Juncos, PR

Census Place

2024 Population

9,604

2024 Median Age

37.6

2.59% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

49.6%

3.42% 1-year increase

2024 Median Household Income

$25,043

8.65% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$109,800

1.1% 1-year growth

2024 Employed Population

3,119

2.4% 1-year growth

Economy

The economy of Juncos, PR employs 3.12k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Juncos, PR were Retail Trade (500 people), Manufacturing (370 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (347 people), and the highest paying industries were Finance & Insurance ($36,729), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($36,729), and Public Administration ($34,468).

Employment

Occupations

3.12k

2024 Value

± 609

2.4%

1 Year growth

± 28.1%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Juncos, PR grew at a rate of 2.4%, from 3.05k employees to 3.12k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Juncos, PR, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (642 people), Sales & Related Occupations (461 people), and Management Occupations (233 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Juncos, 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

3.12k

2024 Value

± 609

2.4%

1 Year growth

± 28.1%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Juncos, PR grew at a rate of 2.4%, from 3.05k employees to 3.12k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Juncos, PR, are Retail Trade (500 people), Manufacturing (370 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (347 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Juncos, PR, though some of these residents may live in Juncos, PR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$20,915

Median earning men ± $2,856

$18,552

Median earning women ± $4,791

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($36,064), Manufacturing ($32,723), and Retail Trade ($23,520).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($45,801), Public Administration ($34,792), and Retail Trade ($20,365).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Juncos, PR was $109,800 in 2024, which is 0.33 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $108,600 to $109,800, a 1.1% increase. The homeownership rate in Juncos, PR is 54.7%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Juncos, PR have an average commute time of 33 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Juncos, PR is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$109,800

Median Property Value 2024

±$11,476

$2,060

Median Property Taxes

±$388

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

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

Rent vs Own

54.7%

Homeownership

2024

73%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 54.7% of the housing units in Juncos, PR were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 60.7%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Juncos, 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.

$25,043

Median Household Income

± $6,636

3.76k

Number of Households

± 624

In 2024, the median household income of the 3.76k households in Juncos, PR grew to $25,043 from the previous year's value of $23,050.

The following chart displays the households in Juncos, 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 Juncos, 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 (92.8%)
Carpooled (3.76%)
Walked (3.04%)

In 2024, 92.8% of workers in Juncos, PR drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (3.76%) and those who walked to work (3.04%).

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 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Juncos, PR have a longer commute time (33 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 3.93% of the workforce in Juncos, PR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

49.6% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Juncos, PR (4.76k out of 9.6k 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 18 - 24, followed by Females 25 - 34 and then Females 45 - 54.

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