Lajas Municipio, PR

County

2024 Population

23,035

2024 Median Age

48.5

1.04% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

52.6%

0.609% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$19,695

4.1% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$107,800

5.27% 1-year growth

2024 Employed Population

7,209

5.33% 1-year growth

Economy

The economy of Lajas Municipio, PR employs 7.21k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Lajas Municipio, PR were Retail Trade (870 people), Manufacturing (868 people), and Accommodation & Food Services (827 people), and the highest paying industries were Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($32,993), Wholesale Trade ($26,042), and Educational Services ($25,512).

Employment

Occupations

7.21k

2024 Value

± 843

5.33%

1 Year growth

± 16.4%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Lajas Municipio, PR grew at a rate of 5.33%, from 6.84k employees to 7.21k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Lajas Municipio, PR, are Sales & Related Occupations (816 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (771 people), and Production Occupations (622 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Lajas 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

7.21k

2024 Value

± 843

5.33%

1 Year growth

± 16.4%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Lajas Municipio, PR grew at a rate of 5.33%, from 6.84k employees to 7.21k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Lajas Municipio, PR, are Retail Trade (870 people), Manufacturing (868 people), and Accommodation & Food Services (827 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Lajas Municipio, PR, though some of these residents may live in Lajas Municipio, PR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$18,794

Median earning men ± $1,941

$14,680

Median earning women ± $1,756

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($41,133), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($31,184), and Public Administration ($28,672).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($21,352), Public Administration ($18,872), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($17,722).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Lajas Municipio, PR was $107,800 in 2024, which is 0.324 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $102,400 to $107,800, a 5.27% increase. The homeownership rate in Lajas Municipio, PR is 69.8%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Lajas Municipio, PR have an average commute time of 22.9 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Lajas Municipio, PR is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$107,800

Median Property Value 2024

±$4,483

$6,171

Median Property Taxes

±$585

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

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

Rent vs Own

69.8%

Homeownership

2024

68.2%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 69.8% of the housing units in Lajas Municipio, PR were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 71.4%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Lajas 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.

$19,695

Median Household Income

± $1,928

8.84k

Number of Households

± 785

In 2024, the median household income of the 8.84k households in Lajas Municipio, PR grew to $19,695 from the previous year's value of $18,920.

The following chart displays the households in Lajas 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 Lajas 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 (87.7%)
Carpooled (5.96%)
Worked At Home (2.92%)

In 2024, 87.7% of workers in Lajas Municipio, PR drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (5.96%) and those who worked at home (2.92%).

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

22.9 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Lajas Municipio, PR have a shorter commute time (22.9 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 2.09% of the workforce in Lajas Municipio, PR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

52.6% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Lajas Municipio, PR (12.1k out of 23k 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 75+, followed by Females 55 - 64 and then Females 65 - 74.

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