Los Prados, PR

Census Place

2024 Population

3,779

2024 Median Age

42.2

1.44% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

3.15%

49.9% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$104,667

3.75% 1-year decline

2024 Median Property Value

$279,800

1.3% 1-year growth

2024 Employed Population

1,867

2.76% 1-year decline

Economy

The economy of Los Prados, PR employs 1.87k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Los Prados, PR were Manufacturing (425 people), Educational Services (267 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (267 people), and the highest paying industries were Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodations & Food Services ($94,393), Accommodation & Food Services ($94,393), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($88,967).

Employment

Occupations

1.87k

2024 Value

± 485

−2.76%

1 Year decline

± 36.6%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Los Prados, PR declined at a rate of −2.76%, from 1.92k employees to 1.87k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Los Prados, PR, are Management Occupations (533 people), Sales & Related Occupations (262 people), and Health Diagnosing & Treating Practitioners & Other Technical Occupations (191 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Los Prados, 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

1.87k

2024 Value

± 485

−2.76%

1 Year decline

± 36.6%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Los Prados, PR declined at a rate of −2.76%, from 1.92k employees to 1.87k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Los Prados, PR, are Manufacturing (425 people), Educational Services (267 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (267 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Los Prados, PR, though some of these residents may live in Los Prados, PR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$80,562

Median earning men ± $20,103

$54,739

Median earning women ± $23,528

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($88,641), Public Administration ($65,900), and Manufacturing ($64,409).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Manufacturing ($87,675) and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($52,511).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Los Prados, PR was $279,800 in 2024, which is 0.841 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $276,200 to $279,800, a 1.3% increase. The homeownership rate in Los Prados, PR is 75.8%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Los Prados, PR have an average commute time of 36.5 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Los Prados, PR is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$279,800

Median Property Value 2024

±$30,381

$953

Median Property Taxes

±$296

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

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

Rent vs Own

75.8%

Homeownership

2024

67.6%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 75.8% of the housing units in Los Prados, PR were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 75.3%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Los Prados, 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.

$104,667

Median Household Income

± $31,187

1.26k

Number of Households

± 355

In 2024, the median household income of the 1.26k households in Los Prados, PR declined from $104,667 from the previous year's value of $108,750.

The following chart displays the households in Los Prados, 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 $75k - $100k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Los Prados, 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 (73.9%)
Carpooled (19.6%)
Worked At Home (6.51%)

In 2024, 73.9% of workers in Los Prados, PR drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (19.6%) and those who worked at home (6.51%).

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

36.5 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Los Prados, PR have a longer commute time (36.5 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 10.2% of the workforce in Los Prados, PR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

3.15% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Los Prados, PR (119 out of 3.78k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 55 - 64, followed by Males 18 - 24 and then Females 18 - 24.

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