Salinas Municipio vs Utuado Municipio

A side-by-side comparison of Salinas Municipio and Utuado Municipio: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Utuado Municipio has the higher population (27,896 vs 25,397 in Salinas Municipio). Salinas Municipio has the higher median household income ($21,611 vs $17,624 in Utuado Municipio). Utuado Municipio has the higher median home value ($103,600 vs $91,700 in Salinas Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Salinas Municipio	Utuado Municipio
Population	25,397	27,896
Median age	43.3 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$21,611	$17,624
Median home value	$91,700	$103,600
Median gross rent	$509	$466
Housing units	13,152	13,285
Homeownership rate	76.8%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	26.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Salinas Municipio	Utuado Municipio
Population	28,109 → 25,397 (-9.6%)	28,676 → 27,896 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$18,189 → $21,611 (+18.8%)	$15,399 → $17,624 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$83,100 → $91,700 (+10.3%)	$90,000 → $103,600 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$430 → $509 (+18.4%)	$396 → $466 (+17.7%)

Salinas Municipio

Population

28,10925,397

Median household income

$18,189$21,611

Median home value

$83,100$91,700

Median gross rent

$430$509

Utuado Municipio

Population

28,67627,896

Median household income

$15,399$17,624

Median home value

$90,000$103,600

Median gross rent

$396$466

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Salinas Municipio	Utuado Municipio
Under 5	3.4%	3.2%
5 to 17	15.2%	13.7%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.3%
25 to 34	12.9%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.4%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.6%
65 to 74	11.8%	13.3%
75 and over	10.1%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Salinas Municipio	Utuado Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.2%	1.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.1%	98.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Salinas Municipio	Utuado Municipio
No high school diploma	21.2%	25.1%
High school graduate	40.2%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Salinas Municipio	Utuado Municipio
Drove alone	88.9%	89.5%
Carpooled	3.5%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.8%	3.4%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	3.6%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Salinas Municipio	Utuado Municipio
1-unit, detached	86.6%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Salinas Municipio	Utuado Municipio
Poverty rate	48.0%	53.5%
Average household size	2.52	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1982	1982