San José, PR

Census Place

2024 Population

2,123

2024 Median Age

37.1

3.39% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

68.1%

5.85% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$18,986

7.19% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$71,700

9.92% 1-year decline

2024 Employed Population

765

3.52% 1-year growth

Economy

The economy of San José, PR employs 765 people. In 2024, the largest industries in San José, PR were Construction (119 people), Other Services, Except Public Administration (110 people), and Administrative & Support & Waste Management Services (95 people), and the highest paying industries were Transportation & Warehousing ($42,768), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($42,768), and Retail Trade ($22,159).

Employment

Occupations

765

2024 Value

± 176

3.52%

1 Year growth

± 31.4%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in San José, PR grew at a rate of 3.52%, from 739 employees to 765 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in San José, PR, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (126 people), Construction & Extraction Occupations (92 people), and Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations (72 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of San José, 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

765

2024 Value

± 176

3.52%

1 Year growth

± 31.4%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in San José, PR grew at a rate of 3.52%, from 739 employees to 765 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in San José, PR, are Construction (119 people), Other Services, Except Public Administration (110 people), and Administrative & Support & Waste Management Services (95 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of San José, PR, though some of these residents may live in San José, PR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$17,924

Median earning men ± $2,793

$18,659

Median earning women ± $1,470

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($44,107), Retail Trade ($23,500), and Other Services Except Public Administration ($18,393).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Other Services Except Public Administration ($19,250), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($19,154), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($19,076).

Housing & Living

The median property value in San José, PR was $71,700 in 2024, which is 0.216 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $79,600 to $71,700, a 9.92% decrease. The homeownership rate in San José, PR is 60.7%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in San José, PR have an average commute time of 27.7 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in San José, PR is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$71,700

Median Property Value 2024

±$12,812

$526

Median Property Taxes

±$112

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

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

Rent vs Own

60.7%

Homeownership

2024

78.7%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 60.7% of the housing units in San José, PR were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 64.4%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in San José, 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.

$18,986

Median Household Income

± $1,424

867

Number of Households

± 154

In 2024, the median household income of the 867 households in San José, PR grew to $18,986 from the previous year's value of $17,713.

The following chart displays the households in San José, 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 San José, 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 (74.3%)
Worked At Home (11.2%)
Other (8.25%)

In 2024, 74.3% of workers in San José, PR drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (11.2%) and those who used some unspecified means to get work (8.25%).

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

27.7 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in San José, PR have a longer commute time (27.7 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 1.12% of the workforce in San José, PR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

68.1% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in San José, PR (1.45k out of 2.12k 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 Males 55 - 64.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in San José, 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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