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Boquerón, PR

1,887 Population
1 square miles 1,828.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.4 ±4.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 45.8 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.2 ±0.2

Economics

$16,010 ±$5,664 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: $14,063 ±$662
  • a little less than the amount in Puerto Rico: $16,794 ±$142
$32,381 ±$6,857 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: $20,400 ±$615
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Puerto Rico: $25,096 ±$232

34.6% ±17.4% (653  ±389) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 47.7% 100,053 (±1.4% / ±2,866)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 41.6% 1,340,637 (±0.4% / ±11,638)

27 minutes ±6.1 (14,170  ±7,634) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 24.1 1,424,545 (±0.8 / ±63,564)
  • a little less than the figure in Puerto Rico: 28.2 28,909,430 (±0.1 / ±224,841)

Families

664 ±203 Number of households
  • the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 80,822 ±1,482
  • Puerto Rico: 1,239,243 ±5,156
2.8 ±0.3 (1,887  ±601) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 2.6 209,146 (±0.1 / ±166)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.6 3,217,696

2.5% ±4.2% (17  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 2.5% † 1,171 (±0.6% / ±284)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.8% 21,275 (±0.2% / ±1,342)

Housing

1,505 ±264 Number of housing units
  • the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 115,607 ±1,240
  • Puerto Rico: 1,575,105 ±4,606

$125,000 ±$45,928 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: $108,900 ±$2,075
  • about the same as the amount in Puerto Rico: $124,600 ±$462

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Social

74.1% ±33.6% (1,196  ±366.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 76.8% 118,603
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 80.4% 1,939,602 (±0.5% / ±10,834.4)
19.2% ±5.2% (310  ±133) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 26.9% 41,558
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.1% 702,653 (±0.3% / ±6,800)

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

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3.2% ±2.8% (56  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 2.5% † 4,383 (±0.3% / ±495)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.5% 66,253 (±0.1% / ±1,830)
56 Total veterans ±52 56 Male ±52 N/A Female ±15

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