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Guayama, PR

18,216 Population
3.7 square miles 4,983.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Guayama, PR Metro Area: 43.9 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2

Economics

$15,289 ±$1,408 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Guayama, PR Metro Area: $13,801 ±$824
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
$20,955 ±$1,728 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Guayama, PR Metro Area: $21,186 ±$1,373
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261

46.4% ±5.3% (8,435  ±1,159) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Guayama, PR Metro Area: 49.7% 32,056 (±2.9% / ±1,883)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 40.5% 1,299,426 (±0.4% / ±12,068)

26.4 minutes ±2.8 (150,510  ±28,832) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Guayama, PR Metro Area: 27.1 511,030 (±1.7 / ±43,215)
  • a little less than the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)

Families

8,794 ±649 Number of households
  • the Guayama, PR Metro Area: 28,965 ±819
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
2.1 ±0.1 (18,096  ±1,405) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Guayama, PR Metro Area: 2.2 64,312 (±0.1 / ±252)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,197,034

4.4% ±3.9% (202  ±182) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Guayama, PR Metro Area: 2.8% † 429 (±1.5% / ±230)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.9% 21,908 (±0.2% / ±1,392)

Housing

10,460 ±705 Number of housing units
  • the Guayama, PR Metro Area: 35,624 ±799
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364

$112,200 ±$7,155 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Guayama, PR Metro Area: $98,900 ±$3,283
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $131,500 ±$959

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Social

86.5% ±4.4% (11,225  ±915.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Guayama, PR Metro Area: 80.9% 39,712
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.2% 1,965,301 (±0.5% / ±11,189.7)
35.2% ±4.1% (4,573  ±601.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Guayama, PR Metro Area: 24.5% 12,047
  • about 20 percent higher than 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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1.3% ±0.5% (198  ±81) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Guayama, PR Metro Area: 1.6% † 862 (±0.4% / ±193)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
198 Total veterans ±81 198 Male ±81 N/A Female ±24

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