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Playa barrio, Ponce Municipio, PR

11,429 Population
4.4 square miles 2,604.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Ponce Municipio: 43.9 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.2 ±0.2

Economics

$15,882 ±$4,887 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ponce Municipio: $14,020 ±$616
  • a little less than the amount in Puerto Rico: $16,794 ±$142
$19,169 ±$2,641 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Ponce Municipio: $18,827 ±$870
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Puerto Rico: $25,096 ±$232

51.2% ±7.2% (5,826  ±1,009) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Ponce Municipio: 50.9% 66,952 (±1.6% / ±2,091)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 41.6% 1,340,637 (±0.4% / ±11,638)

21 minutes ±2.2 (70,970  ±14,588) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ponce Municipio: 23.8 843,745 (±0.8 / ±42,058)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Puerto Rico: 28.2 28,909,430 (±0.1 / ±224,841)

Families

4,791 ±374 Number of households
  • Ponce Municipio: 53,587 ±1,010
  • Puerto Rico: 1,239,243 ±5,156
2.4 ±0.2 (11,380  ±1,145) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Ponce Municipio: 2.4 130,782 (±0.1 / ±294)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.6 3,217,696

1.3% ±1.5% (36  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ponce Municipio: 3.2% † 927 (±1.1% / ±318)
  • about half the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.8% 21,275 (±0.2% / ±1,342)

Housing

6,104 ±438 Number of housing units
  • Ponce Municipio: 66,944 ±913
  • Puerto Rico: 1,575,105 ±4,606

$116,000 ±$5,083 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent 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

82.9% ±10.8% (6,939  ±626.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ponce Municipio: 80.3% 78,855
  • a little higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 80.4% 1,939,602 (±0.5% / ±10,834.4)
29% ±3.4% (2,427  ±360.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Ponce Municipio: 30.5% 29,921
  • about the same as 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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1.8% ±0.8% (173  ±74) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ponce Municipio: 1.6% † 1,733 (±0.3% / ±287)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.5% 66,253 (±0.1% / ±1,830)
173 Total veterans ±74 173 Male ±74 N/A Female ±24

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