MayagÃ¼ez Municipio vs Trujillo Alto Municipio

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

MayagÃ¼ez Municipio and Trujillo Alto 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 67,329 in Trujillo Alto Municipio). Trujillo Alto Municipio has the higher median household income ($38,773 vs $17,963 in MayagÃ¼ez Municipio). Trujillo Alto Municipio has the higher median home value ($163,000 vs $107,900 in MayagÃ¼ez Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	MayagÃ¼ez Municipio	Trujillo Alto Municipio
Population	71,824	67,329
Median age	43.2 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$17,963	$38,773
Median home value	$107,900	$163,000
Median gross rent	$456	$628
Housing units	41,057	29,887
Homeownership rate	50.7%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	22.7%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	MayagÃ¼ez Municipio	Trujillo Alto Municipio
Population	75,232 → 71,824 (-4.5%)	66,338 → 67,329 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$14,236 → $17,963 (+26.2%)	$32,545 → $38,773 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$96,700 → $107,900 (+11.6%)	$146,200 → $163,000 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	$418 → $456 (+9.1%)	$501 → $628 (+25.3%)

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

Trujillo Alto Municipio

Population

66,33867,329

Median household income

$32,545$38,773

Median home value

$146,200$163,000

Median gross rent

$501$628

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	MayagÃ¼ez Municipio	Trujillo Alto Municipio
Under 5	3.0%	2.9%
5 to 17	12.7%	13.6%
18 to 24	15.7%	9.2%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.7%
35 to 44	9.4%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	11.8%	13.3%
65 to 74	12.1%	11.4%
75 and over	13.8%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	MayagÃ¼ez Municipio	Trujillo Alto Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.7%	0.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
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%	0.0%
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	Trujillo Alto Municipio
No high school diploma	23.8%	12.8%
High school graduate	29.4%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	MayagÃ¼ez Municipio	Trujillo Alto Municipio
Drove alone	85.1%	81.3%
Carpooled	5.7%	10.7%
Public transit	1.0%	0.3%
Walked	3.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	6.1%
Other means	0.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	MayagÃ¼ez Municipio	Trujillo Alto Municipio
1-unit, detached	57.5%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	11.4%	12.5%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	15.5%	12.3%
20 or more units	8.3%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	MayagÃ¼ez Municipio	Trujillo Alto Municipio
Poverty rate	53.0%	28.2%
Average household size	2.39	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1968	1981