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Maunabo Municipio, PR

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

AI Overview

Maunabo Municipio is a small coastal municipality of 10,482 residents with a labor force participation rate of just 35.0% and an unemployment rate of 16.8%, reflecting a constrained workforce pool with limited formal educational attainment — 12.7% hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Median household income stands at $18,045 against a poverty rate of 52.8%, while housing costs remain low, with a median home value of $106,000 and median gross rent of $498 per month. The population has contracted 4.9% over five years, the median age is 48.8 years, and the foreign-born share is just 1.1%, pointing to an older, locally rooted community with significant economic hardship.

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

Population

10,482

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Household Income

$18,045

Data USA · as of 2024

Median Age

48.8 yrs

Data USA · as of 2024

Population Growth (5-year)

-4.9% since 2018

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

Demographics

Race & Ethnicity

  • Some Other Race Alone8,144 (78.3%)
  • Two Races Including Some Other Race1,061 (10.2%)
  • White Alone760 (7.3%)
  • Black or African American Alone379 (3.6%)
  • Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races55 (0.5%)
  • American Indian & Alaska Native Alone0 (0.0%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Languages Spoken at Home

  1. 1.Spanish9,698
  2. 2.Other Indo-European10

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population Under 18

16.3%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Working-Age (18–64)

58.1%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population 65 and Over

25.6%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Foreign-Born Population

1.1%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Veterans

215

Data USA · as of 2024

Economy

GDP per Capita

Not yet cached

Cost of Living Index

Not yet cached

Per Capita Income

$10,951

Census ACS · as of 2023

Unemployment Rate

16.8%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Poverty Rate

52.8%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Top Industries

  1. 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance651
  2. 2.Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services582
  3. 3.Other Services, Except Public Administration (Group)290
  4. 4.Construction (Group)283
  5. 5.Public Administration (Group)282

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Occupations

  1. 1.Service Occupations930
  2. 2.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations784
  3. 3.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations431
  4. 4.Sales & Office Occupations370
  5. 5.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations343

Data USA · as of 2024

Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)

  1. 1.Public Administration (LQ 2.84×)354
  2. 2.Other Services (LQ 1.88×)233
  3. 3.Construction (LQ 1.68×)307
  4. 4.Professional, Scientific, & Management (LQ 1.05×)342
  5. 5.Retail Trade (LQ 0.95×)274

Census ACS · as of 2023

Housing

Median Home Value

$106,000

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Gross Rent

$498/mo

Census ACS · as of 2023

Homeownership Rate

73.6%

Data USA · as of 2024

Home Value Distribution

  • $100,000 to $124,999896 (28.6%)
  • $150,000 to $174,999476 (15.2%)
  • $80,000 to $89,999364 (11.6%)
  • $70,000 to $79,999342 (10.9%)
  • $60,000 to $69,999282 (9.0%)
  • $90,000 to $99,999266 (8.5%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

12.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

High School Diploma or Higher

73.2%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Workforce

Labor Force Participation

35.0%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Worker Earnings

$17,420

Census ACS · as of 2023

Mean Commute Time

30.1 min

Data USA · as of 2024

Households Without a Vehicle

15.8%

Census ACS · as of 2023

How People Get to Work

  • Drove Alone2,463 (88.5%)
  • Walked144 (5.2%)
  • Carpooled113 (4.1%)
  • Other36 (1.3%)
  • Public Transit28 (1.0%)
  • 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.