Río Lajas, PR

Census Place

2024 Population

1,745

2024 Median Age

49.1

20.9% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

38.4%

30.5% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$14,704

2024 Median Property Value

$88,600

5.48% 1-year growth

2024 Employed Population

444

24.4% 1-year decline

Housing & Living

The median property value in Río Lajas, PR was $88,600 in 2024, which is 0.266 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $84,000 to $88,600, a 5.48% increase. The homeownership rate in Río Lajas, PR is 89%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Río Lajas, PR have an average commute time of 31.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Río Lajas, PR is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$88,600

Median Property Value 2024

±$38,372

$601

Median Property Taxes

±$213

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

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

Rent vs Own

89%

Homeownership

2024

55.4%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 89% of the housing units in Río Lajas, PR were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 90.8%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Río Lajas, 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.

$14,704

Median Household Income

± $9,056

675

Number of Households

± 242

The following chart displays the households in Río Lajas, 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 Río Lajas, 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 (90.5%)
Carpooled (9.46%)

In 2024, 90.5% of workers in Río Lajas, PR drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (9.46%) 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

31.4 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Río Lajas, PR have a longer commute time (31.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Río Lajas, PR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

38.4% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Río Lajas, PR (670 out of 1.75k 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 35 - 44, followed by Males 55 - 64 and then Females 45 - 54.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Río Lajas, PR is Hispanic, followed by Two Or More 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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