Estimated median household income in 2009: $16,221
Nearest zip codes: 00780, 00730, 00717, 00728, 00716, 00715.
Percentage of family households:
This zip code:85.1%
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This zip code:3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in zip code 00731 with a mortgage: 1,394 (76 second mortgage, 53 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,231
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $942
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $154

- no bedroom: 971
- 1 bedrooms: 411
- 2 bedrooms: 1,004
- 3 bedrooms: 1,705
- 4 bedrooms: 706
- 5 or more bedrooms: 138
- no bedroom: 208
- 1 bedrooms: 211
- 2 bedrooms: 406
- 3 bedrooms: 532
- 4 bedrooms: 65
- 5 or more bedrooms: 5
- no vehicle: 1,165
- 1 vehicle: 1,826
- 2 vehicles: 1,375
- 3 vehicles: 454
- 4 vehicles: 91
- 5 or more vehicles: 24
- no vehicle: 708
- 1 vehicle: 549
- 2 vehicles: 131
- 3 vehicles: 29
- 4 vehicles: 10
- 5 or more vehicles: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2009: $987,234.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2009 for:- White Non-Hispanic householders: $214,254
- Black or African American householders: $93,694
- American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $29,020
- Asian householders: $269,476
- Some other race householders: $96,679
- Two or more races householders: $123,710
- Hispanic or Latino householders: $117,574
Estimated median house or condo value in 2009: $118,238 (it was $71,300 in 2000)
00731:$118,238
Mean price in 2009: Detached houses: $148,552
Townhouses or other attached units: $143,959
In 2-unit structures: $170,974
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $121,287
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $292,545
Mobile homes: $18,500
Owners and renters by unit type in %
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,583
- One, attached: 782
- Two: 78
- 3 or 4: 61
- 5 to 9: 116
- 10 to 19: 250
- 20 to 49: 35
- 50 or more: 14
- Mobile homes: 19

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Means of transportation to work
- Drove a car alone: 3,166 (68%)
- Carpooled: 892 (19%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 239 (5%)
- Bicycle: 19 (0%)
- Walked: 196 (4%)
- Other means: 13 (0%)
- Worked at home: 108 (2%)
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Travel time to work
- Less than 5 minutes: 107
- 5 to 9 minutes: 241
- 10 to 14 minutes: 532
- 15 to 19 minutes: 919
- 20 to 24 minutes: 757
- 25 to 29 minutes: 273
- 30 to 34 minutes: 792
- 35 to 39 minutes: 104
- 40 to 44 minutes: 130
- 45 to 59 minutes: 199
- 60 to 89 minutes: 305
- 90 or more minutes: 172
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Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 86.5%
Household type by relationship:
Households: 21,245
- In family households: 20,263 (3,723 male householders, 1,706 female householders)
4,045 spouses, 8,959 children (8,495 natural, 108 adopted, 356 stepchildren), 866 grandchildren, 210 brothers or sisters, 167 parents, 436 other relatives, 151 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 982 (464 male householders (420 living alone)), 441 female householders (426 living alone)), 77 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 106 (53 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,390 2-persons, 1,260 3-persons, 1,254 4-persons, 875 5-persons, 424 6-persons, 226 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 846 1-person, 50 2-persons, 9 4-persons.
4,286 married couples with children.
1,724 single-parent households (144 men, 1,580 women).
15.5% of residents of 00731 zip code speak English at home.
84.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (13% very well, 15% well, 20% not well, 53% not at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (50% very well, 12% well, 12% not well, 26% not at all).
Foreign born population: 236 (1.1%)
(56.8% of them are naturalized citizens)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Dominican Republic (31%)
- Cuba (23%)
- Colombia (10%)
- Germany (8%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
- Netherlands (4%)
- Asia, n.e.c. (4%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population (236 people)
- 1995 to March 2000: 28
- 1990 to 1994: 57
- 1985 to 1989: 11
- 1980 to 1984: 35
- 1975 to 1979: 15
- 1970 to 1974: 13
- 1965 to 1969: 62
- Before 1965: 15
Races in zip code 00731:
White population: 141
Black population: 4
American Indian population: 1
Asian population: 2
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 1
Some other race population: 0
Two or more races population: 17
Hispanic or Latino population: 21,270
First ancestries reported:
|  Other groups: 15834 |
|  United States or American: 428 |
|  Italian: 93 |
|  West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 40 |
|  West Indian: 40 |
|  Arab:: 28 |
|  Arab/Arabic: 28 |
|  French (except Basque): 16 |
|  French Canadian: 13 |
|  Dutch: 10 |
|  Basque: 4 |
Public high schools in zip code 00731 not listed on the city page:- DR ALFREDO M AGUAYO (Students: 831; Grades: 10 - 12)
- DR PILA (Students: 827; Grades: 10 - 12)
