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00653

8,495 Population
22.1 square miles 384.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.1 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 46.2 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$10,345 ±$1,058 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: $14,723 ±$605
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$16,736 ±$1,661 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
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

63.7% ±5.9% (5,304  ±618) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 47.1% 97,872 (±1.5% / ±3,097)
  • about 1.5 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)

18.9 minutes ±2.2 (42,950  ±7,395) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 24.1 1,464,295 (±0.8 / ±62,136)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,910 ±332 Number of households
  • the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 84,172 ±1,451
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (8,453  ±607) 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
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.7% ±1.2% (13  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 2.8% † 1,316 (±0.7% / ±345)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.9% 21,908 (±0.2% / ±1,392)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,797 ±304 Number of housing units
  • the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 119,067 ±1,316
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$85,600 ±$3,866 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: $114,200 ±$2,167
  • 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

71% ±4.5% (4,571  ±415.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 77.3% 119,357
  • 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)
15.9% ±3.2% (1,024  ±218.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 27.4% 42,334
  • about half the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.8% 721,619 (±0.3% / ±6,901.7)
  • about half 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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0.9% ±0.5% (64  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in the Mayagüez, PR Metro Area: 2.6% † 4,618 (±0.3% / ±534)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
64 Total veterans ±35 64 Male ±35 N/A Female ±22

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