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San Juan, PR

313,579 Population
39.8 square miles 7,876.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.5 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: 45.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 45.4 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$26,052 ±$1,970 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: $21,140 ±$581
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Puerto Rico: $18,766 ±$378
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$30,786 ±$2,007 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: $30,640 ±$887
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Puerto Rico: $27,213 ±$751
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

34.4% ±2.9% (106,549  ±9,062) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: 33.6% 679,576 (±1.1% / ±21,385)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 37.3% 1,184,965 (±1% / ±30,230)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.1 minutes ±1.2 (2,890,085  ±199,296) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: 30 22,726,476 (±0.6 / ±604,308)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 28.6 31,906,280 (±0.5 / ±765,554)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

138,716 ±4,502 Number of households
  • the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: 799,804 ±8,794
  • Puerto Rico: 1,242,609 ±10,856
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (307,382  ±4,422) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: 2.5 2,014,917 (±0 / ±5,831)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.6 3,164,676
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

1.9% ±1.1% (1,439  ±812) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: 2.7% † 12,893 (±0.6% / ±2,744)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.7% † 19,803 (±0.4% / ±3,206)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

191,180 ±2,933 Number of housing units
  • the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: 1,021,466 ±6,167
  • Puerto Rico: 1,616,963 ±7,687
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$174,400 ±$8,407 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: $152,300 ±$1,682
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Puerto Rico: $142,100 ±$1,869
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

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Social

87.2% ±3.5% (209,155  ±8,624.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: 84.3% 1,307,048 (±1.4% / ±22,462.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.9% 1,988,848 (±1.1% / ±26,943.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
41.6% ±2.2% (99,703  ±5,413.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: 33% 511,196 (±0.9% / ±13,764.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.7% 721,127 (±0.7% / ±16,025.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

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1.8% ±0.4% (4,733  ±1,174) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: 2.3% 39,396 (±0.2% / ±3,335)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.3% 62,064 (±0.2% / ±4,271)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,733 Total veterans ±1,174 4,553 Male ±1,129 180 Female ±184

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