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00624

21,148 Population
47 square miles 450 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 44.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$12,188 ±$882 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: $14,087 ±$430
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$22,979 ±$1,881 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: $22,247 ±$779
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

52.1% ±5.8% (10,984  ±1,264) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 46.9% 124,878 (±1.4% / ±3,835)
  • 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)

26.3 minutes ±3.1 (171,910  ±26,132) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 24.8 1,932,225 (±0.8 / ±75,440)
  • a little less than the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,456 ±419 Number of households
  • the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 106,387 ±1,436
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.2 (21,069  ±578) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 2.5 265,516 (±0 / ±214)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,197,034
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.2% ±1.6% (108  ±80) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 4% † 2,439 (±0.6% / ±383)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.9% 21,908 (±0.2% / ±1,392)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,378 ±364 Number of housing units
  • the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 133,534 ±1,015
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$89,900 ±$5,039 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: $104,900 ±$1,647
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Puerto Rico: $131,500 ±$959
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

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Social

74.7% ±5.2% (11,322  ±832) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 79.9% 159,194
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.2% 1,965,301 (±0.5% / ±11,189.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.1% ±3.1% (3,653  ±475.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 28.1% 56,013
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.8% 721,619 (±0.3% / ±6,901.7)
  • about two-thirds 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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3.3% ±1.2% (563  ±204) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 1.8% † 4,049 (±0.2% / ±417)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
563 Total veterans ±204 493 Male ±169 70 Female ±89

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