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Mayagüez, PR

58,977 Population
21 square miles 2,810.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 46.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2

Economics

$14,396 ±$1,032 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: $14,723 ±$605
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
$17,410 ±$992 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: $21,163 ±$697
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261

54.7% ±2.2% (31,600  ±1,402) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 47.1% 97,872 (±1.5% / ±3,097)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 40.5% 1,299,426 (±0.4% / ±12,068)

20.9 minutes ±1 (328,545  ±23,402) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 24.1 1,464,295 (±0.8 / ±62,136)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)

Families

25,076 ±654 Number of households
  • the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 84,172 ±1,451
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
2.3 ±0.1 (57,454  ±1,054) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 2.5 207,237 (±0 / ±145)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,197,034

3.4% ±1.6% (462  ±213) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 2.8% † 1,316 (±0.7% / ±345)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.9% 21,908 (±0.2% / ±1,392)

Housing

35,235 ±718 Number of housing units
  • the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 119,067 ±1,316
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364

$114,000 ±$4,537 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: $114,200 ±$2,167
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $131,500 ±$959

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Social

77.1% ±2.7% (30,428  ±1,192.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 77.3% 119,357
  • a little less than the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.2% 1,965,301 (±0.5% / ±11,189.7)
28.3% ±1.8% (11,160  ±730.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 27.4% 42,334
  • a little less 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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2.4% ±0.5% (1,203  ±248) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 2.6% † 4,618 (±0.3% / ±534)
  • about the same as the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
1,203 Total veterans ±248 1,135 Male ±239 68 Female ±52

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