Comerío, PR

Census Place

2024 Population

3,837

2024 Median Age

41.4

1.22% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

58.5%

8.88% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$16,525

1.53% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$97,700

1.31% 1-year decline

2024 Employed Population

981

3.82% 1-year decline

Economy

The economy of Comerío, PR employs 981 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Comerío, PR were Retail Trade (158 people), Public Administration (139 people), and Administrative & Support & Waste Management Services (138 people), and the highest paying industries were Manufacturing ($61,389), Health Care & Social Assistance ($22,434), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($19,415).

Employment

Occupations

981

2024 Value

± 316

−3.82%

1 Year decline

± 47.7%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Comerío, PR declined at a rate of −3.82%, from 1.02k employees to 981 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Comerío, PR, are Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations (154 people), Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations (152 people), and Office & Administrative Support Occupations (138 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Comerío, 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

981

2024 Value

± 316

−3.82%

1 Year decline

± 47.7%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Comerío, PR declined at a rate of −3.82%, from 1.02k employees to 981 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Comerío, PR, are Retail Trade (158 people), Public Administration (139 people), and Administrative & Support & Waste Management Services (138 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Comerío, PR, though some of these residents may live in Comerío, PR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$15,613

Median earning men ± $2,797

$18,696

Median earning women ± $1,435

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($20,066), Public Administration ($16,885), and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($14,080).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($19,388), Retail Trade ($15,952), and Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodations & Food Services ($14,458).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Comerío, PR was $97,700 in 2024, which is 0.294 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $99,000 to $97,700, a 1.31% decrease. The homeownership rate in Comerío, PR is 49%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Comerío, PR have an average commute time of 26.9 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Comerío, PR is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$97,700

Median Property Value 2024

±$9,463

$598

Median Property Taxes

±$174

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 Comerío, PR the largest share of households pay taxes in the None range.

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

Rent vs Own

49%

Homeownership

2024

80%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 49% of the housing units in Comerío, PR were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 41.3%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Comerío, 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.

$16,525

Median Household Income

± $3,188

1.22k

Number of Households

± 239

In 2024, the median household income of the 1.22k households in Comerío, PR grew to $16,525 from the previous year's value of $16,276.

The following chart displays the households in Comerío, 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 - $15k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Comerío, 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 (72.2%)
Taxi (10.3%)
Walked (10.2%)

In 2024, 72.2% of workers in Comerío, PR drove alone to work, followed by those who used a taxi to get to work (10.3%) and those who walked to work (10.2%).

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

26.9 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Comerío, PR have a longer commute time (26.9 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 4.89% of the workforce in Comerío, PR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

58.5% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Comerío, PR (2.25k out of 3.84k 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 25 - 34, followed by Males < 5 and then Females 75+.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Comerío, 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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