Lajas Municipio vs Naguabo Municipio

A side-by-side comparison of Lajas Municipio and Naguabo Municipio: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Naguabo Municipio has the higher population (23,205 vs 23,133 in Lajas Municipio). Naguabo Municipio has the higher median household income ($21,416 vs $18,920 in Lajas Municipio). Naguabo Municipio has the higher median home value ($105,500 vs $102,400 in Lajas Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Lajas Municipio	Naguabo Municipio
Population	23,133	23,205
Median age	48.0 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$18,920	$21,416
Median home value	$102,400	$105,500
Median gross rent	$502	$525
Housing units	12,129	11,220
Homeownership rate	71.4%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	20.3%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lajas Municipio	Naguabo Municipio
Population	22,835 → 23,133 (+1.3%)	26,075 → 23,205 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$13,992 → $18,920 (+35.2%)	$19,432 → $21,416 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$86,900 → $102,400 (+17.8%)	$92,500 → $105,500 (+14.1%)
Median gross rent	$452 → $502 (+11.1%)	$452 → $525 (+16.2%)

Lajas Municipio

Population

22,83523,133

Median household income

$13,992$18,920

Median home value

$86,900$102,400

Median gross rent

$452$502

Naguabo Municipio

Population

26,07523,205

Median household income

$19,432$21,416

Median home value

$92,500$105,500

Median gross rent

$452$525

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lajas Municipio	Naguabo Municipio
Under 5	3.1%	3.6%
5 to 17	12.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.5%
25 to 34	12.2%	14.1%
35 to 44	10.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.5%	11.1%
65 to 74	13.5%	10.3%
75 and over	13.1%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lajas Municipio	Naguabo Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	1.5%	0.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	97.8%	98.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lajas Municipio	Naguabo Municipio
No high school diploma	27.6%	19.8%
High school graduate	28.7%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lajas Municipio	Naguabo Municipio
Drove alone	89.2%	88.2%
Carpooled	4.2%	3.3%
Public transit	0.8%	1.5%
Walked	2.3%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lajas Municipio	Naguabo Municipio
1-unit, detached	87.5%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	13.1%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	6.4%
20 or more units	1.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lajas Municipio	Naguabo Municipio
Poverty rate	53.0%	48.0%
Average household size	2.80	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1982	1984