Ponce, PR
Ponce, PR Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Ponce, PR Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Ponce ranks 75th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 299th for income. A household earns $23,324 a year while median rent runs $516/mo, making it moderately affordable for what residents earn.
Its strongest card is rent (1st of 300), while job market is the soft spot (300th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 1st and home prices 1st among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
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The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 299th of 300↑45.2%$23,324
- Per-capita income
- $14,343
- Full-time pay
- $19,964
Housing
- Median rent
- 1st of 300↑39.1%$516/mo
- Home value
- 1st of 300↑18.5%$113,500
- Property tax
- $315/yr · 0.3%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 300th of 30014.3%
- Bachelor's+
- 240th of 30025.9%
- Avg commute
- 182nd of 30024.9 min
People
- Population
- 265,039
- Population change
- +21.9%
- Median age
- 45.4 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 0.5%
- Broadband
- 91.1%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 1st of 3003
- Natural-hazard loss
- 294th of 300$45/$10k
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. EPA, FEMA, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Affordability
- + Rent
- + Home prices
- + Air quality
- + Health
Watch-outs
- – Cost of living
- – Household income
- – Job market
- – Education
- – Hazard safety
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — miami beach.
What jobs pay in Ponce
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $128,080
- Pharmacists
- $107,010
- IT managers
- $98,070
- Financial managers
- $77,470
- General & operations managers
- $64,000
- Secondary school teachers
- $60,320
- Elementary school teachers
- $59,660
- Civil engineers
- $51,470
- Registered nurses
- $38,570
- Accountants & auditors
- $37,980
- Electricians
- $37,440
- Carpenters
- $31,200
- Police officers
- $30,830
- Plumbers
- $29,690
- Customer service reps
- $26,810
- Construction laborers
- $23,510
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $23,490
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $22,330
- Waiters & waitresses
- $22,260
- Retail salespersons
- $22,030
- Janitors
- $21,840
- Cashiers
- $21,840
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
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Ponce metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Ponce metro?
- Median gross rent across the Ponce, PR Metro Area is $516 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Ponce.
- What is the median household income in the Ponce metro?
- A typical household in the Ponce, PR Metro Area earns $23,324 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the typical home value in the Ponce metro?
- The median home value across the Ponce, PR Metro Area is $113,500 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Ponce metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Ponce, PR Metro Area is 14.3% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).