La Plena, PR

Census Place

2024 Population

441

2024 Median Age

50.8

6.62% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

22.2%

31.2% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$30,568

49.2% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$85,400

1.73% 1-year decline

2024 Employed Population

179

54.3% 1-year growth

Economy

The economy of La Plena, PR employs 179 people. In 2024, the largest industries in La Plena, PR were Retail Trade (55 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (40 people), and Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation (35 people), and the highest paying industries were Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($21,630) and Retail Trade ($13,789).

Employment

Occupations

179

2024 Value

± 143

54.3%

1 Year growth

± 87.3%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in La Plena, PR grew at a rate of 54.3%, from 116 employees to 179 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in La Plena, PR, are Sales & Related Occupations (55 people), Management Occupations (35 people), and Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (24 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of La Plena, 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

179

2024 Value

± 143

54.3%

1 Year growth

± 87.3%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in La Plena, PR grew at a rate of 54.3%, from 116 employees to 179 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in La Plena, PR, are Retail Trade (55 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (40 people), and Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation (35 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of La Plena, PR, though some of these residents may live in La Plena, PR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$35,571

Median earning men ± $35,408

$20,679

Median earning women ± $6,645

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are .

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($21,630).

Housing & Living

The median property value in La Plena, PR was $85,400 in 2024, which is 0.257 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $86,900 to $85,400, a 1.73% decrease. The homeownership rate in La Plena, PR is 92.5%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in La Plena, PR have an average commute time of 22.8 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in La Plena, PR is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$85,400

Median Property Value 2024

±$14,261

$210

Median Property Taxes

±$118

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

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

Rent vs Own

92.5%

Homeownership

2024

66%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 92.5% of the housing units in La Plena, PR were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 88.7%.

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

$30,568

Median Household Income

± $23,178

227

Number of Households

± 114

In 2024, the median household income of the 227 households in La Plena, PR grew to $30,568 from the previous year's value of $20,486.

The following chart displays the households in La Plena, 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 $15k - $20k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for La Plena, 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 (87.2%)
Walked (12.8%)

In 2024, 87.2% of workers in La Plena, PR drove alone to work, followed by those who walked to work (12.8%) 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

22.8 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in La Plena, PR have a shorter commute time (22.8 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in La Plena, PR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

22.2% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in La Plena, PR (98 out of 441 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 45 - 54, followed by Females 75+ and then Females 55 - 64.

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