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Place dossier plate
SheetPR-EMAJAGUA-COMUNIDAD-PR · Emajagua comunidad, PR 2,884 pop · income 4th pct · 4 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 Emajagua comunidad
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Emajagua 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
5.8% of the leader · rank #1
Hunt · near
33,967
Hunt · near
33,967 median HH income
13.6% of the leader · rank #2
Emajagua comu… · this city
33,974
Emajagua comu… · this city
33,974 median HH income
13.6% of the leader · rank #3
New Haven · near
33,977
New Haven · near
33,977 median HH income
13.6% of the leader · rank #4
Ferguson · near
33,981
Ferguson · near
33,981 median HH income
13.6% of the leader · rank #5
Summit · near
33,983
Summit · near
33,983 median HH income
13.6% of the leader · rank #6
Chevy Chase · highest
250,001
Chevy Chase · highest
250,001 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 Emajagua 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: 2,884.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Emajagua comunidad places in the 4th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
4th
percentile, household income
15th
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: Emajagua comunidad, PR
2,884 people live in Emajagua comunidad, Puerto Rico - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $33,974 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 36.4%. Typical homes in Emajagua comunidad are valued around $113,800, and the median resident age is 50.8 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 Emajagua 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 work and mobility to within-city variation to housing and income to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Emajagua comunidad, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, within-city Census tract profiles.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, local building permits, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Emajagua comunidad?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 92.7%. 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.
What can 4 Census tracts reveal inside Emajagua comunidad?
PlainCities matches 4 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Emajagua 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. 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.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 36.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Emajagua 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 Capitanejo comunidad (2,881 residents, $24,125 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 San Andreas, CA (2,884 residents); Polk City, FL (2,884 residents); Mamou, LA (2,884 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.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 36.4% (Highest-decile poverty)
Median Home Value
$113,800
Lower home values
F
City profile score · Emajagua 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
$33,974
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
36.4%
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 Emajagua comunidad compare to other US cities?
Emajagua comunidad measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income4% higher than other cities
Home value15% 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 Emajagua 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
Poverty Rate places Emajagua comunidad toward the bottom of Puerto Rico's cities
Among the 286 Puerto Rico cities PlainCities tracks with reported poverty rate data, Emajagua comunidad ranks #221 - the 23rd percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Emajagua comunidad only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#23 of 268
91st percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#84 of 274
69th percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#221 of 286
23rd 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
4th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Emajagua comunidad's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$113,800Among the most affordablemore affordable than 85% 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
#8,335 of 15,516
More affordable than 46% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#6,796 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.3×, Emajagua comunidad sits in the moderate band:
national rank #8,335 of 15,516 and #6,796 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
$33,974Emajagua comunidad, PR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Emajagua 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 Emajagua comunidad, PR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Poverty rate (households below FPL)36.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)34.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,884
Median Income
$33,974
Median Home Value
$113,800
Median Age
50.8
Poverty Rate
36.4%
Labor force participation
34.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
92.7%
Carpool
4.1%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
3.2%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 831 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 Emajagua comunidad. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
How Emajagua 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.