Lares Municipio vs Yabucoa Municipio

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

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

Yabucoa Municipio has the higher population (29,868 vs 27,944 in Lares Municipio). Yabucoa Municipio has the higher median household income ($21,279 vs $19,323 in Lares Municipio). Lares Municipio has the higher median home value ($102,200 vs $95,600 in Yabucoa Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Lares Municipio	Yabucoa Municipio
Population	27,944	29,868
Median age	45.0 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$19,323	$21,279
Median home value	$102,200	$95,600
Median gross rent	$493	$500
Housing units	12,448	14,165
Homeownership rate	65.4%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	13.1%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lares Municipio	Yabucoa Municipio
Population	25,696 → 27,944 (+8.7%)	33,499 → 29,868 (-10.8%)
Median household income	$16,532 → $19,323 (+16.9%)	$16,295 → $21,279 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$86,000 → $102,200 (+18.8%)	$87,200 → $95,600 (+9.6%)
Median gross rent	$420 → $493 (+17.4%)	$454 → $500 (+10.1%)

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

Yabucoa Municipio

Population

33,49929,868

Median household income

$16,295$21,279

Median home value

$87,200$95,600

Median gross rent

$454$500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lares Municipio	Yabucoa Municipio
Under 5	3.3%	3.0%
5 to 17	13.2%	13.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.8%
25 to 34	12.8%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.4%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.5%	14.9%
65 to 74	12.4%	13.3%
75 and over	10.5%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lares Municipio	Yabucoa Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.3%	0.4%
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%	99.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lares Municipio	Yabucoa Municipio
No high school diploma	30.9%	25.5%
High school graduate	23.2%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lares Municipio	Yabucoa Municipio
Drove alone	85.7%	91.8%
Carpooled	9.4%	4.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lares Municipio	Yabucoa Municipio
1-unit, detached	77.1%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	17.3%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Lares Municipio	Yabucoa Municipio
Poverty rate	54.9%	49.7%
Average household size	2.62	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	1984	1984