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Place dossier plate
SheetPR-BAJANDAS-COMUNIDAD-PR · Bajandas comunidad, PR 922 pop · income 1st pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Bajandas comunidad
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Bajandas comunidad on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Juncal comuni… · lowest
13,472
Juncal comuni… · lowest
13,472 median HH income
15.8% of the leader · rank #1
Olney · near
19,875
Olney · near
19,875 median HH income
23.3% of the leader · rank #2
Pine Lawn · near
19,924
Pine Lawn · near
19,924 median HH income
23.3% of the leader · rank #3
Rockingham · near
19,958
Rockingham · near
19,958 median HH income
23.4% of the leader · rank #4
Bajandas comu… · this city
20,000
Bajandas comu… · this city
20,000 median HH income
23.4% of the leader · rank #5
Union · near
20,000
Union · near
20,000 median HH income
23.4% of the leader · rank #6
Knappa · highest
85,357
Knappa · highest
85,357 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Bajandas comunidad on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 922.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Bajandas comunidad lands in the 1st percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
1st
percentile, household income
7th
percentile, home value
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Bajandas comunidad, PR
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 922 residents in Bajandas comunidad, a small town within Puerto Rico. Households in Bajandas comunidad report a median income of $20,000 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 23.4%. Home values in Bajandas comunidad run a median of $93,400, and the median resident age is 62.9 years.
Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Puerto Rico run around $195, per EIA 2023 residential energy data.
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Bajandas comunidad's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to work and mobility to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Bajandas comunidad, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, annual population history, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Bajandas comunidad?
Within Puerto Rico, the closest population matches are Juncal comunidad (922 residents, $13,472 income); Hato Viejo comunidad (919 residents, $30,197 income); Duque comunidad (917 residents, $20,979 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Browerville, MN (922 residents); Silver Lake, MN (922 residents); Hillsdale, MO (922 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
What does the journey to work look like in Bajandas comunidad?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 65.2%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
How far does income reach against housing in Bajandas comunidad?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 23.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 23.4% (Highest-decile poverty)
Median Home Value
$93,400
Lower home values
F
City profile score · Bajandas comunidad, PR
4/100
2 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate F
23.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$20,000
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share N/A
N/A
No ACS bachelor's-attainment share on file for this place.
Cost of living N/A
N/A
No cost-of-living index on file for this place.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
How does Bajandas comunidad compare to other US cities?
Bajandas comunidad measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income1% higher than other cities
Home value7% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Bajandas comunidad against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Puerto Rico only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Puerto Rico-relative analysis
Poverty Rate places Bajandas comunidad near the bottom of Puerto Rico's cities
Among the 286 Puerto Rico cities PlainCities tracks with reported poverty rate data, Bajandas comunidad ranks #261 - the 8th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Bajandas comunidad only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#158 of 268
41st percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#192 of 274
30th percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#261 of 286
8th percentile in Puerto Rico
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Puerto Rico only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
1st percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Bajandas comunidad's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$93,400Among the most affordablemore affordable than 93% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#12,323 of 15,516
More affordable than 21% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,393 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.7×, Bajandas comunidad sits in the moderate band:
national rank #12,323 of 15,516 and #9,393 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$20,000Bajandas comunidad, PR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Bajandas comunidad, PR median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Bajandas comunidad, PR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Poverty rate (households below FPL)23.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)14.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
922
Median Income
$20,000
Median Home Value
$93,400
Median Age
62.9
Poverty Rate
23.4%
Labor force participation
14.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
65.2%
Carpool
19.7%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
1.5%
Work from Home
13.6%
Based on 132 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Puerto Rico statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $195
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Puerto Rico at $195 (electricity about $160 , water and sewer about $35 ).
These are Puerto Rico statewide averages, not a meter reading for Bajandas comunidad. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
How Bajandas comunidad compares to similar-size Puerto Rico cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.