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Ponce, PR

101,024 Population
28.4 square miles 3,563.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 45.4 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 45.4 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$15,609 ±$1,351 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: $14,343 ±$808
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $18,766 ±$378
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$22,061 ±$2,851 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: $23,324 ±$1,528
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $27,213 ±$751
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

44.2% ±4.1% (44,292  ±4,441) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 45.1% 117,159 (±3.2% / ±8,331)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 37.3% 1,184,965 (±1% / ±30,230)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23.5 minutes ±1.1 (690,515  ±42,445) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 24.8 1,932,225 (±0.8 / ±75,440)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

46,634 ±1,841 Number of households
  • the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 103,089 ±2,410
  • Puerto Rico: 1,242,609 ±10,856
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.1 ±0.1 (99,913  ±3,884) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 2.5 259,133 (±0.1 / ±229)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.6 3,164,676
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7.1% ±3.5% (1,510  ±754) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 4.4% † 2,595 (±1.7% / ±1,025)
  • more than double the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.7% † 19,803 (±0.4% / ±3,206)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

57,739 ±2,035 Number of housing units
  • the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 130,986 ±2,244
  • Puerto Rico: 1,616,963 ±7,687
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$125,300 ±$8,622 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: $113,500 ±$3,710
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $142,100 ±$1,869
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

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Social

85.7% ±4.3% (65,082  ±4,025.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 81.6% 160,693 (±3.5% / ±7,078.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.9% 1,988,848 (±1.1% / ±26,943.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
27.8% ±2.8% (21,090  ±2,224.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 25.9% 50,929 (±2% / ±3,938.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.7% 721,127 (±0.7% / ±16,025.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

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1.5% ±0.5% (1,282  ±438) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 1.5% † 3,380 (±0.3% / ±715)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.3% 62,064 (±0.2% / ±4,271)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
1,282 Total veterans ±438 1,219 Male ±408 63 Female ±103

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