Palomas (Comerío Municipio), PR

Census Place

2024 Population

1,927

2024 Median Age

41.4

5.61% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

33.8%

5.5% 1-year increase

2023 Median Household Income

$19,418

3.7% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$86,300

25.7% 1-year decline

2024 Employed Population

882

4.26% 1-year growth

Economy

The economy of Palomas (Comerío Municipio), PR employs 882 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Palomas (Comerío Municipio), PR were Accommodation & Food Services (284 people), Retail Trade (164 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (127 people), and the highest paying industries were Health Care & Social Assistance ($35,957), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($35,137), and Retail Trade ($13,605).

Employment

Occupations

882

2024 Value

± 393

4.26%

1 Year growth

± 59.4%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Palomas (Comerío Municipio), PR grew at a rate of 4.26%, from 846 employees to 882 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Palomas (Comerío Municipio), PR, are Management Occupations (244 people), Sales & Related Occupations (157 people), and Material Moving Occupations (95 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Palomas (Comerío 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

882

2024 Value

± 393

4.26%

1 Year growth

± 59.4%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Palomas (Comerío Municipio), PR grew at a rate of 4.26%, from 846 employees to 882 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Palomas (Comerío Municipio), PR, are Accommodation & Food Services (284 people), Retail Trade (164 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (127 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Palomas (Comerío Municipio), PR, though some of these residents may live in Palomas (Comerío Municipio), PR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$18,193

Median earning men ± $20,654

$11,243

Median earning women ± $4,682

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 ($15,754).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Palomas (Comerío Municipio), PR was $86,300 in 2024, which is 0.259 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $116,100 to $86,300, a 25.7% decrease. The homeownership rate in Palomas (Comerío Municipio), PR is 63.6%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Palomas (Comerío Municipio), PR have an average commute time of 22.5 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Palomas (Comerío Municipio), PR is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$86,300

Median Property Value 2024

±$15,968

$395

Median Property Taxes

±$186

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

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Palomas (Comerío Municipio), PR compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

63.6%

Homeownership

2024

78%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 63.6% of the housing units in Palomas (Comerío Municipio), PR were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 68.6%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Palomas (Comerío Municipio), 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.

$19,418

Median Household Income

± $8,839

621

Number of Households

± 226

In 2023, the median household income of the 621 households in Palomas (Comerío Municipio), PR grew to $19,418 from the previous year's value of $18,725.

The following chart displays the households in Palomas (Comerío 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 < $10k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Palomas (Comerío 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

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (93.3%)
Carpooled (3.84%)
Worked At Home (2.85%)

In 2024, 93.3% of workers in Palomas (Comerío Municipio), PR drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (3.84%) and those who worked at home (2.85%).

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

22.5 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Palomas (Comerío Municipio), PR have a shorter commute time (22.5 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Palomas (Comerío Municipio), PR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

33.8% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Palomas (Comerío Municipio), PR (647 out of 1.92k 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 Females 55 - 64 and then Females 65 - 74.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Palomas (Comerío Municipio), PR is Hispanic, followed by Two Or More 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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