Boquerón (Las Piedras Municipio), PR

Census Place

2024 Population

1,676

2024 Median Age

39.9

6.12% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

35.9%

32.8% 1-year increase

2024 Median Household Income

$34,000

5.43% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$106,200

1.03% 1-year decline

2024 Employed Population

770

6.21% 1-year growth

Economy

The economy of Boquerón (Las Piedras Municipio), PR employs 770 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Boquerón (Las Piedras Municipio), PR were Retail Trade (198 people), Accommodation & Food Services (184 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (96 people), and the highest paying industries were Retail Trade ($21,057), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($19,639), and Accommodation & Food Services ($18,879).

Employment

Occupations

770

2024 Value

± 349

6.21%

1 Year growth

± 60.4%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Boquerón (Las Piedras Municipio), PR grew at a rate of 6.21%, from 725 employees to 770 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Boquerón (Las Piedras Municipio), PR, are Material Moving Occupations (208 people), Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations (131 people), and Production Occupations (78 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Boquerón (Las Piedras 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

770

2024 Value

± 349

6.21%

1 Year growth

± 60.4%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Boquerón (Las Piedras Municipio), PR grew at a rate of 6.21%, from 725 employees to 770 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Boquerón (Las Piedras Municipio), PR, are Retail Trade (198 people), Accommodation & Food Services (184 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (96 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Boquerón (Las Piedras Municipio), PR, though some of these residents may live in Boquerón (Las Piedras Municipio), PR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$20,380

Median earning men ± $5,623

$20,735

Median earning women ± $8,363

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Retail Trade ($20,842).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($18,500).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Boquerón (Las Piedras Municipio), PR was $106,200 in 2024, which is 0.319 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $107,300 to $106,200, a 1.03% decrease. The homeownership rate in Boquerón (Las Piedras Municipio), PR is 71.3%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Boquerón (Las Piedras Municipio), PR have an average commute time of 25.8 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Boquerón (Las Piedras Municipio), PR is higher than the national average, with an average of 3 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$106,200

Median Property Value 2024

±$26,645

$325

Median Property Taxes

±$163

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 Boquerón (Las Piedras Municipio), PR the largest share of households pay taxes in the None range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Boquerón (Las Piedras Municipio), PR compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

71.3%

Homeownership

2024

100%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 71.3% of the housing units in Boquerón (Las Piedras Municipio), PR were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 84.4%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Boquerón (Las Piedras 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.

$34,000

Median Household Income

± $29,874

456

Number of Households

± 212

In 2024, the median household income of the 456 households in Boquerón (Las Piedras Municipio), PR grew to $34,000 from the previous year's value of $32,250.

The following chart displays the households in Boquerón (Las Piedras 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 $60k - $75k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Boquerón (Las Piedras 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

Drove Alone (100%)

Most Common Commute in 2024

In 2024, 100% of workers in Boquerón (Las Piedras Municipio), PR drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (0%) and those who used public transit to get to work (0%).

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

25.8 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Boquerón (Las Piedras Municipio), PR have a shorter commute time (25.8 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 6.6% of the workforce in Boquerón (Las Piedras Municipio), PR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

3 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Boquerón (Las Piedras Municipio), PR distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Boquerón (Las Piedras Municipio), PR have 3 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

35.9% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Boquerón (Las Piedras Municipio), PR (602 out of 1.68k 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 35 - 44, followed by Males 16 - 17 and then Males 45 - 54.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Boquerón (Las Piedras Municipio), PR is Hispanic, followed by Other and White.

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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