Ponce Municipio vs San Juan Municipio

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

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

San Juan Municipio has the higher population (338,661 vs 134,676 in Ponce Municipio). San Juan Municipio has the higher median household income ($26,981 vs $18,827 in Ponce Municipio). San Juan Municipio has the higher median home value ($171,400 vs $108,200 in Ponce Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Ponce Municipio	San Juan Municipio
Population	134,676	338,661
Median age	43.9 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$18,827	$26,981
Median home value	$108,200	$171,400
Median gross rent	$504	$596
Housing units	66,944	193,011
Homeownership rate	68.1%	53.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	42.2%
Unemployment rate	14.1%	14.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ponce Municipio	San Juan Municipio
Population	139,671 → 134,676 (-3.6%)	335,468 → 338,661 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$17,069 → $18,827 (+10.3%)	$22,710 → $26,981 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$97,400 → $108,200 (+11.1%)	$153,500 → $171,400 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$380 → $504 (+32.6%)	$484 → $596 (+23.1%)

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

San Juan Municipio

Population

335,468338,661

Median household income

$22,710$26,981

Median home value

$153,500$171,400

Median gross rent

$484$596

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ponce Municipio	San Juan Municipio
Under 5	3.6%	3.4%
5 to 17	14.1%	12.4%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.3%
25 to 34	13.0%	13.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.0%	13.4%
65 to 74	12.7%	12.1%
75 and over	11.8%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ponce Municipio	San Juan Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.4%	1.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	99.3%	97.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ponce Municipio	San Juan Municipio
No high school diploma	19.7%	14.5%
High school graduate	28.8%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ponce Municipio	San Juan Municipio
Drove alone	85.3%	73.6%
Carpooled	6.6%	6.9%
Public transit	0.3%	3.7%
Walked	1.7%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.8%	7.3%
Other means	1.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ponce Municipio	San Juan Municipio
1-unit, detached	72.3%	41.0%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	18.6%
20 or more units	4.5%	22.2%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Ponce Municipio	San Juan Municipio
Poverty rate	50.9%	39.5%
Average household size	2.44	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1976	1967