It has a stable population of roughly 7,457 residents (INE 2008), a statistic that has been increasing consistently from the economic crisis of 2008/9 onwards.

As a result, Hoyo de Manzanares is surrounded by mountains and fields that give the town a beautiful location.

After the Reconquista, Hoyo de Manzanares was quickly repopulated by Moriscos, Philistines, Segovians and of course Madrilenos.

This mixed population remained stable until 1609-1614 when the Spanish government forced Moriscos to leave the Kingdom of Spain after the marriage of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon.

The academy contains one of the largest libraries of northern Madrid, including various donated volumes about the Spanish Civil War.