Monte Grande, PR

Census Place

2024 Population

3,475

2024 Poverty Rate

35.1%

0.261% 1-year increase

2024 Median Household Income

$27,781

1.33% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$130,000

19.4% 1-year growth

2024 Employed Population

1,543

1.05% 1-year growth

Economy

The economy of Monte Grande, PR employs 1.54k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Monte Grande, PR were Manufacturing (418 people), Educational Services (251 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (193 people), and the highest paying industries were Educational Services ($26,708), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($25,845), and Health Care & Social Assistance ($19,826).

Employment

Occupations

1.54k

2024 Value

± 415

1.05%

1 Year growth

± 38.4%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Monte Grande, PR grew at a rate of 1.05%, from 1.53k employees to 1.54k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Monte Grande, PR, are Production Occupations (329 people), Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (269 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (155 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Monte Grande, 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

1.54k

2024 Value

± 415

1.05%

1 Year growth

± 38.4%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Monte Grande, PR grew at a rate of 1.05%, from 1.53k employees to 1.54k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Monte Grande, PR, are Manufacturing (418 people), Educational Services (251 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (193 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Monte Grande, PR, though some of these residents may live in Monte Grande, PR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$17,484

Median earning men ± $4,681

$20,482

Median earning women ± $5,802

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Manufacturing ($16,590), Retail Trade ($12,192), and Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodations & Food Services ($10,915).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($26,944) and Manufacturing ($17,660).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Monte Grande, PR was $130,000 in 2024, which is 0.391 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $108,900 to $130,000, a 19.4% increase. The homeownership rate in Monte Grande, PR is 73.5%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Monte Grande, PR have an average commute time of 34.2 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Monte Grande, PR is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$130,000

Median Property Value 2024

±$20,233

$993

Median Property Taxes

±$246

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

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

Rent vs Own

73.5%

Homeownership

2024

66.4%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 73.5% of the housing units in Monte Grande, PR were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 69.1%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Monte Grande, 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.

$27,781

Median Household Income

± $9,367

1.35k

Number of Households

± 307

In 2024, the median household income of the 1.35k households in Monte Grande, PR grew to $27,781 from the previous year's value of $27,417.

The following chart displays the households in Monte Grande, 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 - $15k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Monte Grande, 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 (82.5%)
Carpooled (17.5%)

In 2024, 82.5% of workers in Monte Grande, PR drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (17.5%) and those who used public transit to get 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

34.2 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Monte Grande, PR have a longer commute time (34.2 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 6.08% of the workforce in Monte Grande, PR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

35.1% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Monte Grande, PR (1.22k out of 3.48k 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 Males 6 - 11, followed by Males 18 - 24 and then Females 45 - 54.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Monte Grande, PR is Hispanic, followed by White and Two Or More.

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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