La Playa, PR

Census Place

2024 Population

1,661

2024 Median Age

50.1

3.09% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

49.5%

16.2% 1-year increase

2024 Median Household Income

$27,904

2.49% 1-year decline

2024 Median Property Value

$88,200

2.86% 1-year decline

2024 Employed Population

373

3.12% 1-year decline

Economy

The economy of La Playa, PR employs 373 people. In 2024, the largest industries in La Playa, PR were Manufacturing (78 people), Retail Trade (71 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (71 people), and the highest paying industries were Retail Trade ($28,625), Manufacturing ($18,974), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($11,383).

Employment

Occupations

373

2024 Value

± 187

−3.12%

1 Year decline

± 74.5%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in La Playa, PR declined at a rate of −3.12%, from 385 employees to 373 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in La Playa, PR, are Material Moving Occupations (65 people), Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations (57 people), and Health Technologists & Technicians (47 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of La Playa, 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

373

2024 Value

± 187

−3.12%

1 Year decline

± 74.5%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in La Playa, PR declined at a rate of −3.12%, from 385 employees to 373 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in La Playa, PR, are Manufacturing (78 people), Retail Trade (71 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (71 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of La Playa, PR, though some of these residents may live in La Playa, PR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$19,611

Median earning men ± $6,351

$12,021

Median earning women ± $6,294

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Retail Trade ($27,833) and Manufacturing ($18,974).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($11,383).

Housing & Living

The median property value in La Playa, PR was $88,200 in 2024, which is 0.265 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $90,800 to $88,200, a 2.86% decrease. The homeownership rate in La Playa, PR is 66%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in La Playa, PR have an average commute time of 10.3 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in La Playa, PR is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$88,200

Median Property Value 2024

±$10,906

$357

Median Property Taxes

±$109

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

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

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$27,904

Median Household Income

± $15,284

541

Number of Households

± 153

In 2024, the median household income of the 541 households in La Playa, PR declined from $27,904 from the previous year's value of $28,618.

The following chart displays the households in La Playa, 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 $40k - $45k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for La Playa, 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 (85.3%)
Walked (14.7%)

In 2024, 85.3% of workers in La Playa, PR drove alone to work, followed by those who walked to work (14.7%) and those who carpooled 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

10.3 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in La Playa, PR have a shorter commute time (10.3 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in La Playa, PR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

49.5% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in La Playa, PR (823 out of 1.66k 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 6 - 11, followed by Females 65 - 74 and then Females 75+.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in La Playa, PR is Hispanic, followed by Two Or More 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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