Comunas, PR

Census Place

2024 Population

3,423

2024 Median Age

1.65% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

41.2%

14.8% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$33,388

8.79% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$108,400

2.36% 1-year growth

2024 Employed Population

1,169

10.2% 1-year growth

Economy

The economy of Comunas, PR employs 1.17k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Comunas, PR were Manufacturing (292 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (253 people), and Retail Trade (145 people), and the highest paying industries were Accommodation & Food Services ($26,526), Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodations & Food Services ($26,120), and Manufacturing ($19,175).

Employment

Occupations

1.17k

2024 Value

± 345

10.2%

1 Year growth

± 38.7%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Comunas, PR grew at a rate of 10.2%, from 1.06k employees to 1.17k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Comunas, PR, are Production Occupations (278 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (145 people), and Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations (99 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Comunas, 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

1.17k

2024 Value

± 345

10.2%

1 Year growth

± 38.7%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Comunas, PR grew at a rate of 10.2%, from 1.06k employees to 1.17k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Comunas, PR, are Manufacturing (292 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (253 people), and Retail Trade (145 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Comunas, PR, though some of these residents may live in Comunas, PR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$20,677

Median earning men ± $13,250

$18,591

Median earning women ± $6,748

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodations & Food Services ($26,120), Manufacturing ($19,643), and Retail Trade ($9,067).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Manufacturing ($18,818) and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($13,185).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Comunas, PR was $108,400 in 2024, which is 0.326 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $105,900 to $108,400, a 2.36% increase. The homeownership rate in Comunas, PR is 73.5%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Comunas, PR have an average commute time of 23.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Comunas, PR is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$108,400

Median Property Value 2024

±$6,028

$898

Median Property Taxes

±$242

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

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

Rent vs Own

73.5%

Homeownership

2024

74.1%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 73.5% of the housing units in Comunas, PR were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 73.8%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Comunas, 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.

$33,388

Median Household Income

± $4,448

1.22k

Number of Households

± 326

In 2024, the median household income of the 1.22k households in Comunas, PR grew to $33,388 from the previous year's value of $30,689.

The following chart displays the households in Comunas, 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 $30k - $35k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Comunas, 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 (88.7%)
Carpooled (10.3%)
Walked (0.998%)

In 2024, 88.7% of workers in Comunas, PR drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (10.3%) and those who walked to work (0.998%).

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

23.4 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Comunas, PR have a shorter commute time (23.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Comunas, PR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

41.2% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Comunas, PR (1.41k out of 3.42k 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 18 - 24 and then Females 55 - 64.

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

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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