Pole Ojea, PR

Census Place

2024 Population

1,565

2024 Median Age

49.9

2.67% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

73.3%

0.579% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$14,276

30.3% 1-year decline

2024 Median Property Value

$78,400

5.8% 1-year growth

2024 Employed Population

458

2.23% 1-year growth

Economy

The economy of Pole Ojea, PR employs 458 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Pole Ojea, PR were Accommodation & Food Services (135 people), Retail Trade (80 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (77 people), and the highest paying industries were Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodations & Food Services ($10,347), Accommodation & Food Services ($10,104), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($6,794).

Employment

Occupations

458

2024 Value

± 211

2.23%

1 Year growth

± 65.5%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Pole Ojea, PR grew at a rate of 2.23%, from 448 employees to 458 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Pole Ojea, PR, are Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations (120 people), Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (74 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (64 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Pole Ojea, 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

458

2024 Value

± 211

2.23%

1 Year growth

± 65.5%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Pole Ojea, PR grew at a rate of 2.23%, from 448 employees to 458 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Pole Ojea, PR, are Accommodation & Food Services (135 people), Retail Trade (80 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (77 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Pole Ojea, PR, though some of these residents may live in Pole Ojea, PR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$16,270

Median earning men ± $1,102

$8,212

Median earning women ± $2,567

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

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodations & Food Services ($10,347), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($6,794), and Retail Trade ($4,318).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Pole Ojea, PR was $78,400 in 2024, which is 0.236 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $74,100 to $78,400, a 5.8% increase. The homeownership rate in Pole Ojea, PR is 76.7%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Pole Ojea, PR have an average commute time of 25.7 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Pole Ojea, PR is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$78,400

Median Property Value 2024

±$18,346

$483

Median Property Taxes

±$146

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

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Pole Ojea, 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.

$14,276

Median Household Income

± $7,668

630

Number of Households

± 166

In 2024, the median household income of the 630 households in Pole Ojea, PR declined from $14,276 from the previous year's value of $20,486.

The following chart displays the households in Pole Ojea, 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 Pole Ojea, 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 (91.4%)
Carpooled (8.58%)

In 2024, 91.4% of workers in Pole Ojea, PR drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (8.58%) 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

25.7 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Pole Ojea, PR have a shorter commute time (25.7 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Pole Ojea, PR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

73.3% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Pole Ojea, PR (1.15k out of 1.57k 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 75+ and then Males 75+.

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