Guayama Municipio vs Juncos Municipio

A side-by-side comparison of Guayama Municipio and Juncos Municipio: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Juncos Municipio has the higher population (36,895 vs 35,845 in Guayama Municipio). Juncos Municipio has the higher median household income ($28,196 vs $20,273 in Guayama Municipio). Juncos Municipio has the higher median home value ($116,700 vs $103,500 in Guayama Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Guayama Municipio	Juncos Municipio
Population	35,845	36,895
Median age	41.2 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$20,273	$28,196
Median home value	$103,500	$116,700
Median gross rent	$443	$589
Housing units	18,227	16,164
Homeownership rate	71.5%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guayama Municipio	Juncos Municipio
Population	40,889 → 35,845 (-12.3%)	38,780 → 36,895 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$17,261 → $20,273 (+17.4%)	$19,605 → $28,196 (+43.8%)
Median home value	$86,300 → $103,500 (+19.9%)	$104,300 → $116,700 (+11.9%)
Median gross rent	$374 → $443 (+18.4%)	$443 → $589 (+33.0%)

Guayama Municipio

Population

40,88935,845

Median household income

$17,261$20,273

Median home value

$86,300$103,500

Median gross rent

$374$443

Juncos Municipio

Population

38,78036,895

Median household income

$19,605$28,196

Median home value

$104,300$116,700

Median gross rent

$443$589

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Guayama Municipio	Juncos Municipio
Under 5	3.3%	3.6%
5 to 17	14.1%	14.8%
18 to 24	10.2%	9.7%
25 to 34	15.3%	14.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	14.2%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.7%
65 to 74	11.1%	9.6%
75 and over	9.2%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guayama Municipio	Juncos Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.1%	0.1%
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%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.7%	99.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guayama Municipio	Juncos Municipio
No high school diploma	20.5%	20.7%
High school graduate	35.3%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guayama Municipio	Juncos Municipio
Drove alone	84.6%	91.8%
Carpooled	9.9%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.4%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guayama Municipio	Juncos Municipio
1-unit, detached	83.9%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Guayama Municipio	Juncos Municipio
Poverty rate	48.6%	34.0%
Average household size	2.25	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1979	1989