Lajas Municipio vs Villalba Municipio

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

Lajas Municipio and Villalba 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 21,778 in Villalba Municipio). Villalba Municipio has the higher median household income ($24,882 vs $18,920 in Lajas Municipio). Villalba Municipio has the higher median home value ($103,300 vs $102,400 in Lajas Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Lajas Municipio	Villalba Municipio
Population	23,133	21,778
Median age	48.0 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$18,920	$24,882
Median home value	$102,400	$103,300
Median gross rent	$502	$519
Housing units	12,129	9,188
Homeownership rate	71.4%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	20.3%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lajas Municipio	Villalba Municipio
Population	22,835 → 23,133 (+1.3%)	22,403 → 21,778 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$13,992 → $18,920 (+35.2%)	$19,877 → $24,882 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$86,900 → $102,400 (+17.8%)	$92,600 → $103,300 (+11.6%)
Median gross rent	$452 → $502 (+11.1%)	$405 → $519 (+28.1%)

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

Villalba Municipio

Population

22,40321,778

Median household income

$19,877$24,882

Median home value

$92,600$103,300

Median gross rent

$405$519

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lajas Municipio	Villalba Municipio
Under 5	3.1%	4.1%
5 to 17	12.5%	14.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	12.5%
35 to 44	10.5%	10.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.8%
65 to 74	13.5%	12.5%
75 and over	13.1%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lajas Municipio	Villalba Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	1.5%	0.3%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	97.8%	99.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lajas Municipio	Villalba Municipio
No high school diploma	27.6%	21.1%
High school graduate	28.7%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lajas Municipio	Villalba Municipio
Drove alone	89.2%	89.7%
Carpooled	4.2%	6.1%
Public transit	0.8%	0.8%
Walked	2.3%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lajas Municipio	Villalba Municipio
1-unit, detached	87.5%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	15.4%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	2.1%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Lajas Municipio	Villalba Municipio
Poverty rate	53.0%	41.8%
Average household size	2.80	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1982	1987