Maricao Municipio vs Maunabo Municipio

A side-by-side comparison of Maricao Municipio and Maunabo Municipio: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Maunabo Municipio has the higher population (10,482 vs 5,176 in Maricao Municipio). Maricao Municipio has the higher median household income ($20,541 vs $19,363 in Maunabo Municipio). Maunabo Municipio has the higher median home value ($106,000 vs $103,800 in Maricao Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Maricao Municipio	Maunabo Municipio
Population	5,176	10,482
Median age	47.5 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$20,541	$19,363
Median home value	$103,800	$106,000
Median gross rent	$405	$498
Housing units	2,576	5,019
Homeownership rate	76.1%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	16.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maricao Municipio	Maunabo Municipio
Population	6,075 → 5,176 (-14.8%)	10,776 → 10,482 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$12,441 → $20,541 (+65.1%)	$20,844 → $19,363 (-7.1%)
Median home value	$79,700 → $103,800 (+30.2%)	$87,900 → $106,000 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$275 → $405 (+47.3%)	$398 → $498 (+25.1%)

Maricao Municipio

Population

6,0755,176

Median household income

$12,441$20,541

Median home value

$79,700$103,800

Median gross rent

$275$405

Maunabo Municipio

Population

10,77610,482

Median household income

$20,844$19,363

Median home value

$87,900$106,000

Median gross rent

$398$498

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maricao Municipio	Maunabo Municipio
Under 5	3.6%	1.4%
5 to 17	13.0%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	9.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.4%	15.2%
65 to 74	14.1%	13.5%
75 and over	11.8%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maricao Municipio	Maunabo Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.9%	0.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	98.8%	99.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maricao Municipio	Maunabo Municipio
No high school diploma	39.4%	26.8%
High school graduate	33.8%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	15.3%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maricao Municipio	Maunabo Municipio
Drove alone	87.5%	89.6%
Carpooled	6.3%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	3.8%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maricao Municipio	Maunabo Municipio
1-unit, detached	83.2%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	12.9%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Maricao Municipio	Maunabo Municipio
Poverty rate	52.6%	52.8%
Average household size	2.86	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1979	1986