Lajas Municipio vs Sabana Grande Municipio

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

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

Lajas Municipio has the higher population (23,133 vs 22,541 in Sabana Grande Municipio). Sabana Grande Municipio has the higher median household income ($20,564 vs $18,920 in Lajas Municipio). Lajas Municipio has the higher median home value ($102,400 vs $100,300 in Sabana Grande Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Lajas Municipio	Sabana Grande Municipio
Population	23,133	22,541
Median age	48.0 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$18,920	$20,564
Median home value	$102,400	$100,300
Median gross rent	$502	$438
Housing units	12,129	10,949
Homeownership rate	71.4%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	20.3%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lajas Municipio	Sabana Grande Municipio
Population	22,835 → 23,133 (+1.3%)	22,560 → 22,541 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$13,992 → $18,920 (+35.2%)	$17,319 → $20,564 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$86,900 → $102,400 (+17.8%)	$95,800 → $100,300 (+4.7%)
Median gross rent	$452 → $502 (+11.1%)	$467 → $438 (-6.2%)

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

Sabana Grande Municipio

Population

22,56022,541

Median household income

$17,319$20,564

Median home value

$95,800$100,300

Median gross rent

$467$438

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lajas Municipio	Sabana Grande Municipio
Under 5	3.1%	3.4%
5 to 17	12.5%	13.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.8%
25 to 34	12.2%	12.5%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.7%
65 to 74	13.5%	12.6%
75 and over	13.1%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lajas Municipio	Sabana Grande Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	1.5%	0.6%
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	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	97.8%	99.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lajas Municipio	Sabana Grande Municipio
No high school diploma	27.6%	18.5%
High school graduate	28.7%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lajas Municipio	Sabana Grande Municipio
Drove alone	89.2%	88.4%
Carpooled	4.2%	4.3%
Public transit	0.8%	1.2%
Walked	2.3%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lajas Municipio	Sabana Grande Municipio
1-unit, detached	87.5%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	12.9%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	2.2%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Lajas Municipio	Sabana Grande Municipio
Poverty rate	53.0%	44.5%
Average household size	2.80	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1982	1984