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Place dossier plate
SheetPR-LA-PICA-COMUNIDAD-PR · La Pica comunidad, PR 448 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 La Pica comunidad
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest La Pica comunidad on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Vayas comunid… · lowest
7,337
Vayas comunid… · lowest
7,337 median HH income
8.1% of the leader · rank #1
La Pica comun… · this city
23,750
La Pica comun… · this city
23,750 median HH income
26.1% of the leader · rank #2
Trafford · near
23,750
Trafford · near
23,750 median HH income
26.1% of the leader · rank #3
Leslie · near
23,750
Leslie · near
23,750 median HH income
26.1% of the leader · rank #4
Beattyville · near
23,750
Beattyville · near
23,750 median HH income
26.1% of the leader · rank #5
Hindman · near
23,750
Hindman · near
23,750 median HH income
26.1% of the leader · rank #6
La Liga comun… · highest
90,948
La Liga comun… · highest
90,948 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 La Pica 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: 448.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, La Pica comunidad lands in the 1st percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
1st
percentile, household income
📝 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: La Pica comunidad, PR
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 448 residents in La Pica comunidad, a small town within Puerto Rico. The typical household in La Pica comunidad brings in $23,750 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 47.2%. The median resident age is 30.0 years.
Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Puerto Rico run around $195, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. The average commute for La Pica comunidad workers runs 23.4 minutes, with 100.0% driving alone and 0.0% working from home.
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of La Pica 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; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For La Pica comunidad, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for La Pica comunidad?
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.
Within Puerto Rico, the closest population matches are La Liga comunidad (449 residents, $90,948 income); El Veintiséis comunidad (437 residents, $9,485 income); Pajonal comunidad (471 residents, $8,720 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Ravenden, AR (448 residents); Paloma, CA (448 residents); Maynard, IA (448 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.
What does the journey to work look like in La Pica comunidad?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 100.0%. The reported mean trip to work is 23.4 minutes.
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.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 47.2% (Highest-decile poverty)
Median Home Value
N/A
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F
City profile score · La Pica 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
$23,750
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
47.2%
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 La Pica comunidad compare to other US cities?
Where La Pica 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
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares La Pica 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 sits close to the middle of Puerto Rico's city distribution
Among the 286 Puerto Rico cities PlainCities tracks with reported poverty rate data, La Pica comunidad ranks #135 - the 52nd percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares La Pica comunidad only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#81 of 268
70th percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#135 of 286
52nd 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.
Income distribution context
$23,750La Pica comunidad, PR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context La Pica 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 La Pica comunidad, PR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Poverty rate (households below FPL)47.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)93.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
448
Median Income
$23,750
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
30.0
Poverty Rate
47.2%
Labor force participation
93.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
23.4 minutes
Drive Alone
100.0%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 291 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 La Pica comunidad. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
How La Pica 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.