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Census Tract 8503, Lajas, PR

4,971 Population
4.8 square miles 1,027.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.3 ±6.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Palmarejo: 55.7 † ±7.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Lajas Municipio: 48.5 ±0.7
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2

Economics

$10,539 ±$1,707 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Palmarejo: $10,731 † ±$2,700
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lajas Municipio: $11,343 ±$870
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
$20,167 ±$2,883 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Palmarejo: $20,794 † ±$2,931
  • 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

54.1% ±11.4% (2,688  ±736) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Palmarejo: 47.9% † 671 (±26.2% / ±468)
  • a little higher than 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)

19.8 minutes ±4.3 (28,880  ±11,227) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Palmarejo: 21.1 † 11,475 (±6.4 / ±8,317)
  • about 90 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)

Families

1,994 ±339 Number of households
  • Palmarejo: 506 † ±214
  • Lajas Municipio: 8,844 ±557
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
2.5 ±0.1 (4,967  ±864) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Palmarejo: 2.8 1,400 (±0.3 / ±608)
  • a little less than 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

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

Housing

2,688 ±344 Number of housing units
  • Palmarejo: 660 † ±227
  • Lajas Municipio: 12,573 ±412
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364

$123,300 ±$46,423 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Palmarejo: $87,900 † ±$28,610
  • 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

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Social

78% ±20.4% (3,187  ±576.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Palmarejo: 71.3% † 893 (±41.3% / ±335.7)
  • 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)
20.5% ±6.5% (838  ±309.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Palmarejo: 17% † 213 (±13.6% / ±194)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lajas Municipio: 22.1% 3,905
  • about two-thirds of 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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1.1% ±1% (47  ±43) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Palmarejo: 1.2% † 16 (±1.9% / ±26)
  • about half the rate in Lajas Municipio: 2.3% † 456 (±0.9% / ±182)
  • about half the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
47 Total veterans ±43 47 Male ±43 N/A Female ±15

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