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Place dossier plate
SheetPR-CANDELERO-ARRIBA-COMUNIDAD-PR · Candelero Arriba comunidad, PR 780 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 Candelero Arriba comunidad
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Candelero Arriba comunidad on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Villa Hugo I… · lowest
12,786
Villa Hugo I… · lowest
12,786 median HH income
6.3% of the leader · rank #1
War · near
20,852
War · near
20,852 median HH income
10.2% of the leader · rank #2
East Thermopo… · near
20,865
East Thermopo… · near
20,865 median HH income
10.2% of the leader · rank #3
Candelero Arr… · this city
20,875
Candelero Arr… · this city
20,875 median HH income
10.2% of the leader · rank #4
Jonestown · near
20,900
Jonestown · near
20,900 median HH income
10.3% of the leader · rank #5
Gibsland · near
20,915
Gibsland · near
20,915 median HH income
10.3% of the leader · rank #6
Hunting Valley · highest
203,750
Hunting Valley · highest
203,750 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 Candelero Arriba 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: 780.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Candelero Arriba comunidad places in the 1st percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
1st
percentile, household income
30th
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: Candelero Arriba comunidad, PR
Candelero Arriba comunidad is a small town in Puerto Rico, home to 780 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $20,875 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 28.3%. Typical homes in Candelero Arriba comunidad are valued around $160,100, and the median resident age is 54.8 years.
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Puerto Rico's average monthly utility costs around $195 (state average).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Candelero Arriba 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 Candelero Arriba comunidad, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Candelero Arriba comunidad?
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 Valle Hill comunidad (770 residents, $13,971 income); Búfalo comunidad (795 residents, $16,042 income); Tomás de Castro comunidad (795 residents, $24,740 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Kiowa, KS (780 residents); Humboldt, NE (780 residents); Rich Square, NC (780 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 Candelero Arriba comunidad?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 52.5%. 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. 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Candelero Arriba comunidad?
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 7.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 28.3%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 28.3% (Highest-decile poverty)
Median Home Value
$160,100
Near-typical home values
F
City profile score · Candelero Arriba comunidad, PR
1/100
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
28.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$20,875
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 Candelero Arriba comunidad compare to other US cities?
Here's how Candelero Arriba comunidad stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income1% higher than other cities
Home value30% 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 Candelero Arriba 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
Median Home Value is Candelero Arriba comunidad's strongest outlier among Puerto Rico cities
Among the 274 Puerto Rico cities PlainCities tracks with reported median home value data, Candelero Arriba comunidad ranks #21 - the 92nd percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Candelero Arriba comunidad only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#139 of 268
48th percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#21 of 274
92nd percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#246 of 286
14th 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 Candelero Arriba comunidad's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$160,100Among the most affordablemore affordable than 70% 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
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,924 of 15,516
More affordable than 4% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,953 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 7.7×, Candelero Arriba comunidad sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,924 of 15,516 and #10,953 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
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
$20,875Candelero Arriba comunidad, PR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Candelero Arriba 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 Candelero Arriba comunidad, PR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Poverty rate (households below FPL)28.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)27.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
780
Median Income
$20,875
Median Home Value
$160,100
Median Age
54.8
Poverty Rate
28.3%
Labor force participation
27.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
52.5%
Carpool
34.8%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
12.7%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 158 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 Candelero Arriba comunidad. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
How Candelero Arriba 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.