Hormigueros Municipio, PR

County

2024 Population

15,441

2024 Median Age

50.2

1.01% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

37%

7.66% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$26,828

7.91% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$121,700

5.28% 1-year growth

2024 Employed Population

5,389

2.26% 1-year growth

Economy

The economy of Hormigueros Municipio, PR employs 5.39k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Hormigueros Municipio, PR were Health Care & Social Assistance (1,004 people), Manufacturing (779 people), and Retail Trade (734 people), and the highest paying industries were Finance & Insurance ($47,841), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($34,219), and Public Administration ($31,496).

Employment

Occupations

5.39k

2024 Value

± 555

2.26%

1 Year growth

± 14.5%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Hormigueros Municipio, PR grew at a rate of 2.26%, from 5.27k employees to 5.39k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Hormigueros Municipio, PR, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (1,219 people), Sales & Related Occupations (722 people), and Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (464 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Hormigueros 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

5.39k

2024 Value

± 555

2.26%

1 Year growth

± 14.5%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Hormigueros Municipio, PR grew at a rate of 2.26%, from 5.27k employees to 5.39k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Hormigueros Municipio, PR, are Health Care & Social Assistance (1,004 people), Manufacturing (779 people), and Retail Trade (734 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Hormigueros Municipio, PR, though some of these residents may live in Hormigueros Municipio, PR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$21,945

Median earning men ± $1,230

$20,432

Median earning women ± $3,110

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Public Administration ($34,931), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($34,766), and Manufacturing ($23,611).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Wholesale Trade ($55,139), Retail Trade ($25,761), and Other Services Except Public Administration ($23,116).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Hormigueros Municipio, PR was $121,700 in 2024, which is 0.366 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $115,600 to $121,700, a 5.28% increase. The homeownership rate in Hormigueros Municipio, PR is 72.5%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Hormigueros Municipio, PR have an average commute time of 23.5 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Hormigueros Municipio, PR is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$121,700

Median Property Value 2024

±$5,639

$4,500

Median Property Taxes

±$413

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

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

Rent vs Own

72.5%

Homeownership

2024

72%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 72.5% of the housing units in Hormigueros Municipio, PR were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 72.4%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Hormigueros 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.

$26,828

Median Household Income

± $1,969

6.21k

Number of Households

± 549

In 2024, the median household income of the 6.21k households in Hormigueros Municipio, PR grew to $26,828 from the previous year's value of $24,862.

The following chart displays the households in Hormigueros 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 Hormigueros 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 (92.7%)
Carpooled (4.02%)
Worked At Home (2.7%)

In 2024, 92.7% of workers in Hormigueros Municipio, PR drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (4.02%) and those who worked at home (2.7%).

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

23.5 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Hormigueros Municipio, PR have a shorter commute time (23.5 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 2.36% of the workforce in Hormigueros Municipio, PR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Hormigueros 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 Hormigueros Municipio, PR distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Hormigueros Municipio, PR have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

37% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Hormigueros Municipio, PR (5.65k out of 15.3k 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 55 - 64 and then Males 75+.

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