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Lares, PR

5,286 Population
2 square miles 2,610.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49 ±5.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Lares, PR Micro Area: 45.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$11,001 ±$1,507 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Lares, PR Micro Area: $11,029 ±$840
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$19,294 ±$4,064 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Lares, PR Micro Area: $18,917 ±$1,377
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

55.6% ±8.4% (2,917  ±607) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Lares, PR Micro Area: 55.4% 15,268 (±3.9% / ±1,082)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 40.5% 1,299,426 (±0.4% / ±12,068)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.1 minutes ±5.9 (46,880  ±13,586) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Lares, PR Micro Area: 30.7 260,195 (±2.3 / ±27,904)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,208 ±236 Number of households
  • the Lares, PR Micro Area: 10,770 ±453
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (5,237  ±749) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lares, PR Micro Area: 2.6 27,507 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • a little less than the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,197,034
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.2% ±3.6% (26  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Lares, PR Micro Area: 3% † 181 (±1.7% / ±105)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.9% 21,908 (±0.2% / ±1,392)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,722 ±249 Number of housing units
  • the Lares, PR Micro Area: 12,921 ±374
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$104,100 ±$6,769 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Lares, PR Micro Area: $105,100 ±$5,828
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $131,500 ±$959
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

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Social

74.8% ±14.3% (3,045  ±411.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lares, PR Micro Area: 69.4% 14,698
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.2% 1,965,301 (±0.5% / ±11,189.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.3% ±4.6% (1,032  ±234.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Lares, PR Micro Area: 21.3% 4,504
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.8% 721,619 (±0.3% / ±6,901.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

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1.2% ±1% (53  ±48) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Lares, PR Micro Area: 1.7% † 392 (±0.6% / ±142)
  • about half the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
53 Total veterans ±48 53 Male ±48 N/A Female ±22

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