MayagÃ¼ez Municipio vs Toa Alta Municipio

A side-by-side comparison of MayagÃ¼ez Municipio and Toa Alta Municipio: population, income, housing, and more.

MayagÃ¼ez Municipio and Toa Alta Municipio are counties in Puerto Rico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

MayagÃ¼ez Municipio has the higher population (71,824 vs 66,536 in Toa Alta Municipio). Toa Alta Municipio has the higher median household income ($33,349 vs $17,963 in MayagÃ¼ez Municipio). Toa Alta Municipio has the higher median home value ($152,000 vs $107,900 in MayagÃ¼ez Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	MayagÃ¼ez Municipio	Toa Alta Municipio
Population	71,824	66,536
Median age	43.2 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$17,963	$33,349
Median home value	$107,900	$152,000
Median gross rent	$456	$723
Housing units	41,057	26,786
Homeownership rate	50.7%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	22.7%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	MayagÃ¼ez Municipio	Toa Alta Municipio
Population	75,232 → 71,824 (-4.5%)	72,864 → 66,536 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$14,236 → $17,963 (+26.2%)	$28,834 → $33,349 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$96,700 → $107,900 (+11.6%)	$133,500 → $152,000 (+13.9%)
Median gross rent	$418 → $456 (+9.1%)	$664 → $723 (+8.9%)

MayagÃ¼ez Municipio

Population

75,23271,824

Median household income

$14,236$17,963

Median home value

$96,700$107,900

Median gross rent

$418$456

Toa Alta Municipio

Population

72,86466,536

Median household income

$28,834$33,349

Median home value

$133,500$152,000

Median gross rent

$664$723

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	MayagÃ¼ez Municipio	Toa Alta Municipio
Under 5	3.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	12.7%	14.2%
18 to 24	15.7%	9.8%
25 to 34	11.5%	15.1%
35 to 44	9.4%	13.0%
45 to 54	10.0%	14.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	13.9%
65 to 74	12.1%	9.5%
75 and over	13.8%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	MayagÃ¼ez Municipio	Toa Alta Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.7%	0.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.1%	99.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	MayagÃ¼ez Municipio	Toa Alta Municipio
No high school diploma	23.8%	14.6%
High school graduate	29.4%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	MayagÃ¼ez Municipio	Toa Alta Municipio
Drove alone	85.1%	85.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	7.3%
Public transit	1.0%	0.2%
Walked	3.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	4.2%
Other means	0.2%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	MayagÃ¼ez Municipio	Toa Alta Municipio
1-unit, detached	57.5%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	11.4%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	15.5%	3.0%
20 or more units	8.3%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	MayagÃ¼ez Municipio	Toa Alta Municipio
Poverty rate	53.0%	33.8%
Average household size	2.39	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	22	40
Median year structure built	1968	1989