Demographics of Moca Municipio, Puerto Rico

Moca Municipio, in Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, had 37,562 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +93 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.

Moca Municipio, in four figures

37,562
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +0.2%
Change since July 2020: +93 people.; 43.4 ±0.5
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $23,586 ±$2,487
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.

Moca Municipio, Puerto Rico's population grew 0.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Moca 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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Moca Municipio, Puerto Rico's population grew 0.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Moca 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	37,469	100.0	100.0
2021	37,518	100.1	100.2
2022	37,295	99.5	100.7
2023	37,356	99.7	101.6
2024	37,589	100.3	102.5
2025	37,562	100.2	103.1

Population of Moca Municipio, Puerto Rico on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	37,469	—
2021	37,518	+49
2022	37,295	−223
2023	37,356	+61
2024	37,589	+233
2025	37,562	−27

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 43.4 ±0.5: for men 42.1 ±0.7 and for women 44.5 ±0.3. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Moca Municipio by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Under 5	1,234 ±0	3.3% ±<0.1	3.1% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	5,060 ±381	13.5% ±1.0	13.0% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	3,537 ±379	9.5% ±1.0	9.0% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	9,664 ±409	25.8% ±1.1	25.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	10,128 ±495	27.1% ±1.3	26.2% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	7,801 ±602	20.8% ±1.6	23.4% ±0.2	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $23,586 ±$2,487, and income per person $14,548 ±$1,060, 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 Moca Municipio by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Under $25,000	7,157 ±653	51.7% ±4.2	48.2% ±0.4	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	3,641 ±517	26.3% ±3.6	25.6% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,299 ±288	9.4% ±2.0	12.1% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	933 ±258	6.7% ±1.8	6.1% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	554 ±211	4.0% ±1.5	4.6% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	49 to 217	0.4% to 1.6%	1.6% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	28 to 200	0.2% to 1.4%	1.7% ±0.1	13.4% ±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%.

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 Moca Municipio by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Puerto Rico	United States
All ages	16,985 ±1,333	45.9% ±3.6	40.5% ±0.4	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	3,393 ±466	55.3% ±4.8	54.9% ±0.6	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	8,925 ±1,007	43.2% ±3.9	37.0% ±0.4	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	4,667 ±500	45.7% ±3.7	39.1% ±0.4	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Moca Municipio, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Moca Municipio	Puerto Rico	United States
Housing units	17,513 ±522	1,634,357 ±4,364	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	79.0% ±2.4	79.0% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	21.0% ±2.4	21.0% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	63.3% ±3.1	67.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	36.7% ±3.7	32.1% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$132,100 ±$10,563	$131,500 ±$959	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$512 ±$27	$578 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1987 ±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 Moca Municipio by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Hispanic or Latino	37,195 ±140	99.4% ±0.4	99.0% ±0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	47 to 293	0.1% to 0.8%	0.6% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	0 to 33	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 33	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 33	0% to 0.1%	0% to < 0.1%	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 33	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1%	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 71	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	0 to 85	0% to 0.2%	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 Moca 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	2,831 ±486	7.6% ±1.3	5.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born in Puerto Rico, an island area, or abroad to American parents	34,179 ±526	91.3% ±1.4	92.1% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	204 to 624	0.5% to 1.7%	2.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	45 to 201	0.1% to 0.5%	1.4% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	113 to 469	0.3% to 1.3%	1.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<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%.

Moca Municipio among the municipios of Puerto Rico

26th of 78 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Puerto Rico page.

Municipios of Puerto Rico near Moca Municipio in population, July 2025
Municipio	July 2025	Change since 2020
Gurabo Municipio	39,780	−1.9%
Cidra Municipio	39,669	−0.8%
San Sebastián Municipio	39,019	−0.8%
Manatí Municipio	38,413	−2.7%
Hatillo Municipio	37,810	−1.7%
Moca Municipio	37,562	+0.2%
Aguada Municipio	37,319	−2.0%
San Lorenzo Municipio	37,275	−1.0%
Juncos Municipio	36,639	−1.0%
Dorado Municipio	35,891	< +0.1%
Las Piedras Municipio	34,723	−1.3%

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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