Mayagüez Municipio, Puerto Rico Demographics

Population trends, housing costs, income, commuting, and health, all on one page.

Mayagüez Municipio, PR Population Density Map and Area Scores

Area Score

Health, income and education, each graded from F to A+. Explore interactive maps for deeper analysis.

  • N/A
    Health Not enough data
  • F
    Income Well below average
    Less wealthy than 91% of counties in Puerto Rico
  • D
    Education Well below average
    Better educated than 82% of counties in Puerto Rico

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Mayagüez Municipio
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Population density, people per sq mi

Population: density and quick facts

Metric Mayagüez Municipio Puerto Rico Avg U.S. Average
Population 70,828 3,229,809 337,468,954
Population density (per sq mi) 258.5 605.9 86.4
Population growth (%/yr) -1.75% -1.09% 0.59%
Median age 40.7 43.6 37.3
Households 30,020 1,288,628 130,235,071

Population in Mayagüez Municipio declined by 24.4% from 2009 to 2024, reaching 70,828 in 2024.

Population Growth 2009–2024

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Race & Ethnicity

Group Share

Age & Sex

The largest generation in Mayagüez Municipio is Gen Z, aged 13–28, at 25.8% of residents. That is 4.5 points above Puerto Rico as a whole.

Residents by birth cohort, from the 2025 age distribution. The right-hand figure is how far each cohort's share sits above or below Puerto Rico, in percentage points. Children younger than Gen Z and the generations before the Boomers are counted in the population but not shown here, so these shares do not add up to 100%.

Male and female share

Women are 52.3% of the people living in Mayagüez Municipio and men 47.7%.

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Economy

Mayagüez Municipio has a the economy index of F, which means it scores poorly in the economy.

Metric Mayagüez Municipio Puerto Rico Avg U.S. Average
Median household income $18,321 $26,331 $80,455
Income growth (%/yr) 2.59% 3.76% 4.80%
Unemployment rate 20.0% 10.7% 5.2%

The median household income in Mayagüez Municipio is about 30% lower than in Puerto Rico.

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Housing

Metric Mayagüez Municipio Puerto Rico Avg U.S. Average
Median home price $119,770 $138,158 $248,835
Median rent $483 $578 $1,407
Homeownership rate 49.8% 67.9% 65.2%

The median home price in Mayagüez Municipio is about 20.7 years' worth of rent — buying at the median price costs roughly as much as paying the median rent of $483 per month for that long.

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Commute Time & Mobility

Commuters in Mayagüez Municipio spend about 37 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 156 hours, about 6.5 full days, spent commuting.

Metric Mayagüez Municipio Puerto Rico Avg U.S. Average
One-way commute (min) 18.7 23.5 22.4
Round-trip commute (min) 37.3 46.9 44.8
Yearly time spent (hours) 156 196 187
Estimated yearly cost $4,822 $6,063 $5,790
Work from home 4.5% 6.1% 15.0%
Highway traffic (vehicles/day) — — 8,813
Local road traffic (vehicles/day) — — 1,355

Fastest commutes among counties in Puerto Rico: Culebra Municipio (12.7 min), Jayuya Municipio (15.2 min), Vieques Municipio (16.0 min).
Slowest: Naranjito Municipio (38.3 min), Toa Alta Municipio (33.8 min), Río Grande Municipio (33.4 min).

The average commute time in Mayagüez Municipio is 19 minutes, shorter than the 23 minutes in Puerto Rico.

Estimated yearly cost applies a single national wage rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area. Traffic volume figures come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

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Education & Households

Mayagüez Municipio has a education index of D, which means it is barely educated.

Metric Mayagüez Municipio Puerto Rico Avg U.S. Average
Bachelor's degree or higher 23.5% 26.2% 31.6%
Average household size 2.32 2.47 2.53

Highest education index among counties in Puerto Rico: Guaynabo Municipio (0.4), San Juan Municipio (0.3), Trujillo Alto Municipio (0.3).
Lowest: Maricao Municipio (0.1), Las Marías Municipio (0.1), Culebra Municipio (0.2).

Health

Metric Mayagüez Municipio Puerto Rico Avg U.S. Average
Life expectancy (years) — — 78.3
Self-rated poor health — — 16.3%
Smokers — — 19.0%

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Mayagüez Municipio, PR Compared With Nearby Counties

Mayagüez Municipio, PR is the largest of the 4 counties compared here, 70,828 residents against a local median of 37,758. Mayagüez Municipio, PR's median home price, at $119,770, runs 26% below the $160,784 typical of the counties around it.

Median household income tells the same story from another angle: $18,321 against a local median of $24,347, 25% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is median household income, and at 25% below the local median it puts Mayagüez Municipio, PR at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread $108,036 on median home price, so Mayagüez Municipio, PR sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Mayagüez Municipio, PR has the 3rd highest median home price of the 4 areas compared here.

Area Population Median household income Median home price Commute
Mayagüez Municipio, PR 70,828 $18,321 #4/4 $119,770 #3/4 18.7 min #1/4
Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR 46,876 $26,571 $212,500 22.4 min
Aguada Municipio, PR 37,758 $21,622 $104,464 18.9 min
Añasco Municipio, PR 25,094 $24,347 $160,784 20.5 min

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Mayagüez Municipio, Puerto Rico.

How many people live in Mayagüez Municipio, Puerto Rico?

About 70,828 people live in Mayagüez Municipio, Puerto Rico, in 30,020 households of 2.3 people on average. The median age is 40.7, so residents are older than the U.S. median of 37.3 by about 3 years.

Is Mayagüez Municipio, Puerto Rico mostly urban or rural?

Averaged over its land area, Mayagüez Municipio, Puerto Rico has 258 people per square mile, a density typical of a mix of suburbs, small towns and farmland. That is about 3.0 times the U.S. average of 86.

Can a typical household afford a home in Mayagüez Municipio, Puerto Rico?

The median home costs 6.5 times the median household income ($119,770 against $18,321), compared with 3.1 times nationally. A ratio of about 3 is traditionally considered affordable. Median rent of $483 a month takes about 32% of the median household's income, above the 30% level at which HUD considers renters cost-burdened.

Is unemployment high in Mayagüez Municipio, Puerto Rico?

Unemployment in Mayagüez Municipio, Puerto Rico is 20.0%, well above the U.S. rate of 5.2%, so job seekers may face more competition than elsewhere.

What share of adults in Mayagüez Municipio, Puerto Rico have a college degree?

23.5% of adults in Mayagüez Municipio, Puerto Rico hold a bachelor's degree or higher (about 1 in 4), well below the U.S. share of 31.6%.

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