Dorado Municipio, Puerto Rico

• Income gap: Households earn meaningfully less than the national median, which directly affects retail demand, housing absorption, and tax base.
• Elevated poverty: At 27.5%, the rate is in economically distressed territory and supports federal funding narratives (CDFI, NMTC, EDA).
• Talent advantage: Bachelor's-or-higher attainment exceeds the national average by 5.1 pts, supports knowledge-economy and tech attraction.
• Aging population: Median age of 43 is materially above the U.S. norm; succession planning and senior-services demand are real factors.

• Largest sector: Manufacturing employs 1,668 workers (37.2% of tracked sectors), at an average wage of $52,789.
• Wage stratification: Finance and Insurance averages $85,164 while Retail Trade averages $26,145, a 3.3x spread in the same local economy, with implications for workforce development and talent strategy.

• Top specialization: Construction of Buildings concentrates at 6.52x the national norm, top-decile concentration, the kind of signature sector that defines a region's economic identity to site selectors.
• Cluster depth: 6 sub-sectors register LQ ≥ 1.5, suggesting an interconnected industrial base rather than reliance on a single employer or sector.
• Attraction whitespace: 7 sub-sectors register LQ < 0.5, candidates for diversification or recruitment depending on labor-market fit.

• In line with national: Home value to income ratio of 4.7x sits near the ~4.1x national average; affordability is neither a clear advantage nor a recruitment friction.
• High home ownership: 78.8% owner-occupied; rental supply may be tight for incoming workers.
• Elevated vacancy: 22.4% vacancy rate. In resort, rural, and seasonal markets much of this is recreational/seasonal (second homes), not available supply; confirm the vacancy-by-reason split before treating it as a redevelopment opportunity.
• Affordable rent tiers: 4 of 5 HUD Fair Market Rent bedroom tiers sit below the 30%-of-median-income affordability threshold (~$910/mo).

• Low participation: 51% labor force participation suggests untapped capacity; workforce development programs may unlock supply.
• Talent pipeline: 6 regional institutions feed the workforce; the top three combined produce 14,464 annual credentials.

Dorado Municipio shows strong potential for construction of buildings attraction, with a 6.52x concentration and 876 jobs in this sub-sector. It ranks in the top decile nationally.

The interconnected base across construction of buildings, nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing, and health and personal care retailers creates supply-chain attraction leverage rather than single-employer risk, a structural advantage for industrial recruitment.