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Mayagüez, PR

59,427 Population
21 square miles 2,832.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 45.8 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.2 ±0.2

Economics

$14,597 ±$1,168 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: $14,063 ±$662
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $16,794 ±$142
$17,092 ±$928 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: $20,400 ±$615
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Puerto Rico: $25,096 ±$232

54.3% ±2.2% (31,708  ±1,389) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 47.7% 100,053 (±1.4% / ±2,866)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 41.6% 1,340,637 (±0.4% / ±11,638)

20.2 minutes ±0.9 (317,035  ±24,051) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 24.1 1,424,545 (±0.8 / ±63,564)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Puerto Rico: 28.2 28,909,430 (±0.1 / ±224,841)

Families

24,493 ±826 Number of households
  • the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 80,822 ±1,482
  • Puerto Rico: 1,239,243 ±5,156
2.4 ±0.1 (58,096  ±1,091) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 2.6 209,146 (±0.1 / ±166)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.6 3,217,696

3% ±1.3% (409  ±184) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 2.5% † 1,171 (±0.6% / ±284)
  • a little higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.8% 21,275 (±0.2% / ±1,342)

Housing

34,074 ±703 Number of housing units
  • the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 115,607 ±1,240
  • Puerto Rico: 1,575,105 ±4,606

$110,300 ±$4,022 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: $108,900 ±$2,075
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $124,600 ±$462

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Social

77.6% ±2.4% (30,903  ±1,133.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 76.8% 118,603
  • a little less than the rate in Puerto Rico: 80.4% 1,939,602 (±0.5% / ±10,834.4)
28.8% ±1.7% (11,475  ±697.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 26.9% 41,558
  • about the same as 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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2.5% ±0.5% (1,228  ±231) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 2.5% † 4,383 (±0.3% / ±495)
  • about the same as the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.5% 66,253 (±0.1% / ±1,830)
1,228 Total veterans ±231 1,153 Male ±225 75 Female ±61

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