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Candelaria barrio, Lajas Municipio, PR

2,916 Population
2.5 square miles 1,185.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.2 ±7.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Lajas Municipio: 48.5 ±0.7
  • a little higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$9,590 ±$2,344 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lajas Municipio: $11,343 ±$870
  • about half the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$16,339 ±$7,836 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lajas Municipio: $19,695 ±$1,928
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

60.9% ±15.8% (1,764  ±675) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lajas Municipio: 52.7% 12,087 (±4.9% / ±1,135)
  • about 1.5 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)

19.6 minutes ±5 (15,135  ±7,246) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lajas Municipio: 22.9 † 156,675 (±3 / ±26,240)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,268 ±294 Number of households
  • Lajas Municipio: 8,844 ±557
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.4 (2,899  ±815) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lajas Municipio: 2.6 22,951 (±0.2 / ±12)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,197,034
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7% ±10% (50  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lajas Municipio: 4.1% † 199 (±2.8% / ±136)
  • more than double the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.9% 21,908 (±0.2% / ±1,392)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,558 ±296 Number of housing units
  • Lajas Municipio: 12,573 ±412
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$123,400 ±$59,003 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lajas Municipio: $107,800 ±$4,483
  • a little less than the amount in Puerto Rico: $131,500 ±$959
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

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Social

80.7% ±29.1% (1,693  ±403.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lajas Municipio: 75% 13,267
  • about the same as 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)
23.5% ±7.4% (493  ±203.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lajas Municipio: 22.1% 3,905
  • 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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0.7% ±1% (16  ±26) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Lajas Municipio: 2.3% † 456 (±0.9% / ±182)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
16 Total veterans ±26 16 Male ±26 N/A Female ±15

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