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Place dossier plate
SheetPR-CAMUY-ZONA-URBANA-PR · Camuy zona urbana, PR 3,487 pop · income 1st pct · 8 tracts
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 Camuy zona urbana
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Camuy zona urbana on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Aguas Buenas… · lowest
16,831
Aguas Buenas… · lowest
16,831 median HH income
11.8% of the leader · rank #1
Columbia · near
21,118
Columbia · near
21,118 median HH income
14.8% of the leader · rank #2
Friars Point · near
21,181
Friars Point · near
21,181 median HH income
14.9% of the leader · rank #3
Camuy zona ur… · this city
21,191
Camuy zona ur… · this city
21,191 median HH income
14.9% of the leader · rank #4
Foxworth · near
21,212
Foxworth · near
21,212 median HH income
14.9% of the leader · rank #5
Hayti Heights · near
21,250
Hayti Heights · near
21,250 median HH income
14.9% of the leader · rank #6
Stepney · highest
142,250
Stepney · highest
142,250 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 Camuy zona urbana 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: 3,487.
Nationally, Camuy zona urbana sits in the 1st percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
1st
percentile, household income
5th
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: Camuy zona urbana, PR
Camuy zona urbana is a small town in Puerto Rico, home to 3,487 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Camuy zona urbana households earn a median of $21,191 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 51.0%. Camuy zona urbana's housing stock carries a median value of $87,100, and the median resident age is 38.7 years.
Monthly utility costs average around $195 across Puerto Rico, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates.
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Camuy zona urbana'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 to within-city variation; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Camuy zona urbana, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, within-city Census tract profiles.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Camuy zona urbana?
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.
Within Puerto Rico, the closest population matches are Barceloneta zona urbana (3,481 residents, $18,893 income); Los Prados comunidad (3,530 residents, $108,750 income); Aguas Buenas zona urbana (3,544 residents, $16,831 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Alexander, AR (3,488 residents); Seacliff, CA (3,488 residents); Shingle Springs, CA (3,488 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Camuy zona urbana?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 92.3%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
How far does income reach against housing in Camuy zona urbana?
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.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 51.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What can 8 Census tracts reveal inside Camuy zona urbana?
PlainCities matches 8 Census tracts to this city.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 51.0% (Highest-decile poverty)
Median Home Value
$87,100
Lower home values
F
City profile score · Camuy zona urbana, PR
0/100
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.
Household income F
$21,191
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
51.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
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 Camuy zona urbana compare to other US cities?
Where Camuy zona urbana sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income1% higher than other cities
Home value5% 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 Camuy zona urbana 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
Median Home Value places Camuy zona urbana toward the bottom of Puerto Rico's cities
Among the 274 Puerto Rico cities PlainCities tracks with reported median home value data, Camuy zona urbana ranks #217 - the 21st percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Camuy zona urbana only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#127 of 268
53rd percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#217 of 274
21st percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#105 of 286
63rd 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 Camuy zona urbana's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$87,100Among the most affordablemore affordable than 95% 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
Camuy zona urbana's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#11,008 of 15,516
More affordable than 29% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,558 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.1×, Camuy zona urbana sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,008 of 15,516 and #8,558 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
$21,191Camuy zona urbana, PR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Camuy zona urbana, 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 Camuy zona urbana, PR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Poverty rate (households below FPL)51.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)41.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
3,487
Median Income
$21,191
Median Home Value
$87,100
Median Age
38.7
Poverty Rate
51.0%
Labor force participation
41.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
92.3%
Carpool
1.6%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
6.1%
Based on 1,126 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 Camuy zona urbana. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
How Camuy zona urbana 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.