Luquillo vs Ramos

A side-by-side comparison of Luquillo and Ramos: population, income, housing, and more.

Luquillo and Ramos are places in Puerto Rico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Luquillo has the higher population (7,461 vs 1,168 in Ramos). Ramos has the higher median household income ($22,824 vs $22,414 in Luquillo). Luquillo has the higher median home value ($123,300 vs $107,000 in Ramos).

Population, income & housing

	Luquillo	Ramos
Population	7,461	1,168
Median age	39.6 yrs	53.9 yrs
Median household income	$22,414	$22,824
Median home value	$123,300	$107,000
Median gross rent	$433	$468
Housing units	3,722	690
Homeownership rate	62.9%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	24.4%	46.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Luquillo	Ramos
Population	7,599 → 7,461 (-1.8%)	1,536 → 1,168 (-24.0%)
Median household income	$21,613 → $22,414 (+3.7%)	$21,250 → $22,824 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$110,300 → $123,300 (+11.8%)	$91,500 → $107,000 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$333 → $433 (+30.0%)	$501 → $468 (-6.6%)

Luquillo

Population

7,5997,461

Median household income

$21,613$22,414

Median home value

$110,300$123,300

Median gross rent

$333$433

Ramos

Population

1,5361,168

Median household income

$21,250$22,824

Median home value

$91,500$107,000

Median gross rent

$501$468

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Luquillo	Ramos
Under 5	4.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.8%	5.7%
18 to 24	12.5%	4.2%
25 to 34	11.2%	20.9%
35 to 44	13.9%	7.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	9.2%
55 to 64	12.5%	7.7%
65 to 74	10.2%	21.8%
75 and over	9.4%	18.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Luquillo	Ramos
White (non-Hispanic)	0.2%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.8%	99.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Luquillo	Ramos
No high school diploma	13.6%	23.4%
High school graduate	37.4%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Luquillo	Ramos
Drove alone	80.3%	92.1%
Carpooled	2.7%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	0.0%
Other means	5.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Luquillo	Ramos
1-unit, detached	65.9%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	13.5%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Luquillo	Ramos
Poverty rate	46.4%	41.1%
Average household size	2.60	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	30	35
Median year structure built	1978	1975