Las Piedras Municipio vs Yauco Municipio

A side-by-side comparison of Las Piedras Municipio and Yauco Municipio: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Las Piedras Municipio has the higher population (35,034 vs 33,509 in Yauco Municipio). Las Piedras Municipio has the higher median household income ($25,697 vs $21,918 in Yauco Municipio). Las Piedras Municipio has the higher median home value ($121,300 vs $98,800 in Yauco Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Las Piedras Municipio	Yauco Municipio
Population	35,034	33,509
Median age	43.0 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$25,697	$21,918
Median home value	$121,300	$98,800
Median gross rent	$496	$521
Housing units	15,124	17,199
Homeownership rate	77.6%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Las Piedras Municipio	Yauco Municipio
Population	37,499 → 35,034 (-6.6%)	35,428 → 33,509 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$21,667 → $25,697 (+18.6%)	$14,743 → $21,918 (+48.7%)
Median home value	$114,200 → $121,300 (+6.2%)	$91,100 → $98,800 (+8.5%)
Median gross rent	$560 → $496 (-11.4%)	$365 → $521 (+42.7%)

Las Piedras Municipio

Population

37,49935,034

Median household income

$21,667$25,697

Median home value

$114,200$121,300

Median gross rent

$560$496

Yauco Municipio

Population

35,42833,509

Median household income

$14,743$21,918

Median home value

$91,100$98,800

Median gross rent

$365$521

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Las Piedras Municipio	Yauco Municipio
Under 5	3.2%	3.1%
5 to 17	13.9%	13.2%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.0%
25 to 34	13.2%	11.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.7%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.3%	13.5%
75 and over	9.6%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Las Piedras Municipio	Yauco Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	99.7%	99.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Las Piedras Municipio	Yauco Municipio
No high school diploma	17.0%	20.5%
High school graduate	23.7%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Las Piedras Municipio	Yauco Municipio
Drove alone	88.8%	90.8%
Carpooled	4.0%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	6.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	3.7%
Other means	0.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Las Piedras Municipio	Yauco Municipio
1-unit, detached	83.9%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	10.0%	12.6%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	3.9%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Las Piedras Municipio	Yauco Municipio
Poverty rate	37.5%	44.6%
Average household size	2.79	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1991	1981