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El Paraiso, PR

1,500 Population
0.3 square miles 4,690.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.4 ±7.6 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 44.4 ±0.1
  • 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

$13,453 ±$3,055 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: $14,087 ±$430
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$21,701 ±$13,570 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: $22,247 ±$779
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

39.9% ±9.5% (580  ±249) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 46.9% 124,878 (±1.4% / ±3,835)
  • about the same as 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)

21.4 minutes ±17.7 (9,900  ±5,768) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 24.8 1,932,225 (±0.8 / ±75,440)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

571 ±144 Number of households
  • the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 106,387 ±1,436
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.6 (1,452  ±518) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 2.5 265,516 (±0 / ±214)
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,197,034
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.1% ±13.3% (20  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 4% † 2,439 (±0.6% / ±383)
  • more than double the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.9% 21,908 (±0.2% / ±1,392)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

638 ±155 Number of housing units
  • the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 133,534 ±1,015
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$85,500 ±$13,815 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: $104,900 ±$1,647
  • about two-thirds 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

69.9% ±8.4% (808  ±249.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 79.9% 159,194
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.2% 1,965,301 (±0.5% / ±11,189.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.4% ±10.9% (201  ±138.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 28.1% 56,013
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.8% 721,619 (±0.3% / ±6,901.7)
  • about half 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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1.3% ±2.6% (17  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 1.8% † 4,049 (±0.2% / ±417)
  • about three-fifths of 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)
17 Total veterans ±33 17 Male ±33 N/A Female ±15

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