Ingenio, PR

Census Place

2024 Population

2,784

2024 Median Age

46.7

3.71% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

41.5%

4.28% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$23,949

10.1% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$105,300

1.03% 1-year decline

2024 Employed Population

1,017

28.7% 1-year growth

Economy

The economy of Ingenio, PR employs 1.02k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Ingenio, PR were Accommodation & Food Services (189 people), Retail Trade (166 people), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (143 people), and the highest paying industries were Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($32,813), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($22,563), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($18,909).

Employment

Occupations

1.02k

2024 Value

± 297

28.7%

1 Year growth

± 35.2%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Ingenio, PR grew at a rate of 28.7%, from 790 employees to 1.02k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Ingenio, PR, are Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations (151 people), Sales & Related Occupations (143 people), and Office & Administrative Support Occupations (137 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Ingenio, 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

1.02k

2024 Value

± 297

28.7%

1 Year growth

± 35.2%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Ingenio, PR grew at a rate of 28.7%, from 790 employees to 1.02k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Ingenio, PR, are Accommodation & Food Services (189 people), Retail Trade (166 people), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (143 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Ingenio, PR, though some of these residents may live in Ingenio, PR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$22,127

Median earning men ± $4,141

$21,500

Median earning women ± $8,392

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Retail Trade ($28,922), Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodations & Food Services ($23,775), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($22,563).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($32,813) and Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodations & Food Services ($8,913).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Ingenio, PR was $105,300 in 2024, which is 0.317 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $106,400 to $105,300, a 1.03% decrease. The homeownership rate in Ingenio, PR is 76.7%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Ingenio, PR have an average commute time of 33.8 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Ingenio, PR is higher than the national average, with an average of 3 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$105,300

Median Property Value 2024

±$8,636

$799

Median Property Taxes

±$218

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

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

Rent vs Own

76.7%

Homeownership

2024

61.7%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 76.7% of the housing units in Ingenio, PR were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 74.7%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Ingenio, 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.

$23,949

Median Household Income

± $8,217

1.04k

Number of Households

± 259

In 2024, the median household income of the 1.04k households in Ingenio, PR grew to $23,949 from the previous year's value of $21,756.

The following chart displays the households in Ingenio, 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 Ingenio, 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 (69.1%)
Worked At Home (13.7%)
Carpooled (9.42%)

In 2024, 69.1% of workers in Ingenio, PR drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (13.7%) and those who carpooled to work (9.42%).

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

33.8 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Ingenio, PR have a longer commute time (33.8 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 5.22% of the workforce in Ingenio, PR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

3 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

41.5% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Ingenio, PR (1.15k out of 2.78k 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 Males 45 - 54, followed by Males 65 - 74 and then Females 65 - 74.

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