Naguabo Municipio vs Salinas Municipio

A side-by-side comparison of Naguabo Municipio and Salinas Municipio: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Salinas Municipio has the higher population (25,397 vs 23,205 in Naguabo Municipio). Salinas Municipio has the higher median household income ($21,611 vs $21,416 in Naguabo Municipio). Naguabo Municipio has the higher median home value ($105,500 vs $91,700 in Salinas Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Naguabo Municipio	Salinas Municipio
Population	23,205	25,397
Median age	39.6 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$21,416	$21,611
Median home value	$105,500	$91,700
Median gross rent	$525	$509
Housing units	11,220	13,152
Homeownership rate	73.2%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Naguabo Municipio	Salinas Municipio
Population	26,075 → 23,205 (-11.0%)	28,109 → 25,397 (-9.6%)
Median household income	$19,432 → $21,416 (+10.2%)	$18,189 → $21,611 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$92,500 → $105,500 (+14.1%)	$83,100 → $91,700 (+10.3%)
Median gross rent	$452 → $525 (+16.2%)	$430 → $509 (+18.4%)

Naguabo Municipio

Population

26,07523,205

Median household income

$19,432$21,416

Median home value

$92,500$105,500

Median gross rent

$452$525

Salinas Municipio

Population

28,10925,397

Median household income

$18,189$21,611

Median home value

$83,100$91,700

Median gross rent

$430$509

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Naguabo Municipio	Salinas Municipio
Under 5	3.6%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.7%	15.2%
18 to 24	9.5%	8.9%
25 to 34	14.1%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.3%	11.8%
75 and over	9.5%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Naguabo Municipio	Salinas Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.5%	0.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	98.9%	99.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Naguabo Municipio	Salinas Municipio
No high school diploma	19.8%	21.2%
High school graduate	39.2%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	17.3%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Naguabo Municipio	Salinas Municipio
Drove alone	88.2%	88.9%
Carpooled	3.3%	3.5%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	3.4%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Naguabo Municipio	Salinas Municipio
1-unit, detached	77.2%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	13.1%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	3.4%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Naguabo Municipio	Salinas Municipio
Poverty rate	48.0%	48.0%
Average household size	2.81	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1984	1982