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Río Lajas barrio, Dorado Municipio, PR

1,884 Population
1.5 square miles 1,217.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.1 ±12 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Dorado Municipio: 42.9 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$13,340 ±$3,685 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Dorado Municipio: $28,640 † ±$3,668
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$17,132 ±$12,124 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Dorado Municipio: $36,391 † ±$4,455
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

35.6% ±17.1% (670  ±406) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Dorado Municipio: 27.5% † 9,814 (±3.9% / ±1,389)
  • about 90 percent of 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)

31.4 minutes ±4.5 (13,955  ±7,724) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dorado Municipio: 33.9 † 390,320 (±3.9 / ±31,327)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

742 ±221 Number of households
  • Dorado Municipio: 12,768 ±620
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.6 (1,884  ±696) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dorado Municipio: 2.8 35,709 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,197,034
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.5% ±15.8% (47  ±76) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Dorado Municipio: 4.7% † 405 (±2.3% / ±195)
  • more than double the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.9% 21,908 (±0.2% / ±1,392)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

957 ±254 Number of housing units
  • Dorado Municipio: 16,454 ±481
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$93,100 ±$28,400 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Dorado Municipio: $169,900 ±$8,457
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Puerto Rico: $131,500 ±$959
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

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Social

83.5% ±42.6% (1,262  ±445.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Dorado Municipio: 86% 22,372
  • a little higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.2% 1,965,301 (±0.5% / ±11,189.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.1% ±11.7% (334  ±214.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Dorado Municipio: 40.8% 10,624
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.8% 721,619 (±0.3% / ±6,901.7)
  • about three-fifths 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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1.4% ±2.2% (24  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Dorado Municipio: 2.4% † 698 (±0.8% / ±227)
  • about three-fifths of 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)
24 Total veterans ±39 N/A Male ±15 24 Female ±39

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