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Machuelo Abajo barrio, Ponce Municipio, PR

9,833 Population
1.8 square miles 5,494.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.5 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ponce Municipio: 43.9 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.2 ±0.2

Economics

$15,182 ±$2,570 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ponce Municipio: $14,020 ±$616
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $16,794 ±$142
$15,191 ±$2,164 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ponce Municipio: $18,827 ±$870
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Puerto Rico: $25,096 ±$232

53.3% ±4.8% (5,221  ±694) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Ponce Municipio: 50.9% 66,952 (±1.6% / ±2,091)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 41.6% 1,340,637 (±0.4% / ±11,638)

22.9 minutes ±1.2 (51,105  ±9,544) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Ponce Municipio: 23.8 843,745 (±0.8 / ±42,058)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 28.2 28,909,430 (±0.1 / ±224,841)

Families

4,802 ±378 Number of households
  • Ponce Municipio: 53,587 ±1,010
  • Puerto Rico: 1,239,243 ±5,156
2 ±0.1 (9,777  ±954) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ponce Municipio: 2.4 130,782 (±0.1 / ±294)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.6 3,217,696

2.9% ±3.4% (63  ±75) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ponce Municipio: 3.2% † 927 (±1.1% / ±318)
  • about the same as the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.8% 21,275 (±0.2% / ±1,342)

Housing

5,675 ±416 Number of housing units
  • Ponce Municipio: 66,944 ±913
  • Puerto Rico: 1,575,105 ±4,606

$112,100 ±$9,895 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Ponce Municipio: $108,200 ±$1,664
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $124,600 ±$462

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Social

78.5% ±1.2% (6,000  ±574.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ponce Municipio: 80.3% 78,855
  • about the same as the rate in Puerto Rico: 80.4% 1,939,602 (±0.5% / ±10,834.4)
34.3% ±3.9% (2,620  ±385) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ponce Municipio: 30.5% 29,921
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.1% 702,653 (±0.3% / ±6,800)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

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1.2% ±0.6% (96  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ponce Municipio: 1.6% † 1,733 (±0.3% / ±287)
  • about half the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.5% 66,253 (±0.1% / ±1,830)
96 Total veterans ±52 89 Male ±51 7 Female ±11

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