Toa Alta, PR

Census Place

2024 Population

3,259

2024 Median Age

46.7

0.43% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

49.6%

0.148% 1-year increase

2024 Median Household Income

$21,175

0.365% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$120,500

2.99% 1-year growth

2024 Employed Population

1,041

34.3% 1-year growth

Economy

The economy of Toa Alta, PR employs 1.04k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Toa Alta, PR were Retail Trade (290 people), Construction (149 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (124 people), and the highest paying industries were Accommodation & Food Services ($36,630), Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodations & Food Services ($36,630), and Health Care & Social Assistance ($34,483).

Employment

Occupations

1.04k

2024 Value

± 297

34.3%

1 Year growth

± 30.8%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Toa Alta, PR grew at a rate of 34.3%, from 775 employees to 1.04k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Toa Alta, PR, are Sales & Related Occupations (162 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (160 people), and Management Occupations (103 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Toa 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

1.04k

2024 Value

± 297

34.3%

1 Year growth

± 30.8%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Toa Alta, PR grew at a rate of 34.3%, from 775 employees to 1.04k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Toa Alta, PR, are Retail Trade (290 people), Construction (149 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (124 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Toa Alta, PR, though some of these residents may live in Toa Alta, PR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$20,019

Median earning men ± $7,059

$22,852

Median earning women ± $4,316

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($42,561), Retail Trade ($22,431), and Construction ($15,530).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($24,857) and Retail Trade ($24,444).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Toa Alta, PR was $120,500 in 2024, which is 0.362 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $117,000 to $120,500, a 2.99% increase. The homeownership rate in Toa Alta, PR is 53%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Toa Alta, PR have an average commute time of 29.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Toa Alta, PR is lower than the national average, with an average of 1 car per household.

Housing

Property

$120,500

Median Property Value 2024

±$12,537

$827

Median Property Taxes

±$215

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

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

Rent vs Own

53%

Homeownership

2024

81.1%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 53% of the housing units in Toa Alta, PR were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 54.1%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Toa 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.

$21,175

Median Household Income

± $2,367

1.56k

Number of Households

± 305

In 2024, the median household income of the 1.56k households in Toa Alta, PR grew to $21,175 from the previous year's value of $21,098.

The following chart displays the households in Toa 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 Toa 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 (76.7%)
Carpooled (9.76%)
Worked At Home (8.54%)

In 2024, 76.7% of workers in Toa Alta, PR drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (9.76%) and those who worked at home (8.54%).

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

29.4 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Toa Alta, PR have a longer commute time (29.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Toa Alta, PR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

1 car

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Toa Alta, PR distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Toa Alta, PR have 1 car.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

49.6% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Toa Alta, PR (1.61k out of 3.25k 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 Males 18 - 24 and then Males 65 - 74.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Toa Alta, PR is Hispanic, followed by White 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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