El Paraiso, PR

Census Place

2024 Population

1,500

2024 Median Age

55.4

11.9% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

39.9%

5.96% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$21,701

19.1% 1-year decline

2024 Median Property Value

$85,500

0.117% 1-year growth

2024 Employed Population

537

1.1% 1-year decline

Economy

The economy of El Paraiso, PR employs 537 people. In 2024, the largest industries in El Paraiso, PR were Retail Trade (208 people), Other Services, Except Public Administration (67 people), and Educational Services (58 people), and the highest paying industries were Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($22,260) and Retail Trade ($17,175).

Employment

Occupations

537

2024 Value

± 220

−1.1%

1 Year decline

± 57.9%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in El Paraiso, PR declined at a rate of −1.1%, from 543 employees to 537 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in El Paraiso, PR, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (103 people), Fire Fighting & Prevention, & Other Protective Service Workers Including Supervisors (60 people), and Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations (50 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of El Paraiso, 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

537

2024 Value

± 220

−1.1%

1 Year decline

± 57.9%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in El Paraiso, PR declined at a rate of −1.1%, from 543 employees to 537 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in El Paraiso, PR, are Retail Trade (208 people), Other Services, Except Public Administration (67 people), and Educational Services (58 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of El Paraiso, PR, though some of these residents may live in El Paraiso, PR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$18,629

Median earning men ± $1,679

$20,067

Median earning women ± $8,836

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Retail Trade ($16,372).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($21,827) and Retail Trade ($20,708).

Housing & Living

The median property value in El Paraiso, PR was $85,500 in 2024, which is 0.257 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $85,400 to $85,500, a 0.117% increase. The homeownership rate in El Paraiso, PR is 90.2%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in El Paraiso, PR have an average commute time of 21.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in El Paraiso, PR is higher than the national average, with an average of 3 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$85,500

Median Property Value 2024

±$13,815

$515

Median Property Taxes

±$165

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

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in El Paraiso, 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.

$21,701

Median Household Income

± $13,570

571

Number of Households

± 189

In 2024, the median household income of the 571 households in El Paraiso, PR declined from $21,701 from the previous year's value of $26,838.

The following chart displays the households in El Paraiso, 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 El Paraiso, 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 (85.8%)
Worked At Home (7.78%)
Carpooled (6.39%)

In 2024, 85.8% of workers in El Paraiso, PR drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (7.78%) and those who carpooled to work (6.39%).

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

21.4 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in El Paraiso, PR have a shorter commute time (21.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in El Paraiso, PR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

3 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in El Paraiso, PR distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in El Paraiso, PR have 3 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

39.9% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in El Paraiso, PR (580 out of 1.45k 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 Males 75+.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in El Paraiso, PR is Two Or More, followed by Hispanic 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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