Peñuelas Municipio, PR

County

2024 Population

19,853

2024 Median Age

41.7

1.21% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

52.3%

2.58% 1-year increase

2024 Median Household Income

$22,697

8.29% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$89,600

1.82% 1-year growth

2024 Employed Population

6,373

0.22% 1-year growth

Economy

The economy of Peñuelas Municipio, PR employs 6.37k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Peñuelas Municipio, PR were Health Care & Social Assistance (851 people), Construction (781 people), and Manufacturing (684 people), and the highest paying industries were Finance & Insurance ($41,250), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($36,299), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($35,221).

Employment

Occupations

6.37k

2024 Value

± 664

0.22%

1 Year growth

± 14.4%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Peñuelas Municipio, PR grew at a rate of 0.22%, from 6.36k employees to 6.37k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Peñuelas Municipio, PR, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (778 people), Production Occupations (605 people), and Installation, Maintenance, & Repair Occupations (528 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Peñuelas 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

6.37k

2024 Value

± 664

0.22%

1 Year growth

± 14.4%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Peñuelas Municipio, PR grew at a rate of 0.22%, from 6.36k employees to 6.37k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Peñuelas Municipio, PR, are Health Care & Social Assistance (851 people), Construction (781 people), and Manufacturing (684 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Peñuelas Municipio, PR, though some of these residents may live in Peñuelas Municipio, PR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$17,928

Median earning men ± $1,878

$20,760

Median earning women ± $954

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($34,635), Public Administration ($28,684), and Wholesale Trade ($23,491).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($42,321), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($22,477), and Public Administration ($21,411).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Peñuelas Municipio, PR was $89,600 in 2024, which is 0.269 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $88,000 to $89,600, a 1.82% increase. The homeownership rate in Peñuelas Municipio, PR is 69.6%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Peñuelas Municipio, PR have an average commute time of 26.1 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Peñuelas Municipio, PR is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$89,600

Median Property Value 2024

±$5,633

$4,876

Median Property Taxes

±$441

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

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

Rent vs Own

69.6%

Homeownership

2024

74.7%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 69.6% of the housing units in Peñuelas Municipio, PR were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 67.8%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Peñuelas 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.

$22,697

Median Household Income

± $2,107

7.01k

Number of Households

± 604

In 2024, the median household income of the 7.01k households in Peñuelas Municipio, PR grew to $22,697 from the previous year's value of $20,959.

The following chart displays the households in Peñuelas 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 Peñuelas 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 (89.9%)
Other (3.41%)
Carpooled (2.68%)

In 2024, 89.9% of workers in Peñuelas Municipio, PR drove alone to work, followed by those who used some unspecified means to get work (3.41%) and those who carpooled to work (2.68%).

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

26.1 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Peñuelas Municipio, PR have a shorter commute time (26.1 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 3.36% of the workforce in Peñuelas Municipio, PR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

52.3% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Peñuelas Municipio, PR (10.4k out of 19.9k 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 Females 25 - 34, followed by Females 55 - 64 and then Females 35 - 44.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Peñuelas Municipio, PR is Hispanic, followed by White 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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