La Fermina, PR

Census Place

2024 Population

2,059

2024 Median Age

38.9

11.5% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

58.8%

5.39% 1-year increase

2024 Median Household Income

$17,426

7.83% 1-year decline

2024 Median Property Value

$112,200

5.35% 1-year growth

2024 Employed Population

683

2.25% 1-year growth

Economy

The economy of La Fermina, PR employs 683 people. In 2024, the largest industries in La Fermina, PR were Educational Services (117 people), Administrative & Support & Waste Management Services (116 people), and Construction (92 people), and the highest paying industries were Public Administration ($33,967), Other Services Except Public Administration ($23,015), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($22,668).

Employment

Occupations

683

2024 Value

± 239

2.25%

1 Year growth

± 49.8%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in La Fermina, PR grew at a rate of 2.25%, from 668 employees to 683 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in La Fermina, PR, are Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations (106 people), Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (97 people), and Construction & Extraction Occupations (92 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of La Fermina, 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

683

2024 Value

± 239

2.25%

1 Year growth

± 49.8%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in La Fermina, PR grew at a rate of 2.25%, from 668 employees to 683 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in La Fermina, PR, are Educational Services (117 people), Administrative & Support & Waste Management Services (116 people), and Construction (92 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of La Fermina, PR, though some of these residents may live in La Fermina, PR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$7,353

Median earning men ± $10,124

$22,659

Median earning women ± $24,490

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Other Services Except Public Administration ($22,813), Construction ($6,885), and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($6,368).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($22,668).

Housing & Living

The median property value in La Fermina, PR was $112,200 in 2024, which is 0.337 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $106,500 to $112,200, a 5.35% increase. The homeownership rate in La Fermina, PR is 70.1%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in La Fermina, PR have an average commute time of 29.3 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in La Fermina, PR is higher than the national average, with an average of 3 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$112,200

Median Property Value 2024

±$8,528

$512

Median Property Taxes

±$156

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

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

Rent vs Own

70.1%

Homeownership

2024

72.6%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 70.1% of the housing units in La Fermina, PR were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 69.7%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in La Fermina, 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.

$17,426

Median Household Income

± $8,846

730

Number of Households

± 197

In 2024, the median household income of the 730 households in La Fermina, PR declined from $17,426 from the previous year's value of $18,906.

The following chart displays the households in La Fermina, 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 La Fermina, 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 (93.1%)
Carpooled (6.88%)

In 2024, 93.1% of workers in La Fermina, PR drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (6.88%) and those who used public transit to get to work (0%).

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

29.3 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in La Fermina, PR have a longer commute time (29.3 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 3.22% of the workforce in La Fermina, PR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

3 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

58.8% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in La Fermina, PR (1.21k out of 2.06k 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 25 - 34, followed by Females 6 - 11 and then Females 75+.

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