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Place dossier plate
SheetPR-COROZAL-ZONA-URBANA-PR · Corozal zona urbana, PR 10,672 pop · income 1st pct · 6 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 Corozal zona urbana
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Corozal zona urbana on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Aguadilla zon… · lowest
13,125
Aguadilla zon… · lowest
13,125 median HH income
9.1% of the leader · rank #1
Sneedville · near
23,482
Sneedville · near
23,482 median HH income
16.3% of the leader · rank #2
San Simon · near
23,500
San Simon · near
23,500 median HH income
16.3% of the leader · rank #3
Corozal zona… · this city
23,539
Corozal zona… · this city
23,539 median HH income
16.4% of the leader · rank #4
Schuyler · near
23,542
Schuyler · near
23,542 median HH income
16.4% of the leader · rank #5
Baldwin · near
23,631
Baldwin · near
23,631 median HH income
16.4% of the leader · rank #6
Lake Barcroft · highest
143,796
Lake Barcroft · highest
143,796 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 Corozal 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: 10,672.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Corozal zona urbana lands in the 1st percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
1st
percentile, household income
19th
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: Corozal zona urbana, PR
Puerto Rico's Corozal zona urbana is a small town, with 10,672 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Corozal zona urbana households earn a median of $23,539 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 47.8%. Typical homes in Corozal zona urbana are valued around $124,400, and the median resident age is 41.6 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 Corozal 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 within-city variation to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Corozal 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, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Corozal zona urbana?
Within Puerto Rico, the closest population matches are Isabela zona urbana (10,642 residents, $19,281 income); Manatí zona urbana (10,750 residents, $15,912 income); San Germán zona urbana (10,877 residents, $16,052 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Sumner, WA (10,674 residents); Pine Ridge CDP (Citrus County), FL (10,676 residents); Richmond Heights, OH (10,677 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 Corozal 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. 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 86.9%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
What can 6 Census tracts reveal inside Corozal 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Corozal zona urbana?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 47.8%, 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 47.8% (Highest-decile poverty)
Median Home Value
$124,400
Lower home values
F
City profile score · Corozal 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
$23,539
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
47.8%
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 Corozal zona urbana compare to other US cities?
Here's how Corozal zona urbana 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 value19% 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 Corozal 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 Corozal zona urbana toward the top of Puerto Rico's cities
Among the 274 Puerto Rico cities PlainCities tracks with reported median home value data, Corozal zona urbana ranks #54 - the 80th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Corozal zona urbana only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#89 of 268
67th percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#54 of 274
80th percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#127 of 286
55th 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 Corozal zona urbana's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$124,400Among the most affordablemore affordable than 81% 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
Corozal zona urbana's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,300 of 15,516
More affordable than 14% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,734 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 5.3×, Corozal zona urbana sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,300 of 15,516 and #2,734 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
$23,539Corozal zona urbana, PR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Corozal 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 Corozal zona urbana, PR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Poverty rate (households below FPL)47.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)37.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
10,672
Median Income
$23,539
Median Home Value
$124,400
Median Age
41.6
Poverty Rate
47.8%
Labor force participation
37.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
86.9%
Carpool
4.5%
Public Transit
0.6%
Walk
2.3%
Work from Home
2.0%
Other
3.7%
Based on 3,286 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 Corozal zona urbana. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
How Corozal 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.