Orocovis Municipio vs Sabana Grande Municipio

A side-by-side comparison of Orocovis Municipio and Sabana Grande Municipio: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sabana Grande Municipio has the higher population (22,541 vs 21,351 in Orocovis Municipio). Sabana Grande Municipio has the higher median household income ($20,564 vs $19,062 in Orocovis Municipio). Sabana Grande Municipio has the higher median home value ($100,300 vs $94,700 in Orocovis Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Orocovis Municipio	Sabana Grande Municipio
Population	21,351	22,541
Median age	42.0 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$19,062	$20,564
Median home value	$94,700	$100,300
Median gross rent	$480	$438
Housing units	9,040	10,949
Homeownership rate	70.6%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	14.0%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orocovis Municipio	Sabana Grande Municipio
Population	20,982 → 21,351 (+1.8%)	22,560 → 22,541 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$15,099 → $19,062 (+26.2%)	$17,319 → $20,564 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$84,800 → $94,700 (+11.7%)	$95,800 → $100,300 (+4.7%)
Median gross rent	$388 → $480 (+23.7%)	$467 → $438 (-6.2%)

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

Sabana Grande Municipio

Population

22,56022,541

Median household income

$17,319$20,564

Median home value

$95,800$100,300

Median gross rent

$467$438

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orocovis Municipio	Sabana Grande Municipio
Under 5	4.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	14.7%	13.7%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.9%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	12.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	12.6%
75 and over	8.3%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orocovis Municipio	Sabana Grande Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.6%	0.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.1%
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	Sabana Grande Municipio
No high school diploma	27.7%	18.5%
High school graduate	30.7%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orocovis Municipio	Sabana Grande Municipio
Drove alone	81.7%	88.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	4.3%
Public transit	2.0%	1.2%
Walked	6.2%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orocovis Municipio	Sabana Grande Municipio
1-unit, detached	80.2%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	17.5%	12.9%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Orocovis Municipio	Sabana Grande Municipio
Poverty rate	52.5%	44.5%
Average household size	3.10	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	37	27
Median year structure built	1982	1984