Jayuya Municipio vs Patillas Municipio

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

Jayuya 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.

Patillas Municipio has the higher population (15,753 vs 14,653 in Jayuya Municipio). Patillas Municipio has the higher median household income ($23,422 vs $18,413 in Jayuya Municipio). Jayuya Municipio has the higher median home value ($105,000 vs $89,200 in Patillas Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Jayuya Municipio	Patillas Municipio
Population	14,653	15,753
Median age	43.2 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$18,413	$23,422
Median home value	$105,000	$89,200
Median gross rent	$463	$515
Housing units	6,276	8,067
Homeownership rate	59.8%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	17.8%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jayuya Municipio	Patillas Municipio
Population	14,539 → 14,653 (+0.8%)	16,929 → 15,753 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$14,808 → $18,413 (+24.3%)	$16,007 → $23,422 (+46.3%)
Median home value	$94,100 → $105,000 (+11.6%)	$90,200 → $89,200 (-1.1%)
Median gross rent	$371 → $463 (+24.8%)	$309 → $515 (+66.7%)

Jayuya Municipio

Population

14,53914,653

Median household income

$14,808$18,413

Median home value

$94,100$105,000

Median gross rent

$371$463

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)

	Jayuya Municipio	Patillas Municipio
Under 5	3.9%	2.9%
5 to 17	15.4%	12.9%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.9%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.9%	10.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	15.8%
65 to 74	11.3%	13.5%
75 and over	8.1%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jayuya Municipio	Patillas Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	1.7%	0.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	98.3%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jayuya Municipio	Patillas Municipio
No high school diploma	20.9%	19.0%
High school graduate	34.9%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jayuya Municipio	Patillas Municipio
Drove alone	85.1%	80.4%
Carpooled	11.3%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	3.6%	11.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jayuya Municipio	Patillas Municipio
1-unit, detached	80.5%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	1.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Jayuya Municipio	Patillas Municipio
Poverty rate	54.9%	47.8%
Average household size	3.00	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	20	31
Median year structure built	1984	1989