Hatillo Municipio vs San SebastiÃ¡n Municipio

A side-by-side comparison of Hatillo Municipio and San SebastiÃ¡n Municipio: population, income, housing, and more.

Hatillo Municipio and San SebastiÃ¡n Municipio are counties in Puerto Rico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

San SebastiÃ¡n Municipio has the higher population (39,168 vs 38,266 in Hatillo Municipio). Hatillo Municipio has the higher median household income ($28,001 vs $17,834 in San SebastiÃ¡n Municipio). Hatillo Municipio has the higher median home value ($128,500 vs $110,500 in San SebastiÃ¡n Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Hatillo Municipio	San SebastiÃ¡n Municipio
Population	38,266	39,168
Median age	45.2 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$28,001	$17,834
Median home value	$128,500	$110,500
Median gross rent	$602	$481
Housing units	17,001	18,533
Homeownership rate	74.5%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	13.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hatillo Municipio	San SebastiÃ¡n Municipio
Population	39,950 → 38,266 (-4.2%)	37,120 → 39,168 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$17,715 → $28,001 (+58.1%)	$15,331 → $17,834 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$93,000 → $128,500 (+38.2%)	$98,400 → $110,500 (+12.3%)
Median gross rent	$456 → $602 (+32.0%)	$403 → $481 (+19.4%)

Hatillo Municipio

Population

39,95038,266

Median household income

$17,715$28,001

Median home value

$93,000$128,500

Median gross rent

$456$602

San SebastiÃ¡n Municipio

Population

37,12039,168

Median household income

$15,331$17,834

Median home value

$98,400$110,500

Median gross rent

$403$481

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hatillo Municipio	San SebastiÃ¡n Municipio
Under 5	2.7%	3.2%
5 to 17	13.0%	13.6%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.0%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.7%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	12.0%	13.7%
75 and over	10.8%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hatillo Municipio	San SebastiÃ¡n Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.4%	2.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	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%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	99.4%	97.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hatillo Municipio	San SebastiÃ¡n Municipio
No high school diploma	21.5%	28.3%
High school graduate	23.5%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hatillo Municipio	San SebastiÃ¡n Municipio
Drove alone	93.5%	81.7%
Carpooled	0.5%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	3.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hatillo Municipio	San SebastiÃ¡n Municipio
1-unit, detached	82.7%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	9.9%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Hatillo Municipio	San SebastiÃ¡n Municipio
Poverty rate	36.4%	52.4%
Average household size	2.87	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1988	1982