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Mata de Plátano barrio, Luquillo Municipio, PR

7,845 Population
4.5 square miles 1,748.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±2.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Luquillo Municipio: 45 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.2 ±0.2

Economics

$14,280 ±$1,600 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Luquillo Municipio: $14,463 ±$1,343
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $16,794 ±$142
$25,920 ±$3,484 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Luquillo Municipio: $23,769 ±$1,907
  • a little higher than the amount in Puerto Rico: $25,096 ±$232

41.4% ±7.4% (3,237  ±682) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Luquillo Municipio: 43.8% † 7,707 (±5.1% / ±902)
  • about the same as the rate in Puerto Rico: 41.6% 1,340,637 (±0.4% / ±11,638)

28.8 minutes ±3.3 (62,725  ±14,244) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Luquillo Municipio: 29.5 † 150,310 (±3.4 / ±21,868)
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 28.2 28,909,430 (±0.1 / ±224,841)

Families

3,065 ±322 Number of households
  • Luquillo Municipio: 6,738 ±397
  • Puerto Rico: 1,239,243 ±5,156
2.6 ±0.1 (7,842  ±870) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Luquillo Municipio: 2.6 17,579 (±0.2 / ±11)
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.6 3,217,696

2.7% ±3.1% (60  ±68) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Luquillo Municipio: 1.4% † 60 (±1.6% / ±68)
  • a little less than the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.8% 21,275 (±0.2% / ±1,342)

Housing

5,279 ±321 Number of housing units
  • Luquillo Municipio: 10,417 ±351
  • Puerto Rico: 1,575,105 ±4,606

$126,700 ±$8,029 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Luquillo Municipio: $125,200 ±$7,641
  • about the same as the amount in Puerto Rico: $124,600 ±$462

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Social

84.3% ±3.1% (4,685  ±534.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Luquillo Municipio: 80.6% 10,563
  • a little higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 80.4% 1,939,602 (±0.5% / ±10,834.4)
26.4% ±4.6% (1,467  ±299.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Luquillo Municipio: 23.5% 3,076
  • about 90 percent of 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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3% ±1.6% (198  ±108) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Luquillo Municipio: 3.2% † 467 (±1% / ±150)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.5% 66,253 (±0.1% / ±1,830)
198 Total veterans ±108 190 Male ±109 8 Female ±14

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