BayamÃ³n Municipio vs Ponce Municipio

A side-by-side comparison of BayamÃ³n Municipio and Ponce Municipio: population, income, housing, and more.

BayamÃ³n Municipio and Ponce Municipio are counties in Puerto Rico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

BayamÃ³n Municipio has the higher population (183,456 vs 134,676 in Ponce Municipio). BayamÃ³n Municipio has the higher median household income ($30,729 vs $18,827 in Ponce Municipio). BayamÃ³n Municipio has the higher median home value ($143,400 vs $108,200 in Ponce Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	BayamÃ³n Municipio	Ponce Municipio
Population	183,456	134,676
Median age	44.1 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$30,729	$18,827
Median home value	$143,400	$108,200
Median gross rent	$669	$504
Housing units	84,738	66,944
Homeownership rate	69.9%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	14.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	BayamÃ³n Municipio	Ponce Municipio
Population	178,192 → 183,456 (+3.0%)	139,671 → 134,676 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$26,420 → $30,729 (+16.3%)	$17,069 → $18,827 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$131,700 → $143,400 (+8.9%)	$97,400 → $108,200 (+11.1%)
Median gross rent	$573 → $669 (+16.8%)	$380 → $504 (+32.6%)

BayamÃ³n Municipio

Population

178,192183,456

Median household income

$26,420$30,729

Median home value

$131,700$143,400

Median gross rent

$573$669

Ponce Municipio

Population

139,671134,676

Median household income

$17,069$18,827

Median home value

$97,400$108,200

Median gross rent

$380$504

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	BayamÃ³n Municipio	Ponce Municipio
Under 5	3.4%	3.6%
5 to 17	12.5%	14.1%
18 to 24	9.2%	9.5%
25 to 34	14.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	12.7%
75 and over	12.4%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	BayamÃ³n Municipio	Ponce Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.5%	0.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	98.9%	99.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	BayamÃ³n Municipio	Ponce Municipio
No high school diploma	15.4%	19.7%
High school graduate	23.0%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	BayamÃ³n Municipio	Ponce Municipio
Drove alone	77.4%	85.3%
Carpooled	11.1%	6.6%
Public transit	1.4%	0.3%
Walked	1.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.7%	4.8%
Other means	1.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	BayamÃ³n Municipio	Ponce Municipio
1-unit, detached	61.2%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	17.2%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	10.6%
20 or more units	5.5%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	BayamÃ³n Municipio	Ponce Municipio
Poverty rate	34.4%	50.9%
Average household size	2.49	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1972	1976