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Cataño zona urbana, PR

Cataño zona urbana's Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.

22,768
Residents
$24,307
Median income
$134,700
Median home
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Place dossier plate

Sheet PR-CATAO-ZONA-URBANA-PR · Cataño zona urbana, PR 22,768 pop · income 1st pct · 16 tracts

POP-TOWN · INC-LOW · COL-UNK · SAFE-UNK · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · HOME-LOW · BOOK-MID

  • POP-TOWN 22,768
  • INC-LOW $24,307
  • COL-UNK COL pending
  • SAFE-UNK Safety pending
  • RANK-BOTTOM 1st
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fajardo zona ur…
  • HOME-LOW $134,700
  • BOOK-MID 16 tracts

Nearest income peer: Fajardo zona urbana, PR ( $2 income $)

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 Cataño zona urbana

Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Cataño zona urbana on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.

median HH income

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.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-08

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Nationwide peers by population, income

Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Cataño 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: 22,768.

4 peers

Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $24,307. Population peers are excluded.

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Cataño zona urbana - the verdict

Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Cataño zona urbana places in the 1st percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.

1st
percentile, household income
22nd
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: Cataño zona urbana, PR

22,768 people live in Cataño zona urbana, Puerto Rico - a small city by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $24,307 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 40.7%. Home values in Cataño zona urbana run a median of $134,700, and the median resident age is 43.5 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 Cataño 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 within-city variation to work and mobility to comparison shortlist to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.

For Cataño zona urbana, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, within-city Census tract profiles. No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.

1. Within-city variation

What can 16 Census tracts reveal inside Cataño zona urbana?

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.

PlainCities matches 16 Census tracts to this city.

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2. Work and mobility

What does the journey to work look like in Cataño zona urbana?

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 84.0%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.

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Question 3

Which cities make useful reference points for Cataño zona urbana?

Within Puerto Rico, the closest population matches are Vega Baja zona urbana (22,730 residents, $22,455 income); Fajardo zona urbana (25,524 residents, $24,305 income); Mansión del Mar comunidad (26,540 residents, $37,256 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Bonney Lake, WA (22,776 residents); Laguna Beach, CA (22,777 residents); Ashland, CA (22,784 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.

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Question 4

How far does income reach against housing in Cataño zona urbana?

The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 40.7%, 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.

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Population

22,768 residents

Small city (10k–49k)

Median Household Income

$24,307 /yr

Lowest-decile income · poverty 40.7% (Highest-decile poverty)

Median Home Value

$134,700

Lower home values

City profile score · Cataño 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
$24,307

Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.

Poverty rate F
40.7%

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 Cataño zona urbana compare to other US cities?

Here's how Cataño zona urbana stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.

Household income 1% higher than other cities
Home value 22% 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 Cataño 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 Cataño zona urbana toward the top of Puerto Rico's cities

Among the 274 Puerto Rico cities PlainCities tracks with reported median home value data, Cataño zona urbana ranks #36 - the 87th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Cataño zona urbana only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.

Median Household Income
#70 of 268
74th percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#36 of 274
87th percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#192 of 286
33rd 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.

1stIncome percentile
Gauge source note

1st percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.

How Cataño zona urbana's home value compares nationally

Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)

$134,700 Among the most affordable more affordable than 78% of 15,600 US cities

Show national distribution $0–$25,000: 5 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $25,000–$50,000: 54 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $50,000–$75,000: 352 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $75,000–$100,000: 1,086 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $100,000–$125,000: 1,516 US cities (10%). Below this entry. $125,000–$150,000: 1,170 US cities (8%). This entry sits in this band. $150,000–$175,000: 1,278 US cities (8%). Above this entry. $175,000–$200,000: 1,229 US cities (8%). Above this entry. $200,000–$225,000: 1,035 US cities (7%). Above this entry. $225,000–$250,000: 976 US cities (6%). Above this entry. $250,000–$275,000: 754 US cities (5%). Above this entry. $275,000–$300,000: 712 US cities (5%). Above this entry. $300,000–$325,000: 521 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $325,000–$350,000: 526 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $350,000–$375,000: 465 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $375,000–$400,000: 393 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $400,000–$425,000: 317 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $425,000–$450,000: 300 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $450,000–$475,000: 307 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $475,000–$500,000: 250 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $500,000–$525,000: 160 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $525,000–$550,000: 156 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $550,000–$575,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $575,000–$600,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $600,000–$625,000: 163 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $625,000–$650,000: 167 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $650,000–$675,000: 135 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $675,000–$700,000: 101 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $700,000–$725,000: 95 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $725,000–$750,000: 71 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $750,000–$775,000: 65 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $775,000–$800,000: 70 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $800,000–$825,000: 57 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $825,000–$850,000: 67 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $850,000–$875,000: 60 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $875,000–$900,000: 58 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $900,000–$925,000: 47 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $925,000–$950,000: 37 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $950,000–$975,000: 31 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $975,000–$1,000,000: 470 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $1,000,000–$1,025,000: 0 US cities (0%). Above this entry. Cataño zona urbana $0 $1,025,000 every US city, bucketed by value

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

Cataño zona urbana's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.5×

ACS median home value divided by median household income.

Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,632 of 15,516
More affordable than 12% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,831 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)

At 5.5×, Cataño zona urbana sits in the pressured band: national rank #13,632 of 15,516 and #2,831 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999). 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

$24,307 Cataño zona urbana, PR median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Household income distribution - Cataño zona urbana, PR Cataño zona urbana, PR's median household income ($24,307) against the U.S. national quintile-share pattern. The Lorenz curve and quintile bars are national context, not Cataño zona urbana, PR-specific shares. $ Household Income Distribution Cataño zona urbana, PR median $24,307/yr, vs. U.S. national quintile pattern QUINTILE SHARE OF AGGREGATE INCOME Lowest 20% 3.4% Second 20% 9.2% Middle 20% 15.1% Fourth 20% 23.2% Top 20% 49.1% LORENZ CURVE cumulative income vs. population 100% 0% 100% pop. 0%
Cataño 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 Cataño zona urbana, PR.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 40.7%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 39.3%

Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force

Population
22,768
Median Income
$24,307
Median Home Value
$134,700
Median Age
43.5
Poverty Rate
40.7%
Labor force participation
39.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Drive Alone
84.0%
Carpool
5.7%
Public Transit
0.9%
Walk
1.5%
Work from Home
5.8%
Other
2.1%

Based on 7,504 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 Cataño zona urbana. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.

How Cataño 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.

City Population Median Household Income
Cataño zona urbana (this city) 22,768 $24,307
Vega Baja zona urbana 22,730 $22,455
Fajardo zona urbana 25,524 $24,305
Mansión del Mar comunidad 26,540 $37,256
Primary sources on this page

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.

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