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Census Tract 729, Ponce, PR

4,923 Population
8.5 square miles 579.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.8 ±6.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ponce: 44.7 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ponce Municipio: 44.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2

Economics

$17,276 ±$4,468 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ponce: $15,221 ±$831
  • 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
$30,668 ±$3,826 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Ponce: $19,470 ±$736
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Ponce Municipio: $19,877 ±$826
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261

40.7% ±13.3% (1,995  ±771) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ponce: 49.6% 53,156 (±2.1% / ±2,481)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ponce Municipio: 49.7% 64,375 (±1.9% / ±2,424)
  • about the same as the rate in Puerto Rico: 40.5% 1,299,426 (±0.4% / ±12,068)

28 minutes ±4.3 (32,780  ±13,061) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ponce: 23.5 690,515 (±1.1 / ±42,445)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ponce Municipio: 23.6 861,190 (±0.9 / ±44,918)
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)

Families

1,997 ±358 Number of households
  • Ponce: 47,026 ±974
  • Ponce Municipio: 55,830 ±1,009
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
2.5 ±0.3 (4,886  ±1,021) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ponce: 2.3 106,590 (±0.1 / ±1,915)
  • a little higher than the figure in Ponce Municipio: 2.3 128,992 (±0 / ±230)
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,197,034

10.6% ±11.2% (98  ±111) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Ponce: 4.2% † 994 (±1.1% / ±269)
  • more than double the rate in Ponce Municipio: 4% † 1,151 (±0.9% / ±265)
  • more than double the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.9% 21,908 (±0.2% / ±1,392)

Housing

2,317 ±351 Number of housing units
  • Ponce: 58,675 ±951
  • Ponce Municipio: 69,741 ±812
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364

$119,100 ±$16,624 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Ponce: $113,100 ±$2,234
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ponce Municipio: $110,200 ±$2,098
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $131,500 ±$959

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Social

89.8% ±21.9% (3,317  ±547.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ponce: 83.4% 66,055 (±1.8% / ±1,786)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ponce Municipio: 81.5% 79,574
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.2% 1,965,301 (±0.5% / ±11,189.7)
42.9% ±6.2% (1,585  ±366.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ponce: 31.6% 25,037 (±1.3% / ±1,076.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ponce Municipio: 29.6% 28,925
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.8% 721,619 (±0.3% / ±6,901.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

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0.5% ±0.7% (19  ±30) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Ponce: 1.5% † 1,314 (±0.2% / ±185)
  • about one-third of the rate in Ponce Municipio: 1.3% † 1,460 (±0.2% / ±225)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
19 Total veterans ±30 19 Male ±30 N/A Female ±15

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