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Parguera barrio, Lajas Municipio, PR

2,017 Population
4 square miles 501.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48 ±11 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lajas Municipio: 48.5 ±0.7
  • 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

$9,986 ±$3,715 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lajas Municipio: $11,343 ±$870
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$16,625 ±$13,875 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

56.7% ±25% (1,144  ±655) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lajas Municipio: 52.7% 12,087 (±4.9% / ±1,135)
  • 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)

21.7 minutes ±24.6 (7,140  ±5,526) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Lajas Municipio: 22.9 † 156,675 (±3 / ±26,240)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

679 ±235 Number of households
  • Lajas Municipio: 8,844 ±557
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.4 (2,017  ±737) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lajas Municipio: 2.6 22,951 (±0.2 / ±12)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,197,034
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,730 ±260 Number of housing units
  • Lajas Municipio: 12,573 ±412
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$105,900 ±$10,780 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Lajas Municipio: $107,800 ±$4,483
  • 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

63.3% ±30.4% (1,010  ±333.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lajas Municipio: 75% 13,267
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.2% 1,965,301 (±0.5% / ±11,189.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.3% ±8.6% (435  ±205) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lajas Municipio: 22.1% 3,905
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.8% 721,619 (±0.3% / ±6,901.7)
  • about three-quarters 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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3.1% ±3.4% (54  ±61) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lajas Municipio: 2.3% † 456 (±0.9% / ±182)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
54 Total veterans ±61 54 Male ±61 N/A Female ±15

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