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Place dossier plate
SheetPR-CAPITANEJO-COMUNIDAD-PR · Capitanejo comunidad, PR 2,881 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 Capitanejo comunidad
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Capitanejo comunidad on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Patillas zona… · lowest
14,398
Patillas zona… · lowest
14,398 median HH income
14.4% of the leader · rank #1
Richland Spri… · near
24,091
Richland Spri… · near
24,091 median HH income
24.0% of the leader · rank #2
Lumpkin · near
24,107
Lumpkin · near
24,107 median HH income
24.1% of the leader · rank #3
Williamson · near
24,119
Williamson · near
24,119 median HH income
24.1% of the leader · rank #4
Capitanejo co… · this city
24,125
Capitanejo co… · this city
24,125 median HH income
24.1% of the leader · rank #5
Newburg · near
24,135
Newburg · near
24,135 median HH income
24.1% of the leader · rank #6
Womelsdorf · highest
100,227
Womelsdorf · highest
100,227 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 Capitanejo 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: 2,881.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Capitanejo comunidad places in the 1st percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
1st
percentile, household income
8th
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: Capitanejo comunidad, PR
Capitanejo comunidad is a small town in Puerto Rico, home to 2,881 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Capitanejo comunidad households earn a median of $24,125 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 42.1%. Capitanejo comunidad's housing stock carries a median value of $93,900, and the median resident age is 43.6 years.
Monthly utility costs average around $195 across Puerto Rico, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. The average commute for Capitanejo comunidad workers runs 32.0 minutes, with 99.3% driving alone and 0.7% working from home.
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Capitanejo 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 housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Capitanejo comunidad, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, matched public-school count, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Capitanejo comunidad?
Within Puerto Rico, the closest population matches are Emajagua comunidad (2,884 residents, $33,974 income); Patillas zona urbana (2,864 residents, $14,398 income); Naranjito zona urbana (2,948 residents, $17,181 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Iona, ID (2,882 residents); Grissom AFB, IN (2,882 residents); Henniker, NH (2,880 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Capitanejo comunidad?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 42.1%, 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. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
What does the journey to work look like in Capitanejo 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. 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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 99.3%. The reported mean trip to work is 32.0 minutes.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 42.1% (Highest-decile poverty)
Median Home Value
$93,900
Lower home values
F
City profile score · Capitanejo comunidad, 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
$24,125
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
42.1%
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 Capitanejo comunidad compare to other US cities?
Where Capitanejo comunidad 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 value8% 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 Capitanejo 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 sits close to the middle of Puerto Rico's city distribution
Among the 274 Puerto Rico cities PlainCities tracks with reported median home value data, Capitanejo comunidad ranks #190 - the 31st percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Capitanejo comunidad only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#75 of 268
72nd percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#190 of 274
31st percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#181 of 286
37th 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 Capitanejo comunidad's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$93,900Among the most affordablemore affordable than 92% 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
#10,372 of 15,516
More affordable than 33% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,150 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.9×, Capitanejo comunidad sits in the moderate band:
national rank #10,372 of 15,516 and #8,150 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
$24,125Capitanejo comunidad, PR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Capitanejo 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 Capitanejo comunidad, PR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Poverty rate (households below FPL)42.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)33.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,881
Median Income
$24,125
Median Home Value
$93,900
Median Age
43.6
Poverty Rate
42.1%
Labor force participation
33.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
32.0 minutes
Drive Alone
99.3%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.7%
Based on 754 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 Capitanejo comunidad. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
How Capitanejo 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.