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Puerto Rico (PR)Mayagüez787939

Lajas Municipio, PR

Mayagüez metro * 22.8K residents

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22.8K

Population

$19.7K

Median income

per household

$107.8K

Home value

52.6%

Poverty rate

What stands out

  • Median household income: $19.7K (bottom 10% vs US counties).
  • Median home value: $107.8K (bottom 10% vs US counties).
  • Poverty rate: 52.6% (high poverty; top 10% vs US counties).

Categories vs U.S.

Economy

0 of 6 metrics better than U.S. benchmarks

Median household income

$19.7K

U.S.

$81K

Median home value

$107.8K

U.S.

$333K

Poverty rate

52.6%

U.S.

12.4%

Housing stress

Rent-burdened renters (≥30%)

47.8%

U.S.

51.1%

Severely rent-burdened (≥50%)

20.0%

U.S.

25.9%

Affordability Ratios

Rent-to-Income

29.2%

Approaching 30% threshold

Home-Value-to-Income

5.5×

Above typical 3-5x ratio

Income distribution

Share of households by income bracket (ACS).

< $50k
85.9%
$50–100k
13.0%
$100–200k
1.1%
$200k+
0.0%
See Mayagüez metro economy →See PR state economy →

Connectivity

3 of 3 metrics better than U.S.

100+ Mbps coverage

96.3%

U.S.

89.6%

Gigabit ready

66.9%

U.S.

46.1%

5G available

98.4%

U.S.

77.4%

See Mayagüez metro connectivity →See PR state connectivity →

Map

Lajas Municipio, PR

Population

22.8K

Area

60.0 sq mi

Density

380.1/sq mi

Neighbors

Cabo Rojo Municipio, PRGuánica Municipio, PRSabana Grande Municipio, PRSan Germán Municipio, PR

National Percentile Rankings

How this county compares to other counties nationwide.

Data Sources & Notes

Data freshness

ACS 5-year
2020–2024
BLS (LAUS)
2025-12
Broadband
2024-06-arcgis
Mobile coverage
2025-11-24
Page updated
2026-03-31

Release schedule and upstream dates: Sources.

Data sources

U.S. Census (ACS 5-year)U.S. Census TIGER/LineBLS (LAUS)FCC (Form 477 broadband)FCC (Mobile Broadband Data Collection)

Derived statistics

  • ACS county metrics (income, housing, demographics) are sourced directly from Census county-level tables.
  • CDC health metrics are sourced from county-level CDC PLACES data.
  • Unemployment is sourced from the BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program.
  • Population density is computed as population ÷ land area.

Data accuracy & methodology

County pages use 2020–2024 ACS 5-year county-level estimates sourced directly from Census county tables. CDC health metrics come from county-level CDC PLACES. Unemployment rates come from the BLS LAUS program. Connectivity metrics use FCC coverage data.

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