Demographics of Bayamón Municipio, Puerto Rico

Bayamón Municipio, in Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, had 180,562 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −4,395 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Bayamón Municipio, in four figures

180,562
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −2.4%
Change since July 2020: −4,395 people.; 44.4 ±0.2
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $31,354 ±$910
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Bayamón Municipio, Puerto Rico's population shrank 2.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Bayamón Municipio, Puerto Rico's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Bayamón Municipio, Puerto Rico's population shrank 2.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Bayamón Municipio, Puerto Rico's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	184,957	100.0	100.0
2021	184,016	99.5	100.2
2022	181,555	98.2	100.7
2023	180,842	97.8	101.6
2024	181,292	98.0	102.5
2025	180,562	97.6	103.1

Population of Bayamón Municipio, Puerto Rico on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	184,957	—
2021	184,016	−941
2022	181,555	−2,461
2023	180,842	−713
2024	181,292	+450
2025	180,562	−730

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 44.4 ±0.2: for men 40.4 ±0.4 and for women 47.6 ±0.3. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Bayamón Municipio by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Under 5	5,938 ±0	3.3% ±<0.1	3.1% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	22,254 ±691	12.2% ±0.4	13.0% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	16,515 ±741	9.1% ±0.4	9.0% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	47,830 ±723	26.2% ±0.4	25.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	45,366 ±877	24.9% ±0.5	26.2% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	44,566 ±1,199	24.4% ±0.7	23.4% ±0.2	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $31,354 ±$910, and income per person $19,277 ±$522, in 2024 dollars. The median is $26,297 ±$261 in Puerto Rico and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Bayamón Municipio by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Under $25,000	31,201 ±1,207	42.0% ±1.5	48.2% ±0.4	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	20,055 ±1,069	27.0% ±1.4	25.6% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	10,306 ±690	13.9% ±0.9	12.1% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	5,632 ±590	7.6% ±0.8	6.1% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	4,497 ±477	6.0% ±0.6	4.6% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,639 ±293	2.2% ±0.4	1.6% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,004 ±208	1.4% ±0.3	1.7% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Bayamón Municipio by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Puerto Rico	United States
All ages	61,173 ±2,187	34.3% ±1.2	40.5% ±0.4	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	14,243 ±800	51.0% ±2.1	54.9% ±0.6	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	28,605 ±1,502	30.4% ±1.4	37.0% ±0.4	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	18,325 ±829	32.6% ±1.2	39.1% ±0.4	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Bayamón Municipio, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Bayamón Municipio	Puerto Rico	United States
Housing units	88,047 ±1,037	1,634,357 ±4,364	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	84.4% ±1.0	79.0% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	15.6% ±0.9	21.0% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	70.1% ±0.8	67.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	29.9% ±1.3	32.1% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$149,100 ±$2,172	$131,500 ±$959	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$703 ±$25	$578 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1972 ±2	1979 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Bayamón Municipio by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Hispanic or Latino	180,846 ±422	99.1% ±0.2	99.0% ±0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	651 ±178	0.4% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	69 to 343	< 0.1% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	104 to 452	0.1% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 36	0% to < 0.1%	0% to < 0.1%	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 25	0% to < 0.1%	< 0.1%	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	179 to 547	0.1% to 0.3%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	30 to 200	< 0.1% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

The Bureau counts a person born in Puerto Rico as born outside the United States, in Puerto Rico, and the table says so. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Bayamón Municipio by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Born in one of the 50 states or DC	9,053 ±743	5.0% ±0.4	5.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born in Puerto Rico, an island area, or abroad to American parents	167,341 ±1,138	91.7% ±0.6	92.1% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	6,075 ±713	3.3% ±0.4	2.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	3,284 ±484	1.8% ±0.3	1.4% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	2,791 ±481	1.5% ±0.3	1.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Bayamón Municipio among the municipios of Puerto Rico

2nd of 78 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Puerto Rico page.

Municipios of Puerto Rico near Bayamón Municipio in population, July 2025
Municipio	July 2025	Change since 2020
San Juan Municipio	329,737	−3.5%
Bayamón Municipio	180,562	−2.4%
Carolina Municipio	149,874	−3.0%
Ponce Municipio	128,384	−6.4%
Caguas Municipio	124,161	−2.3%
Guaynabo Municipio	89,055	−0.8%
Arecibo Municipio	85,539	−2.4%

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Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026