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Coamo Municipio, PR

Demographic and economic profile of Coamo Municipio, PR, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.

AI Overview

Coamo Municipio is a small Puerto Rican municipality of 34,294 residents with a labor force participation rate of just 40.9% and an unemployment rate of 7.0%, reflecting a constrained workforce pool with relatively limited educational attainment—22.7% hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The cost structure is low, with median worker earnings of $17,750, a median home value of $104,000, and median gross rent of $521 per month, though a 52.0% poverty rate and median household income of $22,045 signal significant economic hardship. The population has declined 12.7% over five years, and a median age of 46.1 years points to an aging resident base.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page

Population

34,294

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Household Income

$22,045

Data USA · as of 2024

Median Age

46.1 yrs

Data USA · as of 2024

Population Growth (5-year)

-12.7% since 2018

Coamo Municipio lost population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.

Demographics

Race & Ethnicity

  • Two Races Including Some Other Race28,927 (85.1%)
  • White Alone2,166 (6.4%)
  • Some Other Race Alone1,627 (4.8%)
  • Black or African American Alone786 (2.3%)
  • Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races361 (1.1%)
  • American Indian & Alaska Native Alone131 (0.4%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Languages Spoken at Home

  1. 1.Spanish32,106

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population Under 18

17.1%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Working-Age (18–64)

62.5%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population 65 and Over

20.4%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Foreign-Born Population

0.9%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Veterans

808

Data USA · as of 2024

Economy

GDP per Capita

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Cost of Living Index

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Per Capita Income

$12,686

Census ACS · as of 2023

Unemployment Rate

7.0%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Poverty Rate

52.0%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Top Industries

  1. 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance2,523
  2. 2.Manufacturing (Group)1,795
  3. 3.Retail Trade (Group)1,434
  4. 4.Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services1,114
  5. 5.Other Services, Except Public Administration (Group)897

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Occupations

  1. 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations2,842
  2. 2.Service Occupations2,800
  3. 3.Sales & Office Occupations2,247
  4. 4.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations2,105
  5. 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations1,491

Data USA · as of 2024

Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)

  1. 1.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 2.80×)493
  2. 2.Public Administration (LQ 1.79×)936
  3. 3.Manufacturing (LQ 1.61×)1,769
  4. 4.Other Services (LQ 1.39×)722
  5. 5.Retail Trade (LQ 1.08×)1,302

Census ACS · as of 2023

Housing

Median Home Value

$104,000

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Gross Rent

$521/mo

Census ACS · as of 2023

Homeownership Rate

75.8%

Data USA · as of 2024

Home Value Distribution

  • $100,000 to $124,9991,867 (17.9%)
  • $150,000 to $174,9991,183 (11.3%)
  • $90,000 to $99,999966 (9.3%)
  • $80,000 to $89,999947 (9.1%)
  • $50,000 to $59,999679 (6.5%)
  • $60,000 to $69,999654 (6.3%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

22.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

High School Diploma or Higher

81.9%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Workforce

Labor Force Participation

40.9%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Worker Earnings

$17,750

Census ACS · as of 2023

Mean Commute Time

25.8 min

Data USA · as of 2024

Households Without a Vehicle

12.5%

Census ACS · as of 2023

How People Get to Work

  • Drove Alone9,771 (89.7%)
  • Worked At Home475 (4.4%)
  • Walked372 (3.4%)
  • Carpooled274 (2.5%)
  • Public Transit0 (0.0%)
  • Taxi0 (0.0%)

Data USA · as of 2024

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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.