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SheetPR-JAGUAL-COMUNIDAD-PR · Jagual comunidad, PR 975 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 Jagual comunidad
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Jagual comunidad on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Parcelas Peñu… · lowest
16,657
Parcelas Peñu… · lowest
16,657 median HH income
11.5% of the leader · rank #1
Vivian · near
22,675
Vivian · near
22,675 median HH income
15.6% of the leader · rank #2
Jagual comuni… · this city
22,697
Jagual comuni… · this city
22,697 median HH income
15.6% of the leader · rank #3
Hotevilla-Bac… · near
22,702
Hotevilla-Bac… · near
22,702 median HH income
15.6% of the leader · rank #4
Wilkinson Hei… · near
22,714
Wilkinson Hei… · near
22,714 median HH income
15.6% of the leader · rank #5
North Towanda · near
22,721
North Towanda · near
22,721 median HH income
15.6% of the leader · rank #6
Terramuggus · highest
145,391
Terramuggus · highest
145,391 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 Jagual 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: 975.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Jagual comunidad places in the 1st percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
1st
percentile, household income
16th
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: Jagual comunidad, PR
Puerto Rico's Jagual comunidad is a small town, with 975 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $22,697 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 25.0%. Jagual comunidad's housing stock carries a median value of $116,000, and the median resident age is 53.3 years.
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Puerto Rico's average monthly utility costs around $195 (state average). Workers in Jagual comunidad report an average commute of 29.4 minutes, with 100.0% driving alone and 0.0% working from home.
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Jagual 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 housing and income to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Jagual comunidad, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Jagual 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 29.4 minutes.
How far does income reach against housing in Jagual comunidad?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 25.0%, 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Jagual comunidad?
Within Puerto Rico, the closest population matches are Villa Calma comunidad (976 residents); Parcelas La Milagrosa comunidad (973 residents, $17,875 income); Rincón comunidad (969 residents, $18,750 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Drain, OR (975 residents); Baileyton, AL (976 residents); Terramuggus, CT (976 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 25.0% (Highest-decile poverty)
Median Home Value
$116,000
Lower home values
F
City profile score · Jagual comunidad, PR
3/100
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.
Poverty rate F
25.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$22,697
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
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 Jagual comunidad compare to other US cities?
Where Jagual 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 value16% 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 Jagual 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 places Jagual comunidad toward the bottom of Puerto Rico's cities
Among the 286 Puerto Rico cities PlainCities tracks with reported poverty rate data, Jagual comunidad ranks #253 - the 12th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Jagual comunidad only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#100 of 268
63rd percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#74 of 274
73rd percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#253 of 286
12th 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 Jagual comunidad's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$116,000Among the most affordablemore affordable than 84% 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
#13,088 of 15,516
More affordable than 16% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,871 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 5.1×, Jagual comunidad sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,088 of 15,516 and #9,871 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
$22,697Jagual comunidad, PR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Jagual 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 Jagual comunidad, PR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Poverty rate (households below FPL)25.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)23.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
975
Median Income
$22,697
Median Home Value
$116,000
Median Age
53.3
Poverty Rate
25.0%
Labor force participation
23.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
29.4 minutes
Drive Alone
100.0%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 188 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 Jagual comunidad. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
How Jagual 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.