Guayama Municipio vs Las Piedras Municipio

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

Guayama 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.

Guayama Municipio has the higher population (35,845 vs 35,034 in Las Piedras Municipio). Las Piedras Municipio has the higher median household income ($25,697 vs $20,273 in Guayama Municipio). Las Piedras Municipio has the higher median home value ($121,300 vs $103,500 in Guayama Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Guayama Municipio	Las Piedras Municipio
Population	35,845	35,034
Median age	41.2 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$20,273	$25,697
Median home value	$103,500	$121,300
Median gross rent	$443	$496
Housing units	18,227	15,124
Homeownership rate	71.5%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guayama Municipio	Las Piedras Municipio
Population	40,889 → 35,845 (-12.3%)	37,499 → 35,034 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$17,261 → $20,273 (+17.4%)	$21,667 → $25,697 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$86,300 → $103,500 (+19.9%)	$114,200 → $121,300 (+6.2%)
Median gross rent	$374 → $443 (+18.4%)	$560 → $496 (-11.4%)

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

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)

	Guayama Municipio	Las Piedras Municipio
Under 5	3.3%	3.2%
5 to 17	14.1%	13.9%
18 to 24	10.2%	8.9%
25 to 34	15.3%	13.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.5%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.3%
75 and over	9.2%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guayama Municipio	Las Piedras Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.1%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	99.7%	99.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guayama Municipio	Las Piedras Municipio
No high school diploma	20.5%	17.0%
High school graduate	35.3%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guayama Municipio	Las Piedras Municipio
Drove alone	84.6%	88.8%
Carpooled	9.9%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guayama Municipio	Las Piedras Municipio
1-unit, detached	83.9%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	10.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.9%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Guayama Municipio	Las Piedras Municipio
Poverty rate	48.6%	37.5%
Average household size	2.25	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1979	1991