PeÃ±uelas Municipio vs Santa Isabel Municipio

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

PeÃ±uelas 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.

PeÃ±uelas Municipio has the higher population (20,082 vs 20,064 in Santa Isabel Municipio). Santa Isabel Municipio has the higher median household income ($23,197 vs $20,959 in PeÃ±uelas Municipio). Santa Isabel Municipio has the higher median home value ($106,100 vs $88,000 in PeÃ±uelas Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	PeÃ±uelas Municipio	Santa Isabel Municipio
Population	20,082	20,064
Median age	41.2 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$20,959	$23,197
Median home value	$88,000	$106,100
Median gross rent	$519	$486
Housing units	8,616	9,178
Homeownership rate	67.8%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	PeÃ±uelas Municipio	Santa Isabel Municipio
Population	20,383 → 20,082 (-1.5%)	21,757 → 20,064 (-7.8%)
Median household income	$16,718 → $20,959 (+25.4%)	$19,827 → $23,197 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$75,700 → $88,000 (+16.2%)	$93,500 → $106,100 (+13.5%)
Median gross rent	$431 → $519 (+20.4%)	$488 → $486 (-0.4%)

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

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)

	PeÃ±uelas Municipio	Santa Isabel Municipio
Under 5	4.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	15.7%	14.9%
18 to 24	9.2%	9.8%
25 to 34	13.3%	14.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	14.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.8%	9.6%
75 and over	8.3%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	PeÃ±uelas Municipio	Santa Isabel Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.4%	0.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.2%	99.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	PeÃ±uelas Municipio	Santa Isabel Municipio
No high school diploma	25.6%	17.1%
High school graduate	27.1%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	PeÃ±uelas Municipio	Santa Isabel Municipio
Drove alone	89.0%	87.8%
Carpooled	1.9%	5.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	2.6%	4.1%
Other means	5.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	PeÃ±uelas Municipio	Santa Isabel Municipio
1-unit, detached	84.8%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	12.7%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	PeÃ±uelas Municipio	Santa Isabel Municipio
Poverty rate	51.0%	45.7%
Average household size	2.91	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1983	1989