Cerrillos Hoyos vs Ponce

A side-by-side comparison of Cerrillos Hoyos and Ponce: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ponce has the higher population (109,765 vs 599 in Cerrillos Hoyos). Cerrillos Hoyos has the higher median home value ($111,200 vs $109,900 in Ponce). Since 2019, Ponce's population has grown faster (-3.2% vs -37.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Cerrillos Hoyos	Ponce
Population	599	109,765
Median age	54.2 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$18,650
Median home value	$111,200	$109,900
Median gross rent	—	$506
Housing units	247	56,391
Homeownership rate	86.6%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cerrillos Hoyos	Ponce
Population	961 → 599 (-37.7%)	113,401 → 109,765 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$2,499 → $9,432 (+277.4%)	$17,419 → $18,650 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$84,200 → $111,200 (+32.1%)	$100,300 → $109,900 (+9.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$371 → $506 (+36.4%)

Cerrillos Hoyos

Population

961599

Median household income

$2,499$9,432

Median home value

$84,200$111,200

Ponce

Population

113,401109,765

Median household income

$17,419$18,650

Median home value

$100,300$109,900

Median gross rent

$371$506

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cerrillos Hoyos	Ponce
Under 5	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	5.2%	14.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	18.5%	12.9%
35 to 44	19.4%	10.5%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	4.3%	12.8%
65 to 74	20.4%	12.9%
75 and over	19.5%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cerrillos Hoyos	Ponce
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.5%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	96.0%	99.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cerrillos Hoyos	Ponce
No high school diploma	20.4%	17.7%
High school graduate	37.5%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	16.0%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cerrillos Hoyos	Ponce
Drove alone	100.0%	84.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cerrillos Hoyos	Ponce
1-unit, detached	86.6%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	13.4%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Cerrillos Hoyos	Ponce
Poverty rate	61.8%	50.5%
Average household size	2.38	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1984	1975