Lajas Municipio vs Quebradillas Municipio

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

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

Quebradillas Municipio has the higher population (23,486 vs 23,133 in Lajas Municipio). Quebradillas Municipio has the higher median household income ($23,624 vs $18,920 in Lajas Municipio). Quebradillas Municipio has the higher median home value ($109,700 vs $102,400 in Lajas Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Lajas Municipio	Quebradillas Municipio
Population	23,133	23,486
Median age	48.0 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$18,920	$23,624
Median home value	$102,400	$109,700
Median gross rent	$502	$527
Housing units	12,129	10,619
Homeownership rate	71.4%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	20.3%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lajas Municipio	Quebradillas Municipio
Population	22,835 → 23,133 (+1.3%)	23,629 → 23,486 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$13,992 → $18,920 (+35.2%)	$17,473 → $23,624 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$86,900 → $102,400 (+17.8%)	$102,700 → $109,700 (+6.8%)
Median gross rent	$452 → $502 (+11.1%)	$457 → $527 (+15.3%)

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

Quebradillas Municipio

Population

23,62923,486

Median household income

$17,473$23,624

Median home value

$102,700$109,700

Median gross rent

$457$527

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lajas Municipio	Quebradillas Municipio
Under 5	3.1%	3.3%
5 to 17	12.5%	13.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.8%
25 to 34	12.2%	13.0%
35 to 44	10.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.1%
65 to 74	13.5%	11.9%
75 and over	13.1%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lajas Municipio	Quebradillas Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	1.5%	1.2%
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	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	97.8%	98.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lajas Municipio	Quebradillas Municipio
No high school diploma	27.6%	24.7%
High school graduate	28.7%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lajas Municipio	Quebradillas Municipio
Drove alone	89.2%	86.8%
Carpooled	4.2%	0.3%
Public transit	0.8%	1.2%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	11.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lajas Municipio	Quebradillas Municipio
1-unit, detached	87.5%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	14.8%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	6.2%
20 or more units	1.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Lajas Municipio	Quebradillas Municipio
Poverty rate	53.0%	45.1%
Average household size	2.80	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1982	1983