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SheetPR-JUNCOS-ZONA-URBANA-PR · Juncos zona urbana, PR 8,927 pop · income 1st pct · 7 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 Juncos zona urbana
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Juncos zona urbana on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Aibonito zona… · lowest
18,012
Aibonito zona… · lowest
18,012 median HH income
11.6% of the leader · rank #1
Asherton · near
22,985
Asherton · near
22,985 median HH income
14.8% of the leader · rank #2
Ocotillo · near
22,989
Ocotillo · near
22,989 median HH income
14.8% of the leader · rank #3
Juncos zona u… · this city
23,050
Juncos zona u… · this city
23,050 median HH income
14.8% of the leader · rank #4
Waitsfield · near
23,068
Waitsfield · near
23,068 median HH income
14.8% of the leader · rank #5
Mindenmines · near
23,088
Mindenmines · near
23,088 median HH income
14.8% of the leader · rank #6
Plainedge · highest
155,670
Plainedge · highest
155,670 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 Juncos 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: 8,927.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Juncos zona urbana places in the 1st percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
1st
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: Juncos zona urbana, PR
Juncos zona urbana is a small town in Puerto Rico, home to 8,927 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $23,050 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 50.1%. Juncos zona urbana's housing stock carries a median value of $108,600, and the median resident age is 38.6 years.
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Puerto Rico's average monthly utility costs around $195 (state average).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Juncos 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 comparison shortlist to within-city variation; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Juncos zona urbana, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, within-city Census tract profiles.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Juncos zona urbana?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 50.1%, 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 Juncos 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. 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 92.3%. 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 Juncos zona urbana?
Within Puerto Rico, the closest population matches are Vega Alta zona urbana (8,681 residents, $23,682 income); Aibonito zona urbana (8,642 residents, $18,012 income); Cabo Rojo zona urbana (9,222 residents, $23,689 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Plainedge, NY (8,930 residents); Wesley Chapel, NC (8,923 residents); Cloverdale, CA (8,933 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 can 7 Census tracts reveal inside Juncos 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.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 50.1% (Highest-decile poverty)
Median Home Value
$108,600
Lower home values
F
City profile score · Juncos 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
$23,050
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
50.1%
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 Juncos zona urbana compare to other US cities?
Juncos zona urbana measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income1% 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 Juncos 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, Juncos zona urbana ranks #111 - the 61st percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Juncos zona urbana only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#97 of 268
64th percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#117 of 274
57th percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#111 of 286
61st 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 Juncos zona urbana's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$108,600Among 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
Juncos zona urbana's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#12,397 of 15,516
More affordable than 20% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,447 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.7×, Juncos zona urbana sits in the moderate band:
national rank #12,397 of 15,516 and #9,447 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
$23,050Juncos zona urbana, PR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Juncos 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 Juncos zona urbana, PR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Poverty rate (households below FPL)50.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)40.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
8,927
Median Income
$23,050
Median Home Value
$108,600
Median Age
38.6
Poverty Rate
50.1%
Labor force participation
40.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
92.3%
Carpool
4.8%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
2.3%
Work from Home
0.0%
Other
0.6%
Based on 2,994 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 Juncos zona urbana. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
How Juncos 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.