Mora, PR

Census Place

2024 Population

1,567

2024 Median Age

37.9

15.2% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

62.2%

7.6% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$17,278

16.5% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$97,600

21.5% 1-year decline

2024 Employed Population

319

6.69% 1-year growth

Economy

The economy of Mora, PR employs 319 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Mora, PR were Construction (106 people), Other Services, Except Public Administration (88 people), and Manufacturing (68 people), and the highest paying industries were Manufacturing ($30,833).

Employment

Occupations

319

2024 Value

± 210

6.69%

1 Year growth

± 86.1%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Mora, PR grew at a rate of 6.69%, from 299 employees to 319 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Mora, PR, are Construction & Extraction Occupations (106 people), Material Moving Occupations (96 people), and Production Occupations (68 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Mora, 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

319

2024 Value

± 210

6.69%

1 Year growth

± 86.1%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Mora, PR grew at a rate of 6.69%, from 299 employees to 319 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Mora, PR, are Construction (106 people), Other Services, Except Public Administration (88 people), and Manufacturing (68 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Mora, PR, though some of these residents may live in Mora, PR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$18,779

Median earning men ± $728

$13,889

Median earning women ± $7,126

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Manufacturing ($31,250).

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

Housing & Living

The median property value in Mora, PR was $97,600 in 2024, which is 0.293 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $124,300 to $97,600, a 21.5% decrease. The homeownership rate in Mora, PR is 64%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Mora, PR have an average commute time of 19.1 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Mora, PR is higher than the national average, with an average of 4 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$97,600

Median Property Value 2024

±$44,049

$329

Median Property Taxes

±$130

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

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

Rent vs Own

64%

Homeownership

2024

80.2%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 64% of the housing units in Mora, PR were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 59.3%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Mora, 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.

$17,278

Median Household Income

± $7,178

514

Number of Households

± 163

In 2024, the median household income of the 514 households in Mora, PR grew to $17,278 from the previous year's value of $14,837.

The following chart displays the households in Mora, 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 Mora, 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

Drove Alone (100%)

Most Common Commute in 2024

In 2024, 100% of workers in Mora, PR drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (0%) 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

19.1 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Mora, PR have a shorter commute time (19.1 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Mora, PR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

4 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Mora, PR distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Mora, PR have 4 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

62.2% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Mora, PR (961 out of 1.55k 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 12 - 14, followed by Females 25 - 34 and then Males 25 - 34.

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