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Place dossier plate
SheetPR-LA-PLENA-COMUNIDAD-PR · La Plena comunidad, PR 480 pop · income 1st pct
Nearest income peer: Marianna, AR (+ $21 income $)
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 Plena comunidad
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest La Plena 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
Chitina · near
20,417
Chitina · near
20,417 median HH income
22.4% of the leader · rank #2
Keysville · near
20,417
Keysville · near
20,417 median HH income
22.4% of the leader · rank #3
Van Buren · near
20,441
Van Buren · near
20,441 median HH income
22.5% of the leader · rank #4
La Plena comu… · this city
20,486
La Plena comu… · this city
20,486 median HH income
22.5% of the leader · rank #5
Marianna · near
20,507
Marianna · near
20,507 median HH income
22.5% 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
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Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for La Plena 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: 480.
La Plena comunidad ranks in the 1st percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
1st
percentile, household income
5th
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: La Plena comunidad, PR
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 480 residents in La Plena comunidad, a small town within Puerto Rico. Households in La Plena comunidad report a median income of $20,486 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 23.8%. La Plena comunidad's housing stock carries a median value of $86,900, and the median resident age is 54.4 years.
Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Puerto Rico run around $195, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. The average commute for La Plena comunidad workers runs 24.0 minutes, with 100.0% driving alone and 0.0% working from home.
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of La Plena 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 La Plena comunidad, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in La Plena comunidad?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 23.8%, 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 La Plena 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 24.0 minutes.
Which cities make useful reference points for La Plena comunidad?
Within Puerto Rico, the closest population matches are Pajonal comunidad (471 residents, $8,720 income); La Liga comunidad (449 residents, $90,948 income); La Pica comunidad (448 residents, $23,750 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Stacyville, IA (480 residents); North Adams, MI (480 residents); Homer C Jones, NM (480 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 23.8% (Highest-decile poverty)
Median Home Value
$86,900
Lower home values
F
City profile score · La Plena comunidad, PR
4/100
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
23.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$20,486
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 La Plena comunidad compare to other US cities?
La Plena comunidad 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 value5% 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 La Plena 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 La Plena comunidad near the bottom of Puerto Rico's cities
Among the 286 Puerto Rico cities PlainCities tracks with reported poverty rate data, La Plena comunidad ranks #259 - the 9th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares La Plena comunidad only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#147 of 268
45th percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#220 of 274
20th percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#259 of 286
9th 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 La Plena comunidad's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$86,900Among the most affordablemore affordable than 95% 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
La Plena comunidad's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#11,363 of 15,516
More affordable than 27% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,787 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.2×, La Plena comunidad sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,363 of 15,516 and #8,787 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
$20,486La Plena comunidad, PR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context La Plena 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 Plena comunidad, PR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Poverty rate (households below FPL)23.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)25.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
480
Median Income
$20,486
Median Home Value
$86,900
Median Age
54.4
Poverty Rate
23.8%
Labor force participation
25.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
24.0 minutes
Drive Alone
100.0%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 116 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 Plena comunidad. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
How La Plena 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.