Guaynabo Municipio, PR

County

2024 Population

89,378

2024 Median Age

0.858% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

24.3%

0.0524% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$46,731

1.48% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$226,800

5.73% 1-year growth

2024 Employed Population

38,337

3.12% 1-year growth

Economy

The economy of Guaynabo Municipio, PR employs 38.3k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Guaynabo Municipio, PR were Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (4,684 people), Retail Trade (4,372 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (4,304 people), and the highest paying industries were Utilities ($70,758), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($56,531), and Information ($55,573).

Employment

Occupations

38.3k

2024 Value

± 1,548

3.12%

1 Year growth

± 5.59%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Guaynabo Municipio, PR grew at a rate of 3.12%, from 37.2k employees to 38.3k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Guaynabo Municipio, PR, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (5,296 people), Management Occupations (5,252 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (5,050 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Guaynabo 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

38.3k

2024 Value

± 1,548

3.12%

1 Year growth

± 5.59%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Guaynabo Municipio, PR grew at a rate of 3.12%, from 37.2k employees to 38.3k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Guaynabo Municipio, PR, are Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (4,684 people), Retail Trade (4,372 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (4,304 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Guaynabo Municipio, PR, though some of these residents may live in Guaynabo Municipio, PR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$36,155

Median earning men ± $2,554

$33,166

Median earning women ± $3,347

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Information ($54,867), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($52,692), and Public Administration ($51,392).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Information ($75,833), Manufacturing ($73,444), and Wholesale Trade ($63,942).

Education

The student population of Guaynabo Municipio, PR in 2024 is skewed towards men, with 902 male students and 638 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Guaynabo Municipio, PR are Hispanic or Latino (311 and 100%).

The largest universities in Guaynabo Municipio, PR by number of degrees awarded are Atlantic University (311 and 100%).

The most popular majors in Guaynabo Municipio, PR are Computer Graphics (157 and 50.5%), Web Page, Digital, & Information Resource Design (50 and 16.1%), and Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, & Special Effects (33 and 10.6%).

The median tuition cost for private four year colleges is $6,120.

Admissions & Enrollments

Enrollments by Gender and Races

In 2024 there were 1,540 students enrolled in Guaynabo Municipio, PR, 58.6% men and 41.4% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in Hispanic or Latino with 1,540 records, of which 41.4% were women and 58.6% men.

Completions

Concentrations

Most Common

Computer Graphics
157 degrees awarded
Web Page, Digital, & Information Resource Design
50 degrees awarded
Cinematography & Film Production
33 degrees awarded

In 2024, the most common concentation for Bachelors Degree recipients in Guaynabo Municipio, PR was Computer Graphics with 157 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Bachelors Degree from schools in Guaynabo Municipio, PR according to their major.

Universities

Gender

Race

Atlantic University

Largest Universities by degrees awarded

311 degrees awarded

In 2024, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Atlantic University with 311 degrees awarded.

Student Diversity

In 2024, 188 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Guaynabo Municipio, PR, which is 1.53 times more than the 123 female students who received degrees in the same year.

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($6,120) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2024.

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($2,160) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2024.

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($900) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

The graph shows the average net price by sector and year.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Guaynabo Municipio, PR was $226,800 in 2024, which is 0.682 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $214,500 to $226,800, a 5.73% increase. The homeownership rate in Guaynabo Municipio, PR is 72.4%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Guaynabo Municipio, PR have an average commute time of 24.5 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Guaynabo Municipio, PR is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$226,800

Median Property Value 2024

±$5,929

$26,305

Median Property Taxes

±$1,124

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

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

Rent vs Own

72.4%

Homeownership

2024

70.9%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 72.4% of the housing units in Guaynabo Municipio, PR were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 70.8%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Guaynabo 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.

$46,731

Median Household Income

± $2,433

36.3k

Number of Households

± 1,476

In 2024, the median household income of the 36.3k households in Guaynabo Municipio, PR grew to $46,731 from the previous year's value of $46,048.

The following chart displays the households in Guaynabo 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 < $10k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Guaynabo 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

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (77.6%)
Worked At Home (9.5%)
Carpooled (8.14%)

In 2024, 77.6% of workers in Guaynabo Municipio, PR drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (9.5%) and those who carpooled to work (8.14%).

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

24.5 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Guaynabo Municipio, PR have a shorter commute time (24.5 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0.969% of the workforce in Guaynabo Municipio, PR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

24.3% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Guaynabo Municipio, PR (21.4k out of 87.9k 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 75+, followed by Females 25 - 34 and then Females 55 - 64.

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