Jayuya Municipio, PR

County

2024 Population

14,566

2024 Median Age

0.463% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

46.9%

14.7% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$21,796

18.4% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$115,700

10.2% 1-year growth

2024 Employed Population

4,407

17.5% 1-year growth

Economy

The economy of Jayuya Municipio, PR employs 4.41k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Jayuya Municipio, PR were Manufacturing (1,270 people), Retail Trade (606 people), and Educational Services (456 people), and the highest paying industries were Wholesale Trade ($46,307), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($37,273), and Health Care & Social Assistance ($26,824).

Employment

Occupations

4.41k

2024 Value

± 598

17.5%

1 Year growth

± 17.9%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Jayuya Municipio, PR grew at a rate of 17.5%, from 3.75k employees to 4.41k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Jayuya Municipio, PR, are Production Occupations (760 people), Sales & Related Occupations (486 people), and Office & Administrative Support Occupations (447 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Jayuya 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

4.41k

2024 Value

± 598

17.5%

1 Year growth

± 17.9%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Jayuya Municipio, PR grew at a rate of 17.5%, from 3.75k employees to 4.41k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Jayuya Municipio, PR, are Manufacturing (1,270 people), Retail Trade (606 people), and Educational Services (456 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Jayuya Municipio, PR, though some of these residents may live in Jayuya Municipio, PR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$20,552

Median earning men ± $2,398

$17,792

Median earning women ± $3,189

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($37,273), Public Administration ($30,357), and Construction ($25,750).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($25,680), Manufacturing ($23,636), and Public Administration ($16,967).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Jayuya Municipio, PR was $115,700 in 2024, which is 0.348 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $105,000 to $115,700, a 10.2% increase. The homeownership rate in Jayuya Municipio, PR is 62%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Jayuya Municipio, PR have an average commute time of 20 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Jayuya Municipio, PR is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$115,700

Median Property Value 2024

±$9,685

$3,210

Median Property Taxes

±$421

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

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

Rent vs Own

62%

Homeownership

2024

73.5%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 62% of the housing units in Jayuya Municipio, PR were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 59.8%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Jayuya 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.

$21,796

Median Household Income

± $3,882

5.18k

Number of Households

± 597

In 2024, the median household income of the 5.18k households in Jayuya Municipio, PR grew to $21,796 from the previous year's value of $18,413.

The following chart displays the households in Jayuya 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 Jayuya 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 (87.3%)
Carpooled (6.41%)
Walked (3.18%)

In 2024, 87.3% of workers in Jayuya Municipio, PR drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (6.41%) and those who walked to work (3.18%).

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

20 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Jayuya Municipio, PR have a shorter commute time (20 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 1.99% of the workforce in Jayuya Municipio, PR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

46.9% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Jayuya Municipio, PR (6.81k out of 14.5k 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 25 - 34 and then Females 35 - 44.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Jayuya Municipio, PR is Hispanic, followed by White 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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