃ¡nica Municipio	Jayuya Municipio
Under 5	3.5%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	9.8%	9.1%
25 to 34	10.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.0%
65 to 74	13.8%	11.3%
75 and over	12.4%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	GuÃ¡nica Municipio	Jayuya Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.1%	1.7%
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	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.2%	98.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	GuÃ¡nica Municipio	Jayuya Municipio
No high school diploma	29.5%	20.9%
High school graduate	39.3%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	GuÃ¡nica Municipio	Jayuya Municipio
Drove alone	91.8%	85.1%
Carpooled	0.7%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	GuÃ¡nica Municipio	Jayuya Municipio
1-unit, detached	83.1%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	3.2%
20 or more units	1.2%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	GuÃ¡nica Municipio	Jayuya Municipio
Poverty rate	64.7%	54.9%
Average household size	2.36	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1981	1984