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Place dossier plate
SheetPR-LAS-GAVIOTAS-COMUNIDAD-PR · Las Gaviotas comunidad, PR 526 pop · income 23rd 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 Las Gaviotas comunidad
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Las Gaviotas comunidad on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Pajonal comun… · lowest
8,720
Pajonal comun… · lowest
8,720 median HH income
11.3% of the leader · rank #1
Las Gaviotas… · this city
52,500
Las Gaviotas… · this city
52,500 median HH income
67.7% of the leader · rank #2
Avon · near
52,500
Avon · near
52,500 median HH income
67.7% of the leader · rank #3
Malvern · near
52,500
Malvern · near
52,500 median HH income
67.7% of the leader · rank #4
McIntyre · near
52,500
McIntyre · near
52,500 median HH income
67.7% of the leader · rank #5
Waleska · near
52,500
Waleska · near
52,500 median HH income
67.7% of the leader · rank #6
Sturgeon Lake · highest
77,500
Sturgeon Lake · highest
77,500 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 Las Gaviotas 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: 526.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Las Gaviotas comunidad lands in the 23rd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
23rd
percentile, household income
33rd
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: Las Gaviotas comunidad, PR
526 people live in Las Gaviotas comunidad, Puerto Rico - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Las Gaviotas comunidad households earn a median of $52,500 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 8.4%. Typical homes in Las Gaviotas comunidad are valued around $167,400, and the median resident age is 48.0 years.
Monthly utility costs average around $195 across Puerto Rico, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Workers in Las Gaviotas comunidad report an average commute of 32.9 minutes, with 75.0% driving alone and 0.0% working from home.
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Las Gaviotas 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 housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Las Gaviotas comunidad, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, local building permits, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Las Gaviotas 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 Canovanillas comunidad (564 residents, $56,875 income); Rodríguez Hevia comunidad (564 residents, $45,294 income); La Plena comunidad (480 residents, $20,486 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Linden, IN (526 residents); Sturgeon Lake, MN (526 residents); West Valley, NY (526 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Las Gaviotas comunidad?
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. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 8.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Las Gaviotas comunidad?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 75.0%. The reported mean trip to work is 32.9 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. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
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 D
8.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$52,500
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 Las Gaviotas comunidad compare to other US cities?
Las Gaviotas comunidad measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income23% higher than other cities
Home value33% 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 Las Gaviotas 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 Las Gaviotas comunidad near the bottom of Puerto Rico's cities
Among the 286 Puerto Rico cities PlainCities tracks with reported poverty rate data, Las Gaviotas comunidad ranks #279 - the 2nd percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Las Gaviotas comunidad only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#7 of 268
97th percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#16 of 274
94th percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#279 of 286
2nd 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
23rd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Las Gaviotas comunidad's