Estimated median household income in 2009: $35,799
Nearest zip codes: 00982, 00924, 00923, 00913, 00915, 00917.
Percentage of family households:
This zip code:58.9%
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This zip code:4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in zip code 00979 with a mortgage: 1,376 (126 second mortgage, 104 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 746
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $964
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $291

- no bedroom: 1,400
- 1 bedrooms: 1,101
- 2 bedrooms: 1,260
- 3 bedrooms: 1,690
- 4 bedrooms: 393
- 5 or more bedrooms: 64
- no bedroom: 743
- 1 bedrooms: 635
- 2 bedrooms: 500
- 3 bedrooms: 509
- 4 bedrooms: 104
- 5 or more bedrooms: 7
- no vehicle: 891
- 1 vehicle: 2,828
- 2 vehicles: 1,720
- 3 vehicles: 372
- 4 vehicles: 67
- 5 or more vehicles: 30
- no vehicle: 566
- 1 vehicle: 1,394
- 2 vehicles: 450
- 3 vehicles: 74
- 4 vehicles: 6
- 5 or more vehicles: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2009: $2,673,418.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2009 for:- White Non-Hispanic householders: $275,115
- Black or African American householders: $155,384
- Asian householders: $228,018
- Some other race householders: $141,454
- Two or more races householders: $157,540
- Hispanic or Latino householders: $162,349
Estimated median house or condo value in 2009: $211,104 (it was $127,300 in 2000)
00979:$211,104
Mean price in 2009: Detached houses: $245,209
Townhouses or other attached units: $246,797
In 2-unit structures: $311,969
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $330,811
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $320,714
Mobile homes: $107,315
Owners and renters by unit type in %
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,183
- One, attached: 1,018
- Two: 132
- 3 or 4: 285
- 5 to 9: 379
- 10 to 19: 324
- 20 to 49: 720
- 50 or more: 6,751
- Mobile homes: 27

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Means of transportation to work
- Drove a car alone: 5,326 (73%)
- Carpooled: 1,064 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 347 (5%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 116 (2%)
- Taxi: 15 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 10 (0%)
- Bicycle: 9 (0%)
- Walked: 154 (2%)
- Other means: 84 (1%)
- Worked at home: 213 (3%)
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Travel time to work
- Less than 5 minutes: 118
- 5 to 9 minutes: 371
- 10 to 14 minutes: 859
- 15 to 19 minutes: 1153
- 20 to 24 minutes: 1073
- 25 to 29 minutes: 369
- 30 to 34 minutes: 1718
- 35 to 39 minutes: 179
- 40 to 44 minutes: 196
- 45 to 59 minutes: 501
- 60 to 89 minutes: 394
- 90 or more minutes: 194
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Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 30.3%
Household type by relationship:
Households: 18,657
- In family households: 14,796 (3,202 male householders, 1,793 female householders)
3,504 spouses, 4,801 children (4,494 natural, 82 adopted, 225 stepchildren), 430 grandchildren, 180 brothers or sisters, 326 parents, 371 other relatives, 189 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,861 (1,621 male householders (1,394 living alone)), 1,798 female householders (1,614 living alone)), 442 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 24 (8 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,285 2-persons, 1,353 3-persons, 815 4-persons, 385 5-persons, 122 6-persons, 35 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 3,008 1-person, 389 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 6 5-persons.
1,949 married couples with children.
1,012 single-parent households (142 men, 870 women).
13.8% of residents of 00979 zip code speak English at home.
85.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (42% very well, 27% well, 16% not well, 15% not at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% very well, 19% well, 2% not well, 5% not at all).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% very well, 42% not well).
