PeÃ±uelas Municipio vs Villalba Municipio

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

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

Villalba Municipio has the higher population (21,778 vs 20,082 in PeÃ±uelas Municipio). Villalba Municipio has the higher median household income ($24,882 vs $20,959 in PeÃ±uelas Municipio). Villalba Municipio has the higher median home value ($103,300 vs $88,000 in PeÃ±uelas Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	PeÃ±uelas Municipio	Villalba Municipio
Population	20,082	21,778
Median age	41.2 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$20,959	$24,882
Median home value	$88,000	$103,300
Median gross rent	$519	$519
Housing units	8,616	9,188
Homeownership rate	67.8%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	PeÃ±uelas Municipio	Villalba Municipio
Population	20,383 → 20,082 (-1.5%)	22,403 → 21,778 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$16,718 → $20,959 (+25.4%)	$19,877 → $24,882 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$75,700 → $88,000 (+16.2%)	$92,600 → $103,300 (+11.6%)
Median gross rent	$431 → $519 (+20.4%)	$405 → $519 (+28.1%)

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

Villalba Municipio

Population

22,40321,778

Median household income

$19,877$24,882

Median home value

$92,600$103,300

Median gross rent

$405$519

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	PeÃ±uelas Municipio	Villalba Municipio
Under 5	4.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.7%	14.8%
18 to 24	9.2%	9.6%
25 to 34	13.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	10.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.8%
65 to 74	10.8%	12.5%
75 and over	8.3%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	PeÃ±uelas Municipio	Villalba Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.4%	0.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.2%	99.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	PeÃ±uelas Municipio	Villalba Municipio
No high school diploma	25.6%	21.1%
High school graduate	27.1%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	PeÃ±uelas Municipio	Villalba Municipio
Drove alone	89.0%	89.7%
Carpooled	1.9%	6.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.8%
Walked	1.1%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	0.5%
Other means	5.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	PeÃ±uelas Municipio	Villalba Municipio
1-unit, detached	84.8%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	12.7%	15.4%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	PeÃ±uelas Municipio	Villalba Municipio
Poverty rate	51.0%	41.8%
Average household size	2.91	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1983	1987