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SheetPR-GURABO-ZONA-URBANA-PR · Gurabo zona urbana, PR 6,654 pop · income 2nd pct · 11 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 Gurabo zona urbana
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Gurabo zona urbana on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Arroyo zona u… · lowest
17,034
Arroyo zona u… · lowest
17,034 median HH income
13.4% of the leader · rank #1
Butler · near
24,924
Butler · near
24,924 median HH income
19.6% of the leader · rank #2
Gurabo zona u… · this city
24,971
Gurabo zona u… · this city
24,971 median HH income
19.6% of the leader · rank #3
Nanawale Esta… · near
24,980
Nanawale Esta… · near
24,980 median HH income
19.6% of the leader · rank #4
Pleasantville · near
25,000
Pleasantville · near
25,000 median HH income
19.7% of the leader · rank #5
Port Mansfield · near
25,000
Port Mansfield · near
25,000 median HH income
19.7% of the leader · rank #6
Forest Glen · highest
127,196
Forest Glen · highest
127,196 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 Gurabo 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: 6,654.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Gurabo zona urbana places in the 2nd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
2nd
percentile, household income
12th
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: Gurabo zona urbana, PR
Puerto Rico's Gurabo zona urbana is a small town, with 6,654 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Gurabo zona urbana households earn a median of $24,971 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 41.5%. Typical homes in Gurabo zona urbana are valued around $107,300, and the median resident age is 44.9 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 Gurabo 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 Gurabo zona urbana, city-specific coverage includes within-city Census tract profiles, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, matched public-school count, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Gurabo zona urbana?
Within Puerto Rico, the closest population matches are San Antonio comunidad (Dorado Municipio) (6,514 residents, $23,757 income); San Isidro comunidad (7,063 residents, $23,838 income); Quebradillas zona urbana (6,157 residents, $23,706 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Ellettsville, IN (6,653 residents); Rockville, CT (6,657 residents); Forest Glen, MD (6,650 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 Gurabo 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 81.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
What can 11 Census tracts reveal inside Gurabo 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 11 Census tracts to this city.
How far does income reach against housing in Gurabo zona urbana?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 41.5%, 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 41.5% (Highest-decile poverty)
Median Home Value
$107,300
Lower home values
F
City profile score · Gurabo 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
$24,971
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
41.5%
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 Gurabo zona urbana compare to other US cities?
Here's how Gurabo zona urbana stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income2% higher than other cities
Home value12% 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 Gurabo 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
Poverty Rate sits close to the middle of Puerto Rico's city distribution
Among the 286 Puerto Rico cities PlainCities tracks with reported poverty rate data, Gurabo zona urbana ranks #184 - the 36th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Gurabo zona urbana only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#65 of 268
76th percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#124 of 274
54th percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#184 of 286
36th 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
2nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Gurabo zona urbana's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$107,300Among the most affordablemore affordable than 88% 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
Gurabo zona urbana's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#11,518 of 15,516
More affordable than 26% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,881 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.3×, Gurabo zona urbana sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,518 of 15,516 and #8,881 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
$24,971Gurabo zona urbana, PR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Gurabo 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 Gurabo zona urbana, PR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Poverty rate (households below FPL)41.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)45.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
6,654
Median Income
$24,971
Median Home Value
$107,300
Median Age
44.9
Poverty Rate
41.5%
Labor force participation
45.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
81.5%
Carpool
6.5%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
5.5%
Work from Home
4.4%
Other
2.1%
Based on 2,631 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 Gurabo zona urbana. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
How Gurabo 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.