Vieques Municipio, PR

County

2024 Population

8,078

2024 Median Age

46.5

0.432% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

59.1%

0.726% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$19,803

13% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$100,000

11.6% 1-year decline

2024 Employed Population

2,868

20.4% 1-year growth

Economy

The economy of Vieques Municipio, PR employs 2.87k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Vieques Municipio, PR were Construction (672 people), Retail Trade (518 people), and Public Administration (452 people), and the highest paying industries were Educational Services ($25,938), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($25,313), and Health Care & Social Assistance ($20,707).

Employment

Occupations

2.87k

2024 Value

± 630

20.4%

1 Year growth

± 28.3%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Vieques Municipio, PR grew at a rate of 20.4%, from 2.38k employees to 2.87k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Vieques Municipio, PR, are Construction & Extraction Occupations (577 people), Sales & Related Occupations (453 people), and Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations (286 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Vieques Municipio, 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

2.87k

2024 Value

± 630

20.4%

1 Year growth

± 28.3%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Vieques Municipio, PR grew at a rate of 20.4%, from 2.38k employees to 2.87k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Vieques Municipio, PR, are Construction (672 people), Retail Trade (518 people), and Public Administration (452 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Vieques Municipio, PR, though some of these residents may live in Vieques Municipio, PR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$17,896

Median earning men ± $2,823

$17,772

Median earning women ± $1,343

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Public Administration ($40,318), Retail Trade ($22,202), and Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodations & Food Services ($20,022).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($24,402), Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodations & Food Services ($18,505), and Public Administration ($17,835).

Housing & Living

The median property value in Vieques Municipio, PR was $100,000 in 2024, which is 0.301 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $113,100 to $100,000, a 11.6% decrease. The homeownership rate in Vieques Municipio, PR is 66.8%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Vieques Municipio, PR have an average commute time of 13.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Vieques Municipio, PR is lower than the national average, with an average of 1 car per household.

Housing

Property

$100,000

Median Property Value 2024

±$44,042

$2,086

Median Property Taxes

±$416

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 Vieques Municipio, PR the largest share of households pay taxes in the None range.

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

Rent vs Own

66.8%

Homeownership

2024

69.8%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 66.8% of the housing units in Vieques Municipio, PR were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 68.9%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Vieques Municipio, 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.

$19,803

Median Household Income

± $2,182

3.13k

Number of Households

± 540

In 2024, the median household income of the 3.13k households in Vieques Municipio, PR grew to $19,803 from the previous year's value of $17,531.

The following chart displays the households in Vieques Municipio, 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 Vieques Municipio, 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 (62.8%)
Worked At Home (24%)
Walked (7.87%)

In 2024, 62.8% of workers in Vieques Municipio, PR drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (24%) and those who walked to work (7.87%).

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

13.4 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Vieques Municipio, PR have a shorter commute time (13.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Vieques Municipio, PR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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

Car Ownership

1 car

Average Number

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

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

59.1% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Vieques Municipio, PR (4.77k out of 8.08k 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 75+, followed by Females 45 - 54 and then Males 55 - 64.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Vieques Municipio, 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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