- SUPERIOR JARDINES DE PONCE (Students: 807; Grades: 10 - 12)
- BETHZAIDA VELAZQUEZ SUPERIOR (Students: 412; Grades: 10 - 12)
- THOMAS ARMSTRONG TORO (Students: 345; Grades: 10 - 12)
- JUAN SERRALLES (SUPERIOR) (Students: 339; Grades: 10 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in zip code 00731 not listed on the city page:- ANGELA CORDERO BERNARD (Students: 1,000; Grades: PK - 06)
- FERNANDO L MALAVE OLIVERAS (Students: 990; Grades: KG - 09)
- EUGENIO LE COMPTE (Students: 668; Grades: 07 - 09)
- MANUEL GONZALEZ PATO (Students: 667; Grades: KG - 09)
- INSTITUTO TECNG. RECINTO DE PONCE (Students: 658; Grades: 07 - 09)
- JARDINES DE PONCE (Students: 631; Grades: PK - 09)
- JULIO ALVARADO (Students: 628; Grades: KG - 12)
- SANTA TERESITA (Students: 584; Grades: KG - 12)
- CARMEN SOLA DE PEREIRA (Students: 542; Grades: KG - 06)
- DR PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS (Students: 529; Grades: 07 - 09)
- SOR ISOLINA FERRE (Students: 512; Grades: 07 - 09)
- ANDRES GRILLASCA SALAS (Students: 508; Grades: PK - 06)
- JUAN SERRALLES (INTERMEDIA) (Students: 505; Grades: 07 - 09)
- JAIME L DREW (Students: 500; Grades: KG - 06)
- LUCY GRILLASCA (Students: 497; Grades: KG - 09)
- EDUARDO NEUMANN GANDIA (Students: 492; Grades: PK - 09)
- SIMON MORET GALLART (Students: 474; Grades: PK - 06)
- SU FEDERICO DEGETAU Y GONZALEZ (Students: 459; Grades: 03 - 12)
- RAMIRO COLON COLON (Students: 448; Grades: KG - 06)
- JOSE GAUTIER BENITEZ (Students: 429; Grades: KG - 06)
- JULIA CORDERO NEGRON (Students: 428; Grades: PK - 06)
- SANTIAGO GONZALEZ (Students: 415; Grades: KG - 09)
- AUREA E RIVERA COLLAZO (Students: 410; Grades: KG - 06)
- ANTONIO PAOLI (Students: 377; Grades: 07 - 09)
- JUAN CUEVAS ABOY (Students: 374; Grades: KG - 09)
- ERNESTO RAMOS ANTONINI (Students: 370; Grades: 07 - 09)
- SEGUNDO RUIZ BELVIS (Students: 356; Grades: KG - 06)
- EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS (Students: 345; Grades: KG - 06)
- JOAQUIN FERRAN (Students: 310; Grades: KG - 06)
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN (Students: 300; Grades: KG - 09)
- CAPITANEJO (Students: 282; Grades: KG - 06)
- ISMAEL MALDONADO LUGARO (Students: 277; Grades: KG - 09)
- DR JOSE C BARBOSA (Students: 275; Grades: PK - 06)
- OLIMPIO OTERO (Students: 271; Grades: KG - 06)
- FRANCISCO PARRA DUPERON (Students: 266; Grades: KG - 06)
- JUAN MOREL CAMPOS (ELEMENTAL) (Students: 264; Grades: KG - 06)
- DR RAFAEL LOPEZ NUSSA (Students: 242; Grades: KG - 12)
- PARCELAS MAGUEYES (Students: 193; Grades: KG - 06)
- JOSE JULIAN ACOSTA (Students: 192; Grades: KG - 03)
- SU ROSARIO LA TORRE MORALES (Students: 189; Grades: KG - 09)
- LIZZIE GRAHAM (Students: 183; Grades: KG - 03)
- PARCELAS MARUEÑO (Students: 155; Grades: KG - 12)
- JULIO COLLAZO SILVA (Students: 148; Grades: KG - 06)
- ROMAN BALDORIOTY DE CASTRO (Students: 136; Grades: 04 - 06)
- CARMEN MEDINA ANAYA (Students: 132; Grades: KG - 06)
- RAMON MARIN (Students: 130; Grades: UG - UG)
- PARCELAS REAL (Students: 113; Grades: KG - 06)
- DR RAMON E BETANCES (Students: 91; Grades: KG - 06)
- ANSELMO RIVERA MATOS (Students: 82; Grades: KG - 06)
- MONTE LLANOS (Students: 42; Grades: 01 - 06)
- JUAN MOREL CAMPOS (MUSICA) (Grades: 02 - 12)
- BELLAS ARTES DE PONCE (Grades: KG - 06)
Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
- ANDRES GRILLASCA SALAS ELEM. SCHOOL (LAS AMERICAS AVE. URB. CONSTANCIA ST.#9 in PONCE, PA)
ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System)
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 8%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 5%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- No fuel used (65%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Solar energy (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 0
- Northeast: 631
- Midwest: 166
- South: 52
- West: 38
97% of the 00731 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 0% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 0% lived in this state.
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)
People in group quarters:
- 55 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 25 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 14 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 14 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
- 13 people in nursing homes
| Most popular first names in zip code 00731 among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Juan | 1,013 | 76.4 years |
| Jose | 988 | 70.2 years |
| Maria | 901 | 80.3 years |
| Luis | 524 | 69.0 years |
| Pedro | 515 | 73.2 years |
| Carmen | 487 | 75.1 years |
| Ramon | 472 | 73.7 years |
| Francisco | 451 | 75.0 years |
| Antonio | 350 | 74.7 years |
| Manuel | 320 | 74.6 years |
| Most popular last names in zip code 00731 among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Rodriguez | 832 | 77.6 years |
| Rivera | 697 | 74.9 years |
| Torres | 567 | 74.4 years |
| Santiago | 477 | 73.9 years |
| Gonzalez | 395 | 76.1 years |
| Perez | 293 | 75.5 years |
| Martinez | 288 | 75.4 years |
| Colon | 254 | 76.5 years |
| Ortiz | 253 | 76.4 years |
| Maldonado | 249 | 75.1 years |
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