Guayanilla Municipio vs Patillas Municipio

A side-by-side comparison of Guayanilla Municipio and Patillas Municipio: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Guayanilla Municipio has the higher population (17,418 vs 15,753 in Patillas Municipio). Patillas Municipio has the higher median household income ($23,422 vs $21,400 in Guayanilla Municipio). Patillas Municipio has the higher median home value ($89,200 vs $84,800 in Guayanilla Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Guayanilla Municipio	Patillas Municipio
Population	17,418	15,753
Median age	43.8 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$21,400	$23,422
Median home value	$84,800	$89,200
Median gross rent	$435	$515
Housing units	8,265	8,067
Homeownership rate	73.2%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	20.1%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guayanilla Municipio	Patillas Municipio
Population	18,514 → 17,418 (-5.9%)	16,929 → 15,753 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$17,379 → $21,400 (+23.1%)	$16,007 → $23,422 (+46.3%)
Median home value	$79,700 → $84,800 (+6.4%)	$90,200 → $89,200 (-1.1%)
Median gross rent	$349 → $435 (+24.6%)	$309 → $515 (+66.7%)

Guayanilla Municipio

Population

18,51417,418

Median household income

$17,379$21,400

Median home value

$79,700$84,800

Median gross rent

$349$435

Patillas Municipio

Population

16,92915,753

Median household income

$16,007$23,422

Median home value

$90,200$89,200

Median gross rent

$309$515

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Guayanilla Municipio	Patillas Municipio
Under 5	3.3%	2.9%
5 to 17	14.5%	12.9%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.2%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.3%	15.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	13.5%
75 and over	10.5%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guayanilla Municipio	Patillas Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.2%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.7%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guayanilla Municipio	Patillas Municipio
No high school diploma	20.3%	19.0%
High school graduate	28.3%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guayanilla Municipio	Patillas Municipio
Drove alone	92.0%	80.4%
Carpooled	1.2%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	1.4%	11.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	0.7%
Other means	3.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guayanilla Municipio	Patillas Municipio
1-unit, detached	85.8%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Guayanilla Municipio	Patillas Municipio
Poverty rate	50.2%	47.8%
Average household size	2.73	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1976	1989