Santa Isabel Municipio vs Villalba Municipio

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

Santa Isabel 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 20,064 in Santa Isabel Municipio). Villalba Municipio has the higher median household income ($24,882 vs $23,197 in Santa Isabel Municipio). Santa Isabel Municipio has the higher median home value ($106,100 vs $103,300 in Villalba Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Santa Isabel Municipio	Villalba Municipio
Population	20,064	21,778
Median age	41.1 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$23,197	$24,882
Median home value	$106,100	$103,300
Median gross rent	$486	$519
Housing units	9,178	9,188
Homeownership rate	78.1%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Santa Isabel Municipio	Villalba Municipio
Population	21,757 → 20,064 (-7.8%)	22,403 → 21,778 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$19,827 → $23,197 (+17.0%)	$19,877 → $24,882 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$93,500 → $106,100 (+13.5%)	$92,600 → $103,300 (+11.6%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $486 (-0.4%)	$405 → $519 (+28.1%)

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

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)

	Santa Isabel Municipio	Villalba Municipio
Under 5	3.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	14.9%	14.8%
18 to 24	9.8%	9.6%
25 to 34	14.0%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	14.9%	12.8%
55 to 64	11.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	9.6%	12.5%
75 and over	7.9%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Santa Isabel Municipio	Villalba Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.3%	0.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	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	99.4%	99.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Santa Isabel Municipio	Villalba Municipio
No high school diploma	17.1%	21.1%
High school graduate	35.4%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Santa Isabel Municipio	Villalba Municipio
Drove alone	87.8%	89.7%
Carpooled	5.9%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.3%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Santa Isabel Municipio	Villalba Municipio
1-unit, detached	88.6%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	15.4%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Santa Isabel Municipio	Villalba Municipio
Poverty rate	45.7%	41.8%
Average household size	2.70	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1989	1987