Foreign born population: 3,340 (17.9%)
(58.7% of them are naturalized citizens)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Dominican Republic (36%)
- Cuba (34%)
- Colombia (4%)
- Spain (4%)
- Venezuela (2%)
- Argentina (2%)
- Mexico (2%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population (3,340 people)
- 1995 to March 2000: 611
- 1990 to 1994: 408
- 1985 to 1989: 361
- 1980 to 1984: 304
- 1975 to 1979: 201
- 1970 to 1974: 360
- 1965 to 1969: 444
- Before 1965: 651
Races in zip code 00979:
White population: 871
Black population: 70
American Indian population: 5
Asian population: 99
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 3
Some other race population: 5
Two or more races population: 31
Hispanic or Latino population: 17,597
First ancestries reported:
|  Other groups: 14092 |
|  United States or American: 780 |
|  Italian: 138 |
|  West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 126 |
|  French (except Basque): 107 |
|  West Indian: 98 |
|  German: 53 |
|  Irish: 52 |
|  English: 47 |
|  Arab:: 43 |
|  Lebanese: 37 |
|  Swedish: 24 |
|  Dutch: 18 |
|  British West Indian: 18 |
|  Russian: 16 |
|  Scottish: 15 |
|  Greek: 15 |
|  Norwegian: 13 |
|  British: 11 |
|  Subsaharan African:: 11 |
|  African: 11 |
|  Brazilian: 10 |
|  French Canadian: 10 |
|  Turkish: 10 |
|  Haitian: 10 |
|  Yugoslavian: 10 |
|  Canadian: 9 |
|  Polish: 8 |
|  European: 8 |
|  Lithuanian: 7 |
|  Eastern European: 7 |
|  Palestinian: 6 |
|  Czechoslovakian: 5 |
|  Hungarian: 4 |
Public high school in zip code 00979 not listed on the city page:- DR JOSE M LAZARO (Students: 838; Grades: 10 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in zip code 00979 not listed on the city page:- JULIA DE BURGOS (Students: 583; Grades: KG - 09)
- PRISCO FUENTES (Students: 528; Grades: KG - 06)
- PETRA ROMAN VIGO (Students: 363; Grades: 07 - 09)
- LUIS MUŅOZ RIVERA (Students: 343; Grades: KG - 06)
- LUIS MUŅOZ MARIN (Students: 310; Grades: KG - 06)
- ROBERTO ALBERTY (CACAO CENTRO) (Students: 180; Grades: KG - 06)
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (51%)
- No fuel used (45%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Solar energy (1%)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 0
- Northeast: 1186
- Midwest: 232
- South: 202
- West: 68
94% of the 00979 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:
Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:
- PETER OYOLA (CONDOMINIUM QUEEN in CAROLINA, PR; small business)
8 employees, $297179 revenue. Small Disadvantaged Business: $67,720 in 2 contracts in 2002
$67,000 with National Park Service for Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property -- Other Administrative Facilities and Service Buildings. Taking place in WI. Signed on 2002-08-15. Completion date: 2003-02-15.
$720, same as above. Signed on 2002-11-15. Completion date: 2003-02-15.
- CESAR DIAZ INTERIOR CONSTRUCTI (MARGINAL LOS ANGELES, KM 9 in CAROLINA, PR; small business): $38,537 in 4 contracts from 1999 to 2000
$14,916 with Navy for Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property -- Dining Facilities. Taking place in VA. Signed on 2000-07-28. Completion date: 2000-07-21.
$12,515, same as above. Signed on 1999-12-15. Completion date: 2000-04-15.
$9,306, same as above. Signed on 2000-04-13. Completion date: 2000-04-15.
$1,800, same as above. Signed on 2000-01-31. Completion date: 2000-04-15.
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.)
15 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
9 people in nursing homes
| Most popular first names in zip code 00979 among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Maria | 58 | 80.3 years |
| Jose | 54 | 74.6 years |
| Carmen | 43 | 78.8 years |
| Juan | 34 | 75.8 years |
| Luis | 22 | 75.1 years |
| Rafael | 19 | 73.2 years |
| Manuel | 18 | 78.3 years |
| Angel | 17 | 68.6 years |
| Francisco | 17 | 77.2 years |
| Miguel | 16 | 80.0 years |
| Most popular last names in zip code 00979 among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Rodriguez | 28 | 75.3 years |
| Rivera | 22 | 79.0 years |
| Gonzalez | 19 | 72.8 years |
| Hernandez | 18 | 75.8 years |
| Martinez | 17 | 74.4 years |
| Colon | 15 | 80.3 years |
| Perez | 13 | 72.6 years |
| Torres | 11 | 65.8 years |
| Maldonado | 10 | 87.8 years |
| Vazquez | 8 | 73.3 years |
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