Playita, PR

Census Place

2024 Population

1,230

2024 Median Age

54.9

5.67% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

44.6%

4.84% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$21,679

25.4% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$89,100

6.07% 1-year growth

2024 Employed Population

255

13.3% 1-year growth

Economy

The economy of Playita, PR employs 255 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Playita, PR were Retail Trade (81 people), Administrative & Support & Waste Management Services (61 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (51 people), and the highest paying industries were Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($21,042), Administrative & Support & Waste Management Services ($16,726), and Retail Trade ($14,450).

Employment

Occupations

255

2024 Value

± 159

13.3%

1 Year growth

± 80.2%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Playita, PR grew at a rate of 13.3%, from 225 employees to 255 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Playita, PR, are Material Moving Occupations (60 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (46 people), and Fire Fighting & Prevention, & Other Protective Service Workers Including Supervisors (40 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Playita, 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

255

2024 Value

± 159

13.3%

1 Year growth

± 80.2%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Playita, PR grew at a rate of 13.3%, from 225 employees to 255 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Playita, PR, are Retail Trade (81 people), Administrative & Support & Waste Management Services (61 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (51 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Playita, PR, though some of these residents may live in Playita, PR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$21,563

Median earning men ± $22,676

$14,455

Median earning women ± $11,230

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

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Retail Trade ($14,450).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Playita, PR was $89,100 in 2024, which is 0.268 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $84,000 to $89,100, a 6.07% increase. The homeownership rate in Playita, PR is 70.6%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Playita, PR have an average commute time of 18.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Playita, PR is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$89,100

Median Property Value 2024

±$11,855

$367

Median Property Taxes

±$132

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

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Playita, 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.

$21,679

Median Household Income

± $6,953

520

Number of Households

± 162

In 2024, the median household income of the 520 households in Playita, PR grew to $21,679 from the previous year's value of $17,282.

The following chart displays the households in Playita, 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 $15k - $20k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Playita, 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 (93.7%)
Carpooled (6.27%)

In 2024, 93.7% of workers in Playita, PR drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (6.27%) 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

18.4 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Playita, PR have a shorter commute time (18.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Playita, PR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

44.6% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Playita, PR (548 out of 1.23k 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 75+, followed by Females 18 - 24 and then Females 45 - 54.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Playita, PR is Hispanic, followed by Other 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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