Palmarejo (Coamo Municipio), PR

Census Place

2024 Population

761

2024 Median Age

20.7% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

64.4%

20.1% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$33,939

19% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$93,700

16.3% 1-year decline

2024 Employed Population

271

69.4% 1-year growth

Economy

The economy of Palmarejo (Coamo Municipio), PR employs 271 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Palmarejo (Coamo Municipio), PR were Health Care & Social Assistance (56 people), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting (51 people), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (48 people), and the highest paying industries were Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($19,716).

Employment

Occupations

271

2024 Value

± 191

69.4%

1 Year growth

± 73.7%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Palmarejo (Coamo Municipio), PR grew at a rate of 69.4%, from 160 employees to 271 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Palmarejo (Coamo Municipio), PR, are Farming, Fishing, & Forestry Occupations (51 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (48 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (37 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Palmarejo (Coamo 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

271

2024 Value

± 191

69.4%

1 Year growth

± 73.7%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Palmarejo (Coamo Municipio), PR grew at a rate of 69.4%, from 160 employees to 271 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Palmarejo (Coamo Municipio), PR, are Health Care & Social Assistance (56 people), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting (51 people), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (48 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Palmarejo (Coamo Municipio), PR, though some of these residents may live in Palmarejo (Coamo Municipio), PR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$17,958

Median earning men ± $44,715

$19,600

Median earning women ± $2,736

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

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($19,716).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Palmarejo (Coamo Municipio), PR was $93,700 in 2024, which is 0.282 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $111,900 to $93,700, a 16.3% decrease. The homeownership rate in Palmarejo (Coamo Municipio), PR is 100%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Palmarejo (Coamo Municipio), PR have an average commute time of 27.8 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Palmarejo (Coamo Municipio), PR is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$93,700

Median Property Value 2024

±$34,151

$211

Median Property Taxes

±$105

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 Palmarejo (Coamo Municipio), PR the largest share of households pay taxes in the None range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Palmarejo (Coamo Municipio), 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.

$33,939

Median Household Income

± $5,071

211

Number of Households

± 133

In 2024, the median household income of the 211 households in Palmarejo (Coamo Municipio), PR grew to $33,939 from the previous year's value of $28,525.

The following chart displays the households in Palmarejo (Coamo 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 $30k - $35k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Palmarejo (Coamo 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

Drove Alone (100%)

Most Common Commute in 2024

In 2024, 100% of workers in Palmarejo (Coamo Municipio), 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

27.8 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Palmarejo (Coamo Municipio), PR have a longer commute time (27.8 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Palmarejo (Coamo Municipio), PR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

64.4% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Palmarejo (Coamo Municipio), PR (490 out of 761 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 25 - 34, followed by Males 18 - 24 and then Males 55 - 64.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Palmarejo (Coamo Municipio), PR is Two Or More, followed by Hispanic and White.

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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