Lares Municipio vs Morovis Municipio

A side-by-side comparison of Lares Municipio and Morovis Municipio: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Morovis Municipio has the higher population (28,534 vs 27,944 in Lares Municipio). Morovis Municipio has the higher median household income ($23,010 vs $19,323 in Lares Municipio). Morovis Municipio has the higher median home value ($113,800 vs $102,200 in Lares Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Lares Municipio	Morovis Municipio
Population	27,944	28,534
Median age	45.0 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$19,323	$23,010
Median home value	$102,200	$113,800
Median gross rent	$493	$572
Housing units	12,448	12,266
Homeownership rate	65.4%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	13.1%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lares Municipio	Morovis Municipio
Population	25,696 → 27,944 (+8.7%)	30,962 → 28,534 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$16,532 → $19,323 (+16.9%)	$20,941 → $23,010 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$86,000 → $102,200 (+18.8%)	$105,700 → $113,800 (+7.7%)
Median gross rent	$420 → $493 (+17.4%)	$503 → $572 (+13.7%)

Lares Municipio

Population

25,69627,944

Median household income

$16,532$19,323

Median home value

$86,000$102,200

Median gross rent

$420$493

Morovis Municipio

Population

30,96228,534

Median household income

$20,941$23,010

Median home value

$105,700$113,800

Median gross rent

$503$572

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lares Municipio	Morovis Municipio
Under 5	3.3%	3.6%
5 to 17	13.2%	14.3%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.4%
25 to 34	12.8%	14.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.5%	14.4%
65 to 74	12.4%	10.8%
75 and over	10.5%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lares Municipio	Morovis Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.3%	0.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	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	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.2%	99.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lares Municipio	Morovis Municipio
No high school diploma	30.9%	23.1%
High school graduate	23.2%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lares Municipio	Morovis Municipio
Drove alone	85.7%	89.7%
Carpooled	9.4%	5.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.5%
Walked	3.4%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	1.3%
Other means	0.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lares Municipio	Morovis Municipio
1-unit, detached	77.1%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	17.3%	14.7%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.2%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Lares Municipio	Morovis Municipio
Poverty rate	54.9%	48.7%
Average household size	2.62	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1984	1986