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G. L. García comunidad, PR

G. L. García comunidad's Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.

1,278
Residents
$20,500
Median income
$124,300
Median home
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Place dossier plate

Sheet PR-G-L-GARCA-COMUNIDAD-PR · G. L. García comunidad, PR 1,278 pop · income 1st pct

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

  • POP-VILLAGE 1,278
  • INC-LOW $20,500
  • COL-UNK COL pending
  • SAFE-UNK Safety pending
  • RANK-BOTTOM 1st
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Marianna
  • HOME-LOW $124,300
  • BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

Nearest income peer: Marianna, AR (+ $7 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 G. L. García comunidad

Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest G. L. García comunidad on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.

median HH income

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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 G. L. García 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: 1,278.

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Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $20,500. Population peers are excluded.

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G. L. García comunidad - the verdict

G. L. García comunidad ranks in the 1st percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. 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: G. L. García comunidad, PR

G. L. García comunidad is a small town in Puerto Rico, home to 1,278 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in G. L. García comunidad report a median income of $20,500 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 47.3%. Home values in G. L. García comunidad run a median of $124,300, and the median resident age is 56.2 years.

EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Puerto Rico's average monthly utility costs around $195 (state average). The average commute for G. L. García comunidad workers runs 21.7 minutes, with 100.0% driving alone and 0.0% working from home.

A decision-led reading path

Useful questions to ask of G. L. García 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 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 G. L. García comunidad, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares. No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, 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 G. L. García comunidad?

Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 100.0%. The reported mean trip to work is 21.7 minutes.

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.

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2. Comparison shortlist

Which cities make useful reference points for G. L. García 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 María Antonia comunidad (1,272 residents, $23,083 income); Sabana Eneas comunidad (1,270 residents, $14,704 income); Rafael Hernández comunidad (1,260 residents, $21,470 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Magnolia Springs, AL (1,278 residents); Collinsburg, PA (1,278 residents); Hudson, PA (1,278 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.

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3. Housing and income

How far does income reach against housing in G. L. García 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 6.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 47.3%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.

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Population

1,278 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

$20,500 /yr

Lowest-decile income · poverty 47.3% (Highest-decile poverty)

Median Home Value

$124,300

Lower home values

City profile score · G. L. García 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
$20,500

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

Poverty rate F
47.3%

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 G. L. García comunidad compare to other US cities?

Here's how G. L. García comunidad 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 19% 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 G. L. García 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 places G. L. García comunidad toward the top of Puerto Rico's cities

Among the 274 Puerto Rico cities PlainCities tracks with reported median home value data, G. L. García comunidad ranks #55 - the 79th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares G. L. García comunidad only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.

Median Household Income
#146 of 268
46th percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#55 of 274
79th percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#133 of 286
53rd 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 G. L. García comunidad's home value compares nationally

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

$124,300 Among the most affordable more affordable than 81% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $125,000–$150,000: 1,170 US cities (8%). Above this entry. $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. G. L. García comunidad $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

G. L. García comunidad's home-value-to-income ratio: 6.1×

ACS median home value divided by median household income.

Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,146 of 15,516
More affordable than 9% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,490 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)

At 6.1×, G. L. García comunidad sits in the pressured band: national rank #14,146 of 15,516 and #10,490 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

$20,500 G. L. García comunidad, PR median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Household income distribution - G. L. García comunidad, PR G. L. García comunidad, PR's median household income ($20,500) against the U.S. national quintile-share pattern. The Lorenz curve and quintile bars are national context, not G. L. García comunidad, PR-specific shares. $ Household Income Distribution G. L. García comunidad, PR median $20,500/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%
G. L. García 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 G. L. García comunidad, PR.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 47.3%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 18.5%

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

Population
1,278
Median Income
$20,500
Median Home Value
$124,300
Median Age
56.2
Poverty Rate
47.3%
Labor force participation
18.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Average Commute Time
21.7 minutes
Drive Alone
100.0%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%

Based on 234 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 G. L. García comunidad. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.

How G. L. García 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.

City Population Median Household Income
G. L. García comunidad (this city) 1,278 $20,500
María Antonia comunidad 1,272 $23,083
Sabana Eneas comunidad 1,270 $14,704
Rafael Hernández comunidad 1,260 $21,470
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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