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Place dossier plate
SheetPR-INDIOS-COMUNIDAD-PR · Indios comunidad, PR 1,408 pop · income 1st 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 Indios comunidad
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Indios comunidad on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
El Tumbao com… · lowest
16,883
El Tumbao com… · lowest
16,883 median HH income
16.3% of the leader · rank #1
Castleberry · near
21,111
Castleberry · near
21,111 median HH income
20.4% of the leader · rank #2
Columbia · near
21,118
Columbia · near
21,118 median HH income
20.4% of the leader · rank #3
Indios comuni… · this city
21,154
Indios comuni… · this city
21,154 median HH income
20.4% of the leader · rank #4
Friars Point · near
21,181
Friars Point · near
21,181 median HH income
20.5% of the leader · rank #5
Foxworth · near
21,212
Foxworth · near
21,212 median HH income
20.5% of the leader · rank #6
Arbury Hills · highest
103,456
Arbury Hills · highest
103,456 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 Indios 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: 1,408.
Nationally, Indios comunidad sits in the 1st percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
1st
percentile, household income
7th
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: Indios comunidad, PR
1,408 people live in Indios comunidad, Puerto Rico - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Indios comunidad brings in $21,154 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 50.5%. Home values in Indios comunidad run a median of $91,600, and the median resident age is 46.5 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 Indios 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 housing and income to work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Indios comunidad, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Indios comunidad?
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 50.5%, 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Indios 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 89.3%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for Indios comunidad?
Within Puerto Rico, the closest population matches are Rafael Capó comunidad (1,409 residents, $18,955 income); Olimpo comunidad (1,400 residents, $19,443 income); Palma Sola comunidad (1,399 residents, $22,614 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Arbury Hills, IL (1,408 residents); Amargosa Valley, NV (1,408 residents); Lynchburg, OH (1,408 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.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 50.5% (Highest-decile poverty)
Median Home Value
$91,600
Lower home values
F
City profile score · Indios 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
$21,154
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
50.5%
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 Indios comunidad compare to other US cities?
Where Indios comunidad sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income1% higher than other cities
Home value7% 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 Indios 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 sits close to the middle of Puerto Rico's city distribution
Among the 274 Puerto Rico cities PlainCities tracks with reported median home value data, Indios comunidad ranks #202 - the 26th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Indios comunidad only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#129 of 268
52nd percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#202 of 274
26th percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#108 of 286
62nd 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
1st percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Indios comunidad's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$91,600Among the most affordablemore affordable than 93% 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
#11,601 of 15,516
More affordable than 25% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,933 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.3×, Indios comunidad sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,601 of 15,516 and #8,933 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
$21,154Indios comunidad, PR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Indios 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 Indios comunidad, PR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Poverty rate (households below FPL)50.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)29.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,408
Median Income
$21,154
Median Home Value
$91,600
Median Age
46.5
Poverty Rate
50.5%
Labor force participation
29.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
89.3%
Carpool
5.3%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
5.3%
Based on 338 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 Indios comunidad. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
How Indios 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.