Toa Baja Municipio vs Trujillo Alto Municipio

A side-by-side comparison of Toa Baja Municipio and Trujillo Alto Municipio: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Toa Baja Municipio has the higher population (73,987 vs 67,329 in Trujillo Alto Municipio). Trujillo Alto Municipio has the higher median household income ($38,773 vs $29,648 in Toa Baja Municipio). Trujillo Alto Municipio has the higher median home value ($163,000 vs $137,800 in Toa Baja Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Toa Baja Municipio	Trujillo Alto Municipio
Population	73,987	67,329
Median age	43.0 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$29,648	$38,773
Median home value	$137,800	$163,000
Median gross rent	$708	$628
Housing units	35,263	29,887
Homeownership rate	71.0%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Toa Baja Municipio	Trujillo Alto Municipio
Population	77,810 → 73,987 (-4.9%)	66,338 → 67,329 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$25,105 → $29,648 (+18.1%)	$32,545 → $38,773 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$122,300 → $137,800 (+12.7%)	$146,200 → $163,000 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	$581 → $708 (+21.9%)	$501 → $628 (+25.3%)

Toa Baja Municipio

Population

77,81073,987

Median household income

$25,105$29,648

Median home value

$122,300$137,800

Median gross rent

$581$708

Trujillo Alto Municipio

Population

66,33867,329

Median household income

$32,545$38,773

Median home value

$146,200$163,000

Median gross rent

$501$628

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Toa Baja Municipio	Trujillo Alto Municipio
Under 5	3.2%	2.9%
5 to 17	13.5%	13.6%
18 to 24	9.4%	9.2%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.7%
45 to 54	12.6%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.2%	11.4%
75 and over	10.5%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Toa Baja Municipio	Trujillo Alto Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.5%	0.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.3%	99.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Toa Baja Municipio	Trujillo Alto Municipio
No high school diploma	15.9%	12.8%
High school graduate	26.6%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Toa Baja Municipio	Trujillo Alto Municipio
Drove alone	72.6%	81.3%
Carpooled	10.6%	10.7%
Public transit	0.8%	0.3%
Walked	1.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	6.1%
Other means	6.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Toa Baja Municipio	Trujillo Alto Municipio
1-unit, detached	66.0%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	12.5%
2 to 4 units	18.2%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	12.3%
20 or more units	2.3%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Toa Baja Municipio	Trujillo Alto Municipio
Poverty rate	33.8%	28.2%
Average household size	2.54	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1976	1981