Gurabo Municipio, PR

County

2024 Population

40,228

2024 Median Age

42.3

1.93% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

29%

9.23% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$42,216

6.79% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$158,500

0.999% 1-year decline

2024 Employed Population

17,399

4.04% 1-year growth

Economy

The economy of Gurabo Municipio, PR employs 17.4k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Gurabo Municipio, PR were Health Care & Social Assistance (2,404 people), Retail Trade (2,327 people), and Manufacturing (2,105 people), and the highest paying industries were Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($66,949), Transportation & Warehousing ($61,910), and Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($59,188).

Employment

Occupations

17.4k

2024 Value

± 1,330

4.04%

1 Year growth

± 10.7%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Gurabo Municipio, PR grew at a rate of 4.04%, from 16.7k employees to 17.4k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Gurabo Municipio, PR, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (2,346 people), Sales & Related Occupations (1,904 people), and Management Occupations (1,776 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Gurabo Municipio, PR.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Puerto Rico.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Puerto Rico (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

17.4k

2024 Value

± 1,330

4.04%

1 Year growth

± 10.7%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Gurabo Municipio, PR grew at a rate of 4.04%, from 16.7k employees to 17.4k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Gurabo Municipio, PR, are Health Care & Social Assistance (2,404 people), Retail Trade (2,327 people), and Manufacturing (2,105 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Gurabo Municipio, PR, though some of these residents may live in Gurabo Municipio, PR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$27,234

Median earning men ± $3,612

$29,698

Median earning women ± $3,407

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($60,799), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($43,415), and Wholesale Trade ($41,219).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Manufacturing ($49,241), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($45,233), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($36,412).

Education

The student population of Gurabo Municipio, PR in 2024 is skewed towards women, with 3,750 male students and 6,159 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Gurabo Municipio, PR are Hispanic or Latino (1,930 and 100%).

The largest universities in Gurabo Municipio, PR by number of degrees awarded are Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus (1,930 and 100%).

The most popular majors in Gurabo Municipio, PR are Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician And Veterinary Assistant (163 and 8.45%), Family Practice Nurse (152 and 7.88%), and Accounting (127 and 6.58%).

The median tuition cost for private four year colleges is $5,750.

Admissions & Enrollments

Enrollments by Gender and Races

In 2024 there were 9,909 students enrolled in Gurabo Municipio, PR, 37.8% men and 62.2% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in Hispanic or Latino with 9,909 records, of which 62.2% were women and 37.8% men.

Completions

Concentrations

Most Common

Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician And Veterinary Assistant
100 degrees awarded
General Biological Sciences
61 degrees awarded
Registered Nursing
59 degrees awarded

In 2024, the most common concentation for Bachelors Degree recipients in Gurabo Municipio, PR was Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician And Veterinary Assistant with 100 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Bachelors Degree from schools in Gurabo Municipio, PR according to their major.

Universities

Gender

Race

Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus

Largest Universities by degrees awarded

1,930 degrees awarded

In 2024, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus with 1,930 degrees awarded.

Student Diversity

In 2024, 703 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Gurabo Municipio, PR, which is 0.573 times less than the 1,227 female students who received degrees in the same year.

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($5,750) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2024.

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($2,000) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2024.

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($1,700) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

The graph shows the average net price by sector and year.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Gurabo Municipio, PR was $158,500 in 2024, which is 0.476 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $160,100 to $158,500, a 0.999% decrease. The homeownership rate in Gurabo Municipio, PR is 77.2%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Gurabo Municipio, PR have an average commute time of 36 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Gurabo Municipio, PR is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$158,500

Median Property Value 2024

±$7,736

$12,239

Median Property Taxes

±$971

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Gurabo Municipio, PR the largest share of households pay taxes in the None range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Gurabo Municipio, PR compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

77.2%

Homeownership

2024

71.8%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 77.2% of the housing units in Gurabo Municipio, PR were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 77.2%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Gurabo Municipio, PR compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$42,216

Median Household Income

± $3,622

15.8k

Number of Households

± 1,096

In 2024, the median household income of the 15.8k households in Gurabo Municipio, PR grew to $42,216 from the previous year's value of $39,532.

The following chart displays the households in Gurabo Municipio, PR distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the < $10k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Gurabo Municipio, PR is from Puerto Rico.

0.454

2024 Wage GINI in Puerto Rico

0.46

2023 Wage GINI in Puerto Rico

In 2024, the income inequality in Puerto Rico was 0.454 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 1.22% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Puerto Rico was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Puerto Rico in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Puerto Rico across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (80.9%)
Worked At Home (8.32%)
Carpooled (6.56%)

In 2024, 80.9% of workers in Gurabo Municipio, PR drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (8.32%) and those who carpooled to work (6.56%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

36 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Gurabo Municipio, PR have a longer commute time (36 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 6.02% of the workforce in Gurabo Municipio, PR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Gurabo Municipio, PR compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Gurabo Municipio, PR distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Gurabo Municipio, PR have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

29% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Gurabo Municipio, PR (11.6k out of 40.1k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 55 - 64, followed by Females 75+ and then Females 18 - 24.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Gurabo Municipio, PR is Hispanic, followed by Two Or More and Other.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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