Population
4,966 residents
Census ACS 2023 — Puerto Rico
City profile · Puerto Rico · Census ACS 2023
Population, income, housing, safety, climate and schools for Lares zona urbana — drawn straight from Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA, NCES, HUD and FEMA, refreshed on the 2024–2025 release cycle.
Lares zona urbana is a city in Puerto Rico with a population of 4,966 residents based on U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here reaches $21,108 per year, while the poverty rate sits at 44.0%. Typical homes in Lares zona urbana are valued around $101,500, and the median resident age is 49.5 years.
Average monthly utility bills run around $195 based on EIA 2023 residential energy data.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2023 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, PlainCities renders standardized city-level demographic, income, education, employment, and housing indicators across more than 19,000 incorporated places nationwide. Population counts and median household income figures are sourced directly from Census Table B01003 and B19013 respectively, with poverty rates from B17001 and cost-of-living adjustments from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Regional Price Parities (RPP) 2024 release. Every value displayed in this snapshot links back to the official upstream tables and is refreshed on the ACS annual release cadence (typically December of the survey year + 1).
Methodology: city boundaries follow the Census Bureau's place-level geography (incorporated places, census-designated places, and consolidated city-county governments), with FIPS codes ensuring consistent identifiers across decennial and annual surveys. Cost-of-living comparisons use BEA's Regional Price Parities (RPP) indexed to the national average (100), enabling cross-city purchasing-power comparisons. See our methodology page for full source attribution, refresh cadence, and known data quality limitations including margin-of-error disclosure and sample-size thresholds.
Population
4,966 residents
Census ACS 2023 — Puerto Rico
Median Household Income
$21,108 /yr
Poverty 44.0%
Median Home Value
$101,500
Census ACS B25077
Where Lares zona urbana sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure — computed live from Census and FBI data.
Percentiles compare Lares zona urbana against every US city with at least 1,000 residents. "Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Census ACS S1701 — poverty status
Census ACS S2301 — share of working-age residents in the labor force
How workers travel to work — Census ACS 2023
Based on 1,520 workers 16 and over.
State-average estimates for Puerto Rico — EIA 2023 residential energy data
Estimates reflect Puerto Rico state averages. Actual costs vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
National-average reference values shown when city-level race/ethnicity table is not loaded. Source: Census ACS 5-year, OMB Directive 15 race-and-ethnicity categories.
Census ACS 2023 — population and median income benchmarks
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Lares zona urbana, PR has a population of 4,966 according to U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates.
The median household income in Lares zona urbana is $21,108 per year, based on Census ACS 2023 data.
The median home value in Lares zona urbana is $101,500, according to Census ACS 2023 estimates.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.