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Mata de Plátano barrio, Luquillo Municipio, PR

7,909 Population
4.5 square miles 1,763 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±2.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Luquillo Municipio: 45.5 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$16,699 ±$1,840 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Luquillo Municipio: $16,377 ±$1,594
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$28,778 ±$5,773 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Luquillo Municipio: $24,225 ±$1,625
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

41.9% ±6% (3,300  ±573) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Luquillo Municipio: 44.8% † 7,832 (±4.5% / ±789)
  • a little higher than 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)

29.5 minutes ±2.9 (72,655  ±14,306) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Luquillo Municipio: 29.6 158,755 (±2.5 / ±19,431)
  • a little higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,098 ±303 Number of households
  • Luquillo Municipio: 6,966 ±408
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (7,899  ±787) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Luquillo Municipio: 2.5 17,466 (±0.2 / ±9)
  • a little higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,197,034
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.6% ±3.1% (55  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Luquillo Municipio: 1.6% † 71 (±1.6% / ±69)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.9% 21,908 (±0.2% / ±1,392)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,510 ±334 Number of housing units
  • Luquillo Municipio: 10,815 ±379
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$137,200 ±$7,999 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Luquillo Municipio: $138,500 ±$7,837
  • a little higher than the amount in Puerto Rico: $131,500 ±$959
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

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Social

85.5% ±3.9% (5,020  ±579) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Luquillo Municipio: 80.8% 10,648
  • a little higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.2% 1,965,301 (±0.5% / ±11,189.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
29.2% ±4.9% (1,715  ±338.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Luquillo Municipio: 24.2% 3,189
  • about the same as the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.8% 721,619 (±0.3% / ±6,901.7)
  • about 80 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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3.3% ±1.4% (219  ±99) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Luquillo Municipio: 3.3% † 491 (±1% / ±145)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
219 Total veterans ±99 210 Male ±97 9 Female ±16

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