MayagÃ¼ez Municipio vs Toa Baja Municipio

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

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

Toa Baja Municipio has the higher population (73,987 vs 71,824 in MayagÃ¼ez Municipio). Toa Baja Municipio has the higher median household income ($29,648 vs $17,963 in MayagÃ¼ez Municipio). Toa Baja Municipio has the higher median home value ($137,800 vs $107,900 in MayagÃ¼ez Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	MayagÃ¼ez Municipio	Toa Baja Municipio
Population	71,824	73,987
Median age	43.2 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$17,963	$29,648
Median home value	$107,900	$137,800
Median gross rent	$456	$708
Housing units	41,057	35,263
Homeownership rate	50.7%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	22.7%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	MayagÃ¼ez Municipio	Toa Baja Municipio
Population	75,232 → 71,824 (-4.5%)	77,810 → 73,987 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$14,236 → $17,963 (+26.2%)	$25,105 → $29,648 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$96,700 → $107,900 (+11.6%)	$122,300 → $137,800 (+12.7%)
Median gross rent	$418 → $456 (+9.1%)	$581 → $708 (+21.9%)

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 Baja Municipio

Population

77,81073,987

Median household income

$25,105$29,648

Median home value

$122,300$137,800

Median gross rent

$581$708

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	MayagÃ¼ez Municipio	Toa Baja Municipio
Under 5	3.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	12.7%	13.5%
18 to 24	15.7%	9.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.7%
35 to 44	9.4%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	11.8%	13.1%
65 to 74	12.1%	11.2%
75 and over	13.8%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	MayagÃ¼ez Municipio	Toa Baja Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.7%	0.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.1%	99.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	MayagÃ¼ez Municipio	Toa Baja Municipio
No high school diploma	23.8%	15.9%
High school graduate	29.4%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	MayagÃ¼ez Municipio	Toa Baja Municipio
Drove alone	85.1%	72.6%
Carpooled	5.7%	10.6%
Public transit	1.0%	0.8%
Walked	3.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	8.4%
Other means	0.2%	6.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	MayagÃ¼ez Municipio	Toa Baja Municipio
1-unit, detached	57.5%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	11.4%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	18.2%
5 to 19 units	15.5%	4.3%
20 or more units	8.3%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	MayagÃ¼ez Municipio	Toa Baja Municipio
Poverty rate	53.0%	33.8%
Average household size	2.39	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	1968	1976