El Negro, PR

Census Place

2024 Population

1,126

2024 Median Age

53.1

24.9% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

35.4%

34.9% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$27,364

3.83% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$96,700

3.59% 1-year decline

2024 Employed Population

396

11.9% 1-year growth

Economy

The economy of El Negro, PR employs 396 people. In 2024, the largest industries in El Negro, PR were Other Services, Except Public Administration (73 people), Retail Trade (72 people), and Educational Services (70 people), and the highest paying industries were Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($38,333), Educational Services ($38,333), and Retail Trade ($16,837).

Employment

Occupations

396

2024 Value

± 191

11.9%

1 Year growth

± 61%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in El Negro, PR grew at a rate of 11.9%, from 354 employees to 396 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in El Negro, PR, are Production Occupations (83 people), Sales & Related Occupations (72 people), and Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (49 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of El Negro, 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

396

2024 Value

± 191

11.9%

1 Year growth

± 61%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in El Negro, PR grew at a rate of 11.9%, from 354 employees to 396 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in El Negro, PR, are Other Services, Except Public Administration (73 people), Retail Trade (72 people), and Educational Services (70 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of El Negro, PR, though some of these residents may live in El Negro, PR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$29,063

Median earning men ± $18,345

$15,383

Median earning women ± $12,976

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($38,333).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Retail Trade ($16,837).

Housing & Living

The median property value in El Negro, PR was $96,700 in 2024, which is 0.291 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $100,300 to $96,700, a 3.59% decrease. The homeownership rate in El Negro, PR is 56.6%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in El Negro, PR have an average commute time of 29.8 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in El Negro, PR is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$96,700

Median Property Value 2024

±$12,235

$292

Median Property Taxes

±$124

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

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

Equity

Household Income

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

$27,364

Median Household Income

± $5,293

516

Number of Households

± 178

In 2024, the median household income of the 516 households in El Negro, PR grew to $27,364 from the previous year's value of $26,354.

The following chart displays the households in El Negro, 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 $25k - $30k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for El Negro, 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 (79.2%)
Walked (12%)
Carpooled (8.8%)

In 2024, 79.2% of workers in El Negro, PR drove alone to work, followed by those who walked to work (12%) and those who carpooled to work (8.8%).

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

29.8 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in El Negro, PR have a longer commute time (29.8 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 13.1% of the workforce in El Negro, PR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

35.4% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in El Negro, PR (399 out of 1.13k 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 65 - 74, followed by Females 75+ and then Males 75+.

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