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Caguas, PR

70,683 Population
10.9 square miles 6,486.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.4 ±1.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: 44.8 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 45 ±0.2

Economics

$17,753 ±$1,814 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: $20,020 ±$646
  • about the same as the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,976 ±$435
$27,360 ±$4,451 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: $27,981 ±$978
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Puerto Rico: $25,621 ±$602

39.1% ±5% (27,519  ±3,984) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: 36.5% 738,796 (±1.2% / ±25,081)
  • about the same as the rate in Puerto Rico: 39.6% 1,257,607 (±0.8% / ±26,856)

27.5 minutes ±1.2 (685,210  ±50,673) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: 29.7 20,541,036 (±0.2 / ±218,023)
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 28.2 28,909,430 (±0.1 / ±224,841)

Families

30,465 ±1,869 Number of households
  • the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: 827,522 ±7,878
  • Puerto Rico: 1,277,486 ±11,386
2.3 ±0.1 (70,256  ±4,835) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: 2.4 2,016,749 (±0 / ±5,457)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,168,018

1.8% ±1.8% (311  ±311) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: 3.3% † 15,938 (±0.6% / ±2,885)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Puerto Rico: 3% † 22,016 (±0.4% / ±3,206)

Housing

36,326 ±1,801 Number of housing units
  • the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: 1,020,539 ±6,166
  • Puerto Rico: 1,613,134 ±8,779

$141,700 ±$5,065 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: $145,000 ±$2,178
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Puerto Rico: $131,500 ±$1,738

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Social

84.4% ±5.4% (45,869  ±4,110.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: 83.7% 1,287,330 (±1.4% / ±21,022.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 82% 1,974,306 (±1% / ±24,499.4)
32% ±4.3% (17,372  ±2,578.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: 33.1% 508,761 (±0.9% / ±13,461.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 30.8% 741,119 (±0.7% / ±15,886.9)

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

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2.5% ±1% (1,520  ±618) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: 2.2% 38,436 (±0.2% / ±3,159)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.2% 58,220 (±0.2% / ±4,291)
1,520 Total veterans ±618 1,375 Male ±590 145 Female ±177

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