Patillas Municipio vs RincÃ³n Municipio

A side-by-side comparison of Patillas Municipio and RincÃ³n Municipio: population, income, housing, and more.

Patillas Municipio and RincÃ³n Municipio are counties in Puerto Rico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Patillas Municipio has the higher population (15,753 vs 15,276 in RincÃ³n Municipio). RincÃ³n Municipio has the higher median household income ($25,223 vs $23,422 in Patillas Municipio). RincÃ³n Municipio has the higher median home value ($154,900 vs $89,200 in Patillas Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Patillas Municipio	RincÃ³n Municipio
Population	15,753	15,276
Median age	48.0 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$23,422	$25,223
Median home value	$89,200	$154,900
Median gross rent	$515	$626
Housing units	8,067	9,163
Homeownership rate	70.1%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Patillas Municipio	RincÃ³n Municipio
Population	16,929 → 15,753 (-6.9%)	14,056 → 15,276 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$16,007 → $23,422 (+46.3%)	$19,907 → $25,223 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$90,200 → $89,200 (-1.1%)	$122,000 → $154,900 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$309 → $515 (+66.7%)	$450 → $626 (+39.1%)

Patillas Municipio

Population

16,92915,753

Median household income

$16,007$23,422

Median home value

$90,200$89,200

Median gross rent

$309$515

RincÃ³n Municipio

Population

14,05615,276

Median household income

$19,907$25,223

Median home value

$122,000$154,900

Median gross rent

$450$626

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Patillas Municipio	RincÃ³n Municipio
Under 5	2.9%	2.7%
5 to 17	12.9%	11.7%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	14.1%
55 to 64	15.8%	15.0%
65 to 74	13.5%	13.6%
75 and over	11.7%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Patillas Municipio	RincÃ³n Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	3.8%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	100.0%	95.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Patillas Municipio	RincÃ³n Municipio
No high school diploma	19.0%	25.8%
High school graduate	29.6%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Patillas Municipio	RincÃ³n Municipio
Drove alone	80.4%	66.1%
Carpooled	6.1%	16.1%
Public transit	1.7%	2.8%
Walked	11.2%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	0.7%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Patillas Municipio	RincÃ³n Municipio
1-unit, detached	86.4%	47.4%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	33.8%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	1.6%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Patillas Municipio	RincÃ³n Municipio
Poverty rate	47.8%	44.6%
Average household size	2.62	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	1989	1979