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Place dossier plate
SheetPR-GUNICA-ZONA-URBANA-PR · Guánica zona urbana, PR 5,333 pop · income 0th pct · 8 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 Guánica zona urbana
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Guánica zona urbana on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Goodman · lowest
14,722
Goodman · lowest
14,722 median HH income
20.4% of the leader · rank #1
Franklin · near
14,738
Franklin · near
14,738 median HH income
20.5% of the leader · rank #2
Guánica zona… · this city
14,772
Guánica zona… · this city
14,772 median HH income
20.5% of the leader · rank #3
Shuqualak · near
14,875
Shuqualak · near
14,875 median HH income
20.7% of the leader · rank #4
Placitas CDP… · near
14,907
Placitas CDP… · near
14,907 median HH income
20.7% of the leader · rank #5
Posen · highest
71,994
Posen · highest
71,994 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
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 Guánica 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: 5,333.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Guánica zona urbana lands in the 0th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
0th
percentile, household income
3rd
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: Guánica zona urbana, PR
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 5,333 residents in Guánica zona urbana, a small town within Puerto Rico. The typical household in Guánica zona urbana brings in $14,772 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 59.4%. Typical homes in Guánica zona urbana are valued around $78,300, and the median resident age is 47.6 years.
Monthly utility costs average around $195 across Puerto Rico, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates.
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Guánica 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 housing and income to work and mobility to within-city variation to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Guánica zona urbana, 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, matched public-school count, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Guánica zona urbana?
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 5.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 59.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Guánica zona urbana?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 88.7%. 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 8 Census tracts reveal inside Guánica zona urbana?
PlainCities matches 8 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Guánica zona urbana?
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 Peñuelas zona urbana (5,339 residents, $30,019 income); Coco comunidad (5,409 residents, $15,995 income); Ceiba zona urbana (5,224 residents, $23,680 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Roanoke, AL (5,332 residents); Polson, MT (5,334 residents); Rusk, TX (5,332 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 59.4% (Highest-decile poverty)
Median Home Value
$78,300
Lower home values
F
City profile score · Guánica 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
$14,772
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
59.4%
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 Guánica zona urbana compare to other US cities?
Here's how Guánica zona urbana stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income0% higher than other cities
Home value3% 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 Guánica 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 Guánica zona urbana near the bottom of Puerto Rico's cities
Among the 274 Puerto Rico cities PlainCities tracks with reported median home value data, Guánica zona urbana ranks #250 - the 9th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Guánica zona urbana only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#236 of 268
12th percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#250 of 274
9th percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#58 of 286
80th 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
0th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Guánica zona urbana's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$78,300Among the most affordablemore affordable than 97% 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
Guánica 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
#13,322 of 15,516
More affordable than 14% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,008 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 5.3×, Guánica zona urbana sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,322 of 15,516 and #10,008 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
$14,772Guánica zona urbana, PR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Guánica 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 Guánica zona urbana, PR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Poverty rate (households below FPL)59.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)25.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
5,333
Median Income
$14,772
Median Home Value
$78,300
Median Age
47.6
Poverty Rate
59.4%
Labor force participation
25.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
88.7%
Carpool
1.1%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
3.4%
Work from Home
6.8%
Based on 1,159 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 Guánica zona urbana. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
How Guánica 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.