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Sierra Alta barrio, Yauco Municipio, PR

921 Population
2.9 square miles 314 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.5 ±4.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Yauco Municipio: 47.6 ±0.8
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$13,550 ±$4,427 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Yauco Municipio: $14,145 ±$863
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$25,625 ±$11,125 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Yauco Municipio: $24,255 † ±$2,482
  • a little less than the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

43.7% ±18% (402  ±224) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Yauco Municipio: 41.9% 13,718 (±3.4% / ±1,106)
  • about 10 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)

23.7 minutes ±3.5 (9,045  ±4,444) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Yauco Municipio: 21.2 213,575 (±1.1 / ±16,902)
  • 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

309 ±107 Number of households
  • Yauco Municipio: 13,217 ±575
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.4 (921  ±345) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Yauco Municipio: 2.5 32,648 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,197,034
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

401 ±118 Number of housing units
  • Yauco Municipio: 17,387 ±462
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$77,600 ±$20,321 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Yauco Municipio: $100,200 ±$3,452
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Puerto Rico: $131,500 ±$959
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

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Social

61.2% ±31.1% (481  ±162.8) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Yauco Municipio: 79.7% 20,084
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.2% 1,965,301 (±0.5% / ±11,189.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.4% ±12% (168  ±113.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Yauco Municipio: 28.4% 7,158
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.8% 721,619 (±0.3% / ±6,901.7)
  • about three-fifths 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

N/A

N/A Population with veteran status
N/A Total veterans ±15 N/A Male ±15 N/A Female ±15

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