Orocovis Municipio vs Santa Isabel Municipio

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

Orocovis Municipio and Santa Isabel 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 20,064 in Santa Isabel Municipio). Santa Isabel Municipio has the higher median household income ($23,197 vs $19,062 in Orocovis Municipio). Santa Isabel Municipio has the higher median home value ($106,100 vs $94,700 in Orocovis Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Orocovis Municipio	Santa Isabel Municipio
Population	21,351	20,064
Median age	42.0 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$19,062	$23,197
Median home value	$94,700	$106,100
Median gross rent	$480	$486
Housing units	9,040	9,178
Homeownership rate	70.6%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	14.0%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orocovis Municipio	Santa Isabel Municipio
Population	20,982 → 21,351 (+1.8%)	21,757 → 20,064 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$15,099 → $19,062 (+26.2%)	$19,827 → $23,197 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$84,800 → $94,700 (+11.7%)	$93,500 → $106,100 (+13.5%)
Median gross rent	$388 → $480 (+23.7%)	$488 → $486 (-0.4%)

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

Santa Isabel Municipio

Population

21,75720,064

Median household income

$19,827$23,197

Median home value

$93,500$106,100

Median gross rent

$488$486

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orocovis Municipio	Santa Isabel Municipio
Under 5	4.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	14.7%	14.9%
18 to 24	9.0%	9.8%
25 to 34	13.9%	14.0%
35 to 44	11.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	13.1%	14.9%
55 to 64	14.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.6%
75 and over	8.3%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orocovis Municipio	Santa Isabel Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.6%	0.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
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%	99.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orocovis Municipio	Santa Isabel Municipio
No high school diploma	27.7%	17.1%
High school graduate	30.7%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orocovis Municipio	Santa Isabel Municipio
Drove alone	81.7%	87.8%
Carpooled	7.4%	5.9%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	2.7%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orocovis Municipio	Santa Isabel Municipio
1-unit, detached	80.2%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	17.5%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Orocovis Municipio	Santa Isabel Municipio
Poverty rate	52.5%	45.7%
Average household size	3.10	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	37	26
Median year structure built	1982	1989