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17,398 Population
42.1 square miles 412.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.5 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 44.4 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2

Economics

$13,271 ±$1,410 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: $14,087 ±$430
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
$24,065 ±$2,999 Median household income
  • about 10 percent 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

45.5% ±4.5% (7,880  ±790) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 46.9% 124,878 (±1.4% / ±3,835)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 40.5% 1,299,426 (±0.4% / ±12,068)

25.5 minutes ±3.8 (125,580  ±21,672) 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)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)

Families

6,461 ±324 Number of households
  • the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 106,387 ±1,436
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
2.7 ±0.1 (17,327  ±345) 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

2.5% ±1.9% (97  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 4% † 2,439 (±0.6% / ±383)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.9% 21,908 (±0.2% / ±1,392)

Housing

8,459 ±287 Number of housing units
  • the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 133,534 ±1,015
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364

$87,400 ±$4,636 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 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

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Social

79.8% ±4.8% (10,360  ±662.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 79.9% 159,194
  • about the same as the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.2% 1,965,301 (±0.5% / ±11,189.7)
24.1% ±2.6% (3,131  ±345.3) 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)

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

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3.6% ±0.9% (521  ±128) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in the Ponce, PR Metro Area: 1.8% † 4,049 (±0.2% / ±417)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
521 Total veterans ±128 521 Male ±128 N/A Female ±24

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