Utuado Municipio vs Yabucoa Municipio

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

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

Yabucoa Municipio has the higher population (29,868 vs 27,896 in Utuado Municipio). Yabucoa Municipio has the higher median household income ($21,279 vs $17,624 in Utuado Municipio). Utuado Municipio has the higher median home value ($103,600 vs $95,600 in Yabucoa Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Utuado Municipio	Yabucoa Municipio
Population	27,896	29,868
Median age	46.3 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$17,624	$21,279
Median home value	$103,600	$95,600
Median gross rent	$466	$500
Housing units	13,285	14,165
Homeownership rate	61.6%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	26.7%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Utuado Municipio	Yabucoa Municipio
Population	28,676 → 27,896 (-2.7%)	33,499 → 29,868 (-10.8%)
Median household income	$15,399 → $17,624 (+14.4%)	$16,295 → $21,279 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $103,600 (+15.1%)	$87,200 → $95,600 (+9.6%)
Median gross rent	$396 → $466 (+17.7%)	$454 → $500 (+10.1%)

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

Yabucoa Municipio

Population

33,49929,868

Median household income

$16,295$21,279

Median home value

$87,200$95,600

Median gross rent

$454$500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Utuado Municipio	Yabucoa Municipio
Under 5	3.2%	3.0%
5 to 17	13.7%	13.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.8%
25 to 34	12.1%	12.1%
35 to 44	11.2%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.6%	14.9%
65 to 74	13.3%	13.3%
75 and over	11.2%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Utuado Municipio	Yabucoa Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	1.3%	0.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	98.1%	99.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Utuado Municipio	Yabucoa Municipio
No high school diploma	25.1%	25.5%
High school graduate	26.7%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Utuado Municipio	Yabucoa Municipio
Drove alone	89.5%	91.8%
Carpooled	2.4%	4.7%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Utuado Municipio	Yabucoa Municipio
1-unit, detached	79.0%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Utuado Municipio	Yabucoa Municipio
Poverty rate	53.5%	49.7%
Average household size	2.63	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	1982	1984