Las Carolinas, PR

Census Place

2024 Population

1,678

2024 Median Age

12.6% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

47.5%

7.81% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$23,633

4.27% 1-year decline

2024 Median Property Value

$151,400

13.8% 1-year growth

2024 Employed Population

625

5.16% 1-year decline

Economy

The economy of Las Carolinas, PR employs 625 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Las Carolinas, PR were Construction (169 people), Accommodation & Food Services (86 people), and Wholesale Trade (67 people), and the highest paying industries were Construction ($22,988).

Employment

Occupations

625

2024 Value

± 293

−5.16%

1 Year decline

± 66.8%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Las Carolinas, PR declined at a rate of −5.16%, from 659 employees to 625 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Las Carolinas, PR, are Construction & Extraction Occupations (169 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (141 people), and Transportation Occupations (113 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Las Carolinas, 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

625

2024 Value

± 293

−5.16%

1 Year decline

± 66.8%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Las Carolinas, PR declined at a rate of −5.16%, from 659 employees to 625 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Las Carolinas, PR, are Construction (169 people), Accommodation & Food Services (86 people), and Wholesale Trade (67 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Las Carolinas, PR, though some of these residents may live in Las Carolinas, PR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$13,899

Median earning men ± $6,048

$21,601

Median earning women ± $7,120

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Construction ($22,988).

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

Housing & Living

The median property value in Las Carolinas, PR was $151,400 in 2024, which is 0.455 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $133,000 to $151,400, a 13.8% increase. The homeownership rate in Las Carolinas, PR is 63.2%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Las Carolinas, PR have an average commute time of 25.6 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Las Carolinas, PR is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$151,400

Median Property Value 2024

±$28,607

$431

Median Property Taxes

±$242

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

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Las Carolinas, 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.

$23,633

Median Household Income

± $9,846

682

Number of Households

± 265

In 2024, the median household income of the 682 households in Las Carolinas, PR declined from $23,633 from the previous year's value of $24,688.

The following chart displays the households in Las Carolinas, 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 Las Carolinas, 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 (81.9%)
Carpooled (10.9%)
Other (7.16%)

In 2024, 81.9% of workers in Las Carolinas, PR drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (10.9%) and those who used some unspecified means to get work (7.16%).

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

25.6 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Las Carolinas, PR have a shorter commute time (25.6 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Las Carolinas, PR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

47.5% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Las Carolinas, PR (797 out of 1.68k 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 25 - 34, followed by Males < 5 and then Females 75+.

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