Ponce vs Quebrada del Agua

A side-by-side comparison of Ponce and Quebrada del Agua: population, income, housing, and more.

Ponce and Quebrada del Agua 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 1,088 in Quebrada del Agua). Ponce has the higher median home value ($109,900 vs $87,000 in Quebrada del Agua). Since 2019, Quebrada del Agua's population has grown faster (-2.1% vs -3.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Ponce	Quebrada del Agua
Population	109,765	1,088
Median age	44.2 yrs	26.9 yrs
Median household income	$18,650	—
Median home value	$109,900	$87,000
Median gross rent	$506	—
Housing units	56,391	396
Homeownership rate	66.0%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.6%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	13.9%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ponce	Quebrada del Agua
Population	113,401 → 109,765 (-3.2%)	1,111 → 1,088 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$17,419 → $18,650 (+7.1%)	$13,705 → $18,406 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$100,300 → $109,900 (+9.6%)	$92,400 → $87,000 (-5.8%)
Median gross rent	$371 → $506 (+36.4%)	—

Ponce

Population

113,401109,765

Median household income

$17,419$18,650

Median home value

$100,300$109,900

Median gross rent

$371$506

Quebrada del Agua

Population

1,1111,088

Median household income

$13,705$18,406

Median home value

$92,400$87,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ponce	Quebrada del Agua
Under 5	3.7%	23.7%
5 to 17	14.2%	10.4%
18 to 24	9.5%	5.4%
25 to 34	12.9%	27.8%
35 to 44	10.5%	8.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	7.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	8.0%
65 to 74	12.9%	3.5%
75 and over	12.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ponce	Quebrada del Agua
White (non-Hispanic)	0.5%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.2%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ponce	Quebrada del Agua
No high school diploma	17.7%	12.8%
High school graduate	28.2%	59.7%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ponce	Quebrada del Agua
Drove alone	84.0%	86.2%
Carpooled	7.3%	2.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	8.7%
Other means	1.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ponce	Quebrada del Agua
1-unit, detached	69.3%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ponce	Quebrada del Agua
Poverty rate	50.5%	51.1%
Average household size	2.40	3.34
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1975	1984