Santa Bárbara, PR

Census Place

2024 Population

4,416

2024 Median Age

45.1

29.6% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

50.1%

15.5% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$16,036

3.13% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$89,800

0.992% 1-year decline

2024 Employed Population

1,618

9.03% 1-year growth

Economy

The economy of Santa Bárbara, PR employs 1.62k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Santa Bárbara, PR were Administrative & Support & Waste Management Services (328 people), Retail Trade (269 people), and Accommodation & Food Services (203 people), and the highest paying industries were Manufacturing ($23,720), Health Care & Social Assistance ($22,092), and Retail Trade ($21,017).

Employment

Occupations

1.62k

2024 Value

± 470

9.03%

1 Year growth

± 37.6%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Santa Bárbara, PR grew at a rate of 9.03%, from 1.48k employees to 1.62k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Santa Bárbara, PR, are Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations (253 people), Fire Fighting & Prevention, & Other Protective Service Workers Including Supervisors (205 people), and Office & Administrative Support Occupations (162 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Santa Bárbara, 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

1.62k

2024 Value

± 470

9.03%

1 Year growth

± 37.6%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Santa Bárbara, PR grew at a rate of 9.03%, from 1.48k employees to 1.62k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Santa Bárbara, PR, are Administrative & Support & Waste Management Services (328 people), Retail Trade (269 people), and Accommodation & Food Services (203 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Santa Bárbara, PR, though some of these residents may live in Santa Bárbara, PR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$20,891

Median earning men ± $3,965

$20,850

Median earning women ± $3,802

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($19,240).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Retail Trade ($28,676), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($21,168), and Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodations & Food Services ($20,183).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Santa Bárbara, PR was $89,800 in 2024, which is 0.27 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $90,700 to $89,800, a 0.992% decrease. The homeownership rate in Santa Bárbara, PR is 66.2%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Santa Bárbara, PR have an average commute time of 33.7 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Santa Bárbara, PR is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$89,800

Median Property Value 2024

±$13,943

$1,155

Median Property Taxes

±$316

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

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

Rent vs Own

66.2%

Homeownership

2024

66.2%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 66.2% of the housing units in Santa Bárbara, PR were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 60.8%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Santa Bárbara, 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.

$16,036

Median Household Income

± $3,326

1.74k

Number of Households

± 424

In 2024, the median household income of the 1.74k households in Santa Bárbara, PR grew to $16,036 from the previous year's value of $15,549.

The following chart displays the households in Santa Bárbara, 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 Santa Bárbara, 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 (89.4%)
Carpooled (9.55%)
Worked At Home (1.03%)

In 2024, 89.4% of workers in Santa Bárbara, PR drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (9.55%) and those who worked at home (1.03%).

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

33.7 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Santa Bárbara, PR have a longer commute time (33.7 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 4.96% of the workforce in Santa Bárbara, PR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

50.1% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Santa Bárbara, PR (2.21k out of 4.42k 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 45 - 54, followed by Males 65 - 74 and then Females 55 - 64.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Santa Bárbara, 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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