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Candelaria barrio, Toa Baja Municipio, PR

19,922 Population
4.8 square miles 4,187.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Toa Baja Municipio: 43.4 ±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

$20,018 ±$1,729 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Toa Baja Municipio: $18,984 ±$668
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$35,844 ±$4,362 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Toa Baja Municipio: $32,017 ±$2,754
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

29.9% ±5.5% (5,927  ±1,184) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Toa Baja Municipio: 32.4% 23,563 (±2.3% / ±1,647)
  • about three-quarters of 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)

33.8 minutes ±1 (227,470  ±28,809) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Toa Baja Municipio: 32.1 858,690 (±0.8 / ±38,414)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,740 ±505 Number of households
  • Toa Baja Municipio: 29,965 ±642
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (19,812  ±1,515) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Toa Baja Municipio: 2.4 72,576 (±0.1 / ±15)
  • 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

1.6% ±1.2% (75  ±61) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Toa Baja Municipio: 2.8% † 491 (±1% / ±175)
  • about half the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.9% 21,908 (±0.2% / ±1,392)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,013 ±525 Number of housing units
  • Toa Baja Municipio: 36,615 ±620
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$147,500 ±$5,866 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Toa Baja Municipio: $148,900 ±$3,524
  • about 10 percent 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

84.3% ±8.6% (12,907  ±924.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Toa Baja Municipio: 84.6% 46,137
  • 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)
29.3% ±2.9% (4,489  ±545.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Toa Baja Municipio: 28.6% 15,611
  • 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% ±1% (490  ±174) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Toa Baja Municipio: 3% † 1,831 (±0.5% / ±328)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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)
490 Total veterans ±174 490 Male ±174 N/A Female ±24

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