Vieques (Vieques Municipio), PR

Census Place

2024 Population

2,050

2024 Median Age

38.9

38.9% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

58%

20.3% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$15,988

2.91% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$101,700

2024 Employed Population

693

50% 1-year growth

Economy

The economy of Vieques (Vieques Municipio), PR employs 693 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Vieques (Vieques Municipio), PR were Public Administration (134 people), Retail Trade (131 people), and Accommodation & Food Services (92 people), and the highest paying industries were Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($25,540), Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodations & Food Services ($19,524), and Public Administration ($17,976).

Employment

Occupations

693

2024 Value

± 270

50%

1 Year growth

± 42.3%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Vieques (Vieques Municipio), PR grew at a rate of 50%, from 462 employees to 693 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Vieques (Vieques Municipio), PR, are Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations (143 people), Sales & Related Occupations (131 people), and Construction & Extraction Occupations (80 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Vieques (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

693

2024 Value

± 270

50%

1 Year growth

± 42.3%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Vieques (Vieques Municipio), PR grew at a rate of 50%, from 462 employees to 693 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Vieques (Vieques Municipio), PR, are Public Administration (134 people), Retail Trade (131 people), and Accommodation & Food Services (92 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Vieques (Vieques Municipio), PR, though some of these residents may live in Vieques (Vieques Municipio), PR and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$21,320

Median earning men ± $3,820

$18,065

Median earning women ± $1,812

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are .

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($23,641), Public Administration ($15,862), and Retail Trade ($10,688).

Housing & Living

People in Vieques (Vieques Municipio), PR have an average commute time of 12.2 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Vieques (Vieques Municipio), PR is lower than the national average, with an average of 1 car per household.

Housing

Property

$101,700

Median Property Value 2024

±$72,063

$443

Median Property Taxes

±$198

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 (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 (Vieques Municipio), PR compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

52.6%

Homeownership

2024

68.4%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 52.6% of the housing units in Vieques (Vieques Municipio), PR were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 56.3%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Vieques (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.

$15,988

Median Household Income

± $5,373

843

Number of Households

± 262

In 2024, the median household income of the 843 households in Vieques (Vieques Municipio), PR grew to $15,988 from the previous year's value of $15,536.

The following chart displays the households in Vieques (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 < $10k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Vieques (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 (67.7%)
Walked (16.9%)
Carpooled (6.35%)

In 2024, 67.7% of workers in Vieques (Vieques Municipio), PR drove alone to work, followed by those who walked to work (16.9%) and those who carpooled to work (6.35%).

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

12.2 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Vieques (Vieques Municipio), PR have a shorter commute time (12.2 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Vieques (Vieques Municipio), PR have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Vieques (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 (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 (Vieques Municipio), PR have 1 car.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

58% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Vieques (Vieques Municipio), PR (1.19k out of 2.05k 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 Males < 5, followed by Males 18 - 24 and then Females 75+.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Vieques (Vieques Municipio), PR is Hispanic, followed by Other and Black.

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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