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Census Tract 8501.01, Lajas, PR

2,203 Population
22.5 square miles 97.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.2 ±7.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Lajas: 49.5 † ±5.1
  • 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

Economics

$13,333 ±$2,231 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Lajas: $12,671 † ±$2,177
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Lajas Municipio: $11,343 ±$870
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
$19,244 ±$2,688 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lajas: $20,625 † ±$6,322
  • about the same as the amount in Lajas Municipio: $19,695 ±$1,928
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261

53.6% ±8.6% (1,181  ±295) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lajas: 48.3% † 2,063 (±12.2% / ±654)
  • about the same as the rate in Lajas Municipio: 52.7% 12,087 (±4.9% / ±1,135)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 40.5% 1,299,426 (±0.4% / ±12,068)

31 minutes ±10.7 (21,005  ±10,029) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Lajas: 17.7 † 22,725 (±2.9 / ±7,738)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Lajas Municipio: 22.9 † 156,675 (±3 / ±26,240)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)

Families

912 ±147 Number of households
  • Lajas: 1,787 † ±274
  • Lajas Municipio: 8,844 ±557
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
2.4 ±0.3 (2,203  ±421) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lajas: 2.4 † 4,265 (±0.3 / ±819)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lajas Municipio: 2.6 22,951 (±0.2 / ±12)
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,197,034

5.2% ±6.3% (19  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lajas: 5.6% † 61 (±7% / ±79)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lajas Municipio: 4.1% † 199 (±2.8% / ±136)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.9% 21,908 (±0.2% / ±1,392)

Housing

1,233 ±170 Number of housing units
  • Lajas: 2,273 † ±299
  • Lajas Municipio: 12,573 ±412
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364

$96,700 ±$6,849 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lajas: $112,300 ±$7,940
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lajas Municipio: $107,800 ±$4,483
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Puerto Rico: $131,500 ±$959

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Social

78.6% ±20.9% (1,393  ±259) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lajas: 81.4% † 2,613 (±19.4% / ±435.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Lajas Municipio: 75% 13,267
  • a little less than the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.2% 1,965,301 (±0.5% / ±11,189.7)
15.7% ±5% (278  ±103) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Lajas: 29.6% † 951 (±7% / ±276.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lajas Municipio: 22.1% 3,905
  • about half the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.8% 721,619 (±0.3% / ±6,901.7)

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

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3.9% ±3.1% (74  ±60) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Lajas: 3.9% † 142 (±2.9% / ±108)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lajas Municipio: 2.3% † 456 (±0.9% / ±182)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
74 Total veterans ±60 74 Male ±60 N/A Female ±15

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