Guayama Municipio vs Moca Municipio

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

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

Moca Municipio has the higher population (37,402 vs 35,845 in Guayama Municipio). Moca Municipio has the higher median household income ($21,415 vs $20,273 in Guayama Municipio). Moca Municipio has the higher median home value ($116,400 vs $103,500 in Guayama Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Guayama Municipio	Moca Municipio
Population	35,845	37,402
Median age	41.2 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$20,273	$21,415
Median home value	$103,500	$116,400
Median gross rent	$443	$504
Housing units	18,227	16,542
Homeownership rate	71.5%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	19.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guayama Municipio	Moca Municipio
Population	40,889 → 35,845 (-12.3%)	36,161 → 37,402 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$17,261 → $20,273 (+17.4%)	$15,037 → $21,415 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$86,300 → $103,500 (+19.9%)	$93,800 → $116,400 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$374 → $443 (+18.4%)	$422 → $504 (+19.4%)

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

Moca Municipio

Population

36,16137,402

Median household income

$15,037$21,415

Median home value

$93,800$116,400

Median gross rent

$422$504

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Guayama Municipio	Moca Municipio
Under 5	3.3%	3.4%
5 to 17	14.1%	14.0%
18 to 24	10.2%	9.6%
25 to 34	15.3%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.6%
75 and over	9.2%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guayama Municipio	Moca Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.1%	0.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	99.7%	99.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guayama Municipio	Moca Municipio
No high school diploma	20.5%	27.4%
High school graduate	35.3%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guayama Municipio	Moca Municipio
Drove alone	84.6%	85.2%
Carpooled	9.9%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.4%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guayama Municipio	Moca Municipio
1-unit, detached	83.9%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	22.7%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Guayama Municipio	Moca Municipio
Poverty rate	48.6%	46.0%
Average household size	2.25	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1979	1985