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Playa barrio, Ponce Municipio, PR

11,467 Population
4.4 square miles 2,612.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±3.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Ponce Municipio: 44.5 ±0.2
  • 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

$16,897 ±$5,283 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ponce Municipio: $14,625 ±$750
  • a little less than the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$19,740 ±$3,683 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Ponce Municipio: $19,877 ±$826
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

48.7% ±5.1% (5,554  ±800) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Ponce Municipio: 49.7% 64,375 (±1.9% / ±2,424)
  • about 20 percent 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)

23 minutes ±2.1 (80,460  ±15,655) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Ponce Municipio: 23.6 861,190 (±0.9 / ±44,918)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,148 ±388 Number of households
  • Ponce Municipio: 55,830 ±1,009
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (11,399  ±1,136) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Ponce Municipio: 2.3 128,992 (±0 / ±230)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,197,034
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.3% ±3.7% (126  ±109) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ponce Municipio: 4% † 1,151 (±0.9% / ±265)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.9% 21,908 (±0.2% / ±1,392)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,490 ±427 Number of housing units
  • Ponce Municipio: 69,741 ±812
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$125,600 ±$7,677 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ponce Municipio: $110,200 ±$2,098
  • a little less 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

81.9% ±3.4% (6,935  ±614.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ponce Municipio: 81.5% 79,574
  • about the same as the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.2% 1,965,301 (±0.5% / ±11,189.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
29.3% ±4% (2,482  ±387.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ponce Municipio: 29.6% 28,925
  • 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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1.2% ±0.6% (119  ±54) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ponce Municipio: 1.3% † 1,460 (±0.2% / ±225)
  • about half the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
119 Total veterans ±54 119 Male ±54 N/A Female ±24

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