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Río Lajas barrio, Toa Alta Municipio, PR

1,817 Population
3.7 square miles 486.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.6 ±7.9 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Toa Alta Municipio: 41.9 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$16,572 ±$3,827 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Toa Alta Municipio: $19,840 ±$1,031
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$28,867 ±$3,429 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Toa Alta Municipio: $35,241 ±$2,177
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24% ±11.2% (435  ±236) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Toa Alta Municipio: 32.8% 21,642 (±2.4% / ±1,567)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Puerto Rico: 40.5% 1,299,426 (±0.4% / ±12,068)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

35.5 minutes ±22.2 (20,140  ±8,509) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Toa Alta Municipio: 38.8 1,033,610 (±1.1 / ±49,521)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

729 ±158 Number of households
  • Toa Alta Municipio: 24,068 ±585
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.4 (1,811  ±497) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Toa Alta Municipio: 2.7 65,894 (±0.1 / ±42)
  • 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

8.6% ±13.6% (33  ±55) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Toa Alta Municipio: 2.3% † 384 (±1.2% / ±204)
  • more than double the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.9% 21,908 (±0.2% / ±1,392)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

956 ±168 Number of housing units
  • Toa Alta Municipio: 27,839 ±536
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$164,700 ±$25,763 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Toa Alta Municipio: $163,900 ±$4,911
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Puerto Rico: $131,500 ±$959
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

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Social

85% ±29.5% (1,273  ±303.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Toa Alta Municipio: 86% 42,127
  • a little higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.2% 1,965,301 (±0.5% / ±11,189.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
33.7% ±9.5% (504  ±190.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Toa Alta Municipio: 31.2% 15,291
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.8% 721,619 (±0.3% / ±6,901.7)
  • a little less than 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% ±1.9% (19  ±30) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Toa Alta Municipio: 2.1% † 1,170 (±0.5% / ±288)
  • 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)
19 Total veterans ±30 19 Male ±30 N/A Female ±15

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