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Census Tract 8504, Lajas, PR

5,233 Population
21.8 square miles 239.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.7 ±5.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Maguayo: 40.6 † ±30.9
  • about the same as the figure in Lajas Municipio: 48.5 ±0.7
  • a little higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2

Economics

$10,371 ±$2,150 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Maguayo: $6,264 † ±$2,599
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lajas Municipio: $11,343 ±$870
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
$17,083 ±$5,594 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Maguayo: $12,171 † ±$5,316
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lajas Municipio: $19,695 ±$1,928
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261

62% ±14.1% (3,217  ±940) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maguayo: 86.1% † 733 (±22.9% / ±483)
  • 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)

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Families

1,858 ±351 Number of households
  • Maguayo: 297 † ±159
  • Lajas Municipio: 8,844 ±557
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
2.8 ±0.7 (5,189  ±957) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Maguayo: 2.9 † 851 (±0.8 / ±513)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lajas Municipio: 2.6 22,951 (±0.2 / ±12)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,197,034

5.2% ±7.5% (53  ±79) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • Maguayo: 0%
  • 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

3,393 ±369 Number of housing units
  • Maguayo: 400 † ±180
  • Lajas Municipio: 12,573 ±412
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364

$93,500 ±$25,008 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • Maguayo: $
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lajas Municipio: $107,800 ±$4,483
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Puerto Rico: $131,500 ±$959

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Social

69.3% ±4.3% (2,648  ±487.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Maguayo: 70.7% † 348 (±54.1% / ±184.2)
  • about 90 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)
21.9% ±6.7% (837  ±293.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in Maguayo: 4.9% † 24 (±11% / ±55.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Lajas Municipio: 22.1% 3,905
  • about three-quarters 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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1.2% ±1.4% (54  ±61) Population with veteran status
  • Maguayo: 0%
  • 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)
54 Total veterans ±61 54 Male ±61 N/A Female ±22

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