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Place dossier plate
SheetPR-HATO-ARRIBA-COMUNIDAD-PR · Hato Arriba comunidad, PR 804 pop · income 0th pct
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 Hato Arriba comunidad
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Hato Arriba comunidad on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Mayersville · lowest
12,431
Mayersville · lowest
12,431 median HH income
15.5% of the leader · rank #1
Villa Hugo I… · near
12,786
Villa Hugo I… · near
12,786 median HH income
16.0% of the leader · rank #2
Crosby · near
12,857
Crosby · near
12,857 median HH income
16.1% of the leader · rank #3
Hato Arriba c… · this city
12,993
Hato Arriba c… · this city
12,993 median HH income
16.2% of the leader · rank #4
Glendora · near
13,194
Glendora · near
13,194 median HH income
16.5% of the leader · rank #5
Centenary · near
13,313
Centenary · near
13,313 median HH income
16.6% of the leader · rank #6
Lanesboro · highest
80,000
Lanesboro · highest
80,000 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 Hato Arriba 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: 804.
Nationally, Hato Arriba comunidad sits in the 0th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
0th
percentile, household income
13th
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: Hato Arriba comunidad, PR
Hato Arriba comunidad is a small town in Puerto Rico, home to 804 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $12,993 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 70.0%. Typical homes in Hato Arriba comunidad are valued around $110,400, and the median resident age is 59.5 years.
Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Puerto Rico run around $195, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Workers in Hato Arriba comunidad report an average commute of 15.8 minutes, with 100.0% driving alone and 0.0% working from home.
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Hato Arriba 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 comparison shortlist to work and mobility to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Hato Arriba comunidad, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, annual population history, 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 Hato Arriba comunidad?
Within Puerto Rico, the closest population matches are Villa Hugo I comunidad (809 residents, $12,786 income); Búfalo comunidad (795 residents, $16,042 income); Tomás de Castro comunidad (795 residents, $24,740 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Bluewater, AZ (804 residents); Lowden, IA (804 residents); Evarts, KY (804 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 Hato Arriba comunidad?
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 100.0%. The reported mean trip to work is 15.8 minutes.
How far does income reach against housing in Hato Arriba comunidad?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 8.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 70.0%, 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 70.0% (Highest-decile poverty)
Median Home Value
$110,400
Lower home values
F
City profile score · Hato Arriba 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
$12,993
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
70.0%
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 Hato Arriba comunidad compare to other US cities?
Hato Arriba comunidad measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income0% higher than other cities
Home value13% 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 Hato Arriba 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 is Hato Arriba comunidad's strongest outlier among Puerto Rico cities
Among the 286 Puerto Rico cities PlainCities tracks with reported poverty rate data, Hato Arriba comunidad ranks #24 - the 92nd percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Hato Arriba comunidad only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#254 of 268
5th percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#103 of 274
62nd percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#24 of 286
92nd 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 Hato Arriba comunidad's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$110,400Among the most affordablemore affordable than 87% 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
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#15,159 of 15,516
More affordable than 2% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#11,110 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 8.5×, Hato Arriba comunidad sits in the pressured band:
national rank #15,159 of 15,516 and #11,110 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
$12,993Hato Arriba comunidad, PR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Hato Arriba 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 Hato Arriba comunidad, PR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Poverty rate (households below FPL)70.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)11.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
804
Median Income
$12,993
Median Home Value
$110,400
Median Age
59.5
Poverty Rate
70.0%
Labor force participation
11.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
15.8 minutes
Drive Alone
100.0%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 89 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 Hato Arriba comunidad. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
How Hato Arriba 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.