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Machuelo Abajo barrio, Ponce Municipio, PR

10,038 Population
1.8 square miles 5,609.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.4 ±4.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ponce Municipio: 44.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$13,929 ±$1,809 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Ponce Municipio: $14,625 ±$750
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$15,858 ±$1,773 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ponce Municipio: $19,877 ±$826
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

54.2% ±8% (5,409  ±961) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ponce Municipio: 49.7% 64,375 (±1.9% / ±2,424)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 40.5% 1,299,426 (±0.4% / ±12,068)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.3 minutes ±3.5 (59,070  ±13,458) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ponce Municipio: 23.6 861,190 (±0.9 / ±44,918)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,948 ±421 Number of households
  • Ponce Municipio: 55,830 ±1,009
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (9,960  ±999) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ponce Municipio: 2.3 128,992 (±0 / ±230)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,197,034
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.5% ±4.2% (100  ±96) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ponce Municipio: 4% † 1,151 (±0.9% / ±265)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.9% 21,908 (±0.2% / ±1,392)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,901 ±475 Number of housing units
  • Ponce Municipio: 69,741 ±812
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$114,200 ±$12,401 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Ponce Municipio: $110,200 ±$2,098
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $131,500 ±$959
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

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Social

81.8% ±10.3% (6,294  ±559.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ponce Municipio: 81.5% 79,574
  • about the same as the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.2% 1,965,301 (±0.5% / ±11,189.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
33.1% ±3.2% (2,547  ±336.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ponce Municipio: 29.6% 28,925
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.8% 721,619 (±0.3% / ±6,901.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

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1% ±0.5% (82  ±41) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ponce Municipio: 1.3% † 1,460 (±0.2% / ±225)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
82 Total veterans ±41 75 Male ±40 7 Female ±10

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