Orocovis Municipio vs PeÃ±uelas Municipio

A side-by-side comparison of Orocovis Municipio and PeÃ±uelas Municipio: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Orocovis Municipio has the higher population (21,351 vs 20,082 in PeÃ±uelas Municipio). PeÃ±uelas Municipio has the higher median household income ($20,959 vs $19,062 in Orocovis Municipio). Orocovis Municipio has the higher median home value ($94,700 vs $88,000 in PeÃ±uelas Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Orocovis Municipio	PeÃ±uelas Municipio
Population	21,351	20,082
Median age	42.0 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$19,062	$20,959
Median home value	$94,700	$88,000
Median gross rent	$480	$519
Housing units	9,040	8,616
Homeownership rate	70.6%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	14.0%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orocovis Municipio	PeÃ±uelas Municipio
Population	20,982 → 21,351 (+1.8%)	20,383 → 20,082 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$15,099 → $19,062 (+26.2%)	$16,718 → $20,959 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$84,800 → $94,700 (+11.7%)	$75,700 → $88,000 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$388 → $480 (+23.7%)	$431 → $519 (+20.4%)

Orocovis Municipio

Population

20,98221,351

Median household income

$15,099$19,062

Median home value

$84,800$94,700

Median gross rent

$388$480

PeÃ±uelas Municipio

Population

20,38320,082

Median household income

$16,718$20,959

Median home value

$75,700$88,000

Median gross rent

$431$519

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orocovis Municipio	PeÃ±uelas Municipio
Under 5	4.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	14.7%	15.7%
18 to 24	9.0%	9.2%
25 to 34	13.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.8%
75 and over	8.3%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orocovis Municipio	PeÃ±uelas Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.6%	0.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.3%	99.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orocovis Municipio	PeÃ±uelas Municipio
No high school diploma	27.7%	25.6%
High school graduate	30.7%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orocovis Municipio	PeÃ±uelas Municipio
Drove alone	81.7%	89.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	1.9%
Public transit	2.0%	0.3%
Walked	6.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orocovis Municipio	PeÃ±uelas Municipio
1-unit, detached	80.2%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	17.5%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Orocovis Municipio	PeÃ±uelas Municipio
Poverty rate	52.5%	51.0%
Average household size	3.10	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	37	27
Median year structure built	1982	1983