Tallaboa Alta, PR

Census Place

2024 Population

1,858

2024 Median Age

36.6

1.35% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

78.8%

12.2% 1-year increase

2024 Median Household Income

$13,402

5.52% 1-year decline

2024 Median Property Value

$67,900

13.2% 1-year growth

2024 Employed Population

430

19.6% 1-year decline

Economy

The economy of Tallaboa Alta, PR employs 430 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Tallaboa Alta, PR were Construction (91 people), Administrative & Support & Waste Management Services (80 people), and Retail Trade (65 people), and the highest paying industries were Retail Trade ($17,563), Construction ($14,730), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($14,545).

Employment

Occupations

430

2024 Value

± 189

−19.6%

1 Year decline

± 71.7%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Tallaboa Alta, PR declined at a rate of −19.6%, from 535 employees to 430 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Tallaboa Alta, PR, are Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations (80 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (73 people), and Construction & Extraction Occupations (66 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Tallaboa Alta, 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

430

2024 Value

± 189

−19.6%

1 Year decline

± 71.7%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Tallaboa Alta, PR declined at a rate of −19.6%, from 535 employees to 430 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Tallaboa Alta, PR, are Construction (91 people), Administrative & Support & Waste Management Services (80 people), and Retail Trade (65 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Tallaboa Alta, PR, though some of these residents may live in Tallaboa Alta, PR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$18,464

Median earning men ± $10,188

$14,609

Median earning women ± $2,595

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Construction ($14,730).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($14,831), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($14,545), and Retail Trade ($11,016).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Tallaboa Alta, PR was $67,900 in 2024, which is 0.204 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $60,000 to $67,900, a 13.2% increase. The homeownership rate in Tallaboa Alta, PR is 78%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Tallaboa Alta, PR have an average commute time of 20.6 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Tallaboa Alta, PR is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$67,900

Median Property Value 2024

±$31,397

$469

Median Property Taxes

±$142

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

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

Rent vs Own

78%

Homeownership

2024

58.4%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 78% of the housing units in Tallaboa Alta, PR were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 71.5%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Tallaboa Alta, 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.

$13,402

Median Household Income

± $1,687

601

Number of Households

± 164

In 2024, the median household income of the 601 households in Tallaboa Alta, PR declined from $13,402 from the previous year's value of $14,185.

The following chart displays the households in Tallaboa Alta, 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 Tallaboa Alta, 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 (82.3%)
Carpooled (11.2%)
Other (3.49%)

In 2024, 82.3% of workers in Tallaboa Alta, PR drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (11.2%) and those who used some unspecified means to get work (3.49%).

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

20.6 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Tallaboa Alta, PR have a shorter commute time (20.6 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Tallaboa Alta, PR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

78.8% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Tallaboa Alta, PR (1.47k out of 1.86k 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 35 - 44, followed by Females 18 - 24 and then Males 55 - 64.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Tallaboa Alta, 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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