Coto Laurel vs Ponce

A side-by-side comparison of Coto Laurel and Ponce: population, income, housing, and more.

Coto Laurel 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 2,543 in Coto Laurel). Ponce has the higher median household income ($18,650 vs $15,305 in Coto Laurel). Ponce has the higher median home value ($109,900 vs $92,800 in Coto Laurel).

Population, income & housing

	Coto Laurel	Ponce
Population	2,543	109,765
Median age	57.3 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$15,305	$18,650
Median home value	$92,800	$109,900
Median gross rent	—	$506
Housing units	1,227	56,391
Homeownership rate	86.1%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	24.7%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coto Laurel	Ponce
Population	1,965 → 2,543 (+29.4%)	113,401 → 109,765 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$12,928 → $15,305 (+18.4%)	$17,419 → $18,650 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$73,500 → $92,800 (+26.3%)	$100,300 → $109,900 (+9.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$371 → $506 (+36.4%)

Coto Laurel

Population

1,9652,543

Median household income

$12,928$15,305

Median home value

$73,500$92,800

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)

	Coto Laurel	Ponce
Under 5	3.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	7.9%	14.2%
18 to 24	12.3%	9.5%
25 to 34	4.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	8.5%	10.5%
45 to 54	9.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	18.4%	12.8%
65 to 74	17.5%	12.9%
75 and over	18.5%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coto Laurel	Ponce
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	100.0%	99.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coto Laurel	Ponce
No high school diploma	35.4%	17.7%
High school graduate	37.4%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	13.3%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coto Laurel	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)

	Coto Laurel	Ponce
1-unit, detached	93.2%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	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

	Coto Laurel	Ponce
Poverty rate	69.1%	50.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1979	1975