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Las Piedras, PR

5,198 Population
1.3 square miles 3,931 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.4 ±6.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: 44.5 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$14,248 ±$3,427 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: $20,176 ±$238
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$15,784 ±$3,251 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: $29,276 ±$378
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

51.8% ±9.8% (2,679  ±677) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: 37% 753,577 (±0.4% / ±8,187)
  • about 1.3 times 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)

28.8 minutes ±4.3 (44,830  ±15,007) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: 29.4 20,735,956 (±0.2 / ±204,210)
  • a little higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,193 ±306 Number of households
  • the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: 829,535 ±3,985
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (5,163  ±865) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: 2.5 2,030,946 (±0 / ±1,198)
  • a little less than the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,197,034
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

2,675 ±345 Number of housing units
  • the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: 1,028,553 ±3,404
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$119,800 ±$7,559 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: $145,900 ±$1,114
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $131,500 ±$959
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

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Social

86.3% ±17.8% (3,139  ±445.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: 83.3% 1,281,584 (±0.6% / ±9,034)
  • a little higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.2% 1,965,301 (±0.5% / ±11,189.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27% ±6.3% (982  ±270.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: 32.3% 496,611 (±0.4% / ±5,621.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.8% 721,619 (±0.3% / ±6,901.7)
  • about three-quarters 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

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2.5% ±2.2% (106  ±93) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area: 2.5% 42,462 (±0.1% / ±1,578)
  • a little higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
106 Total veterans ±93 106 Male ±93 N/A Female ±22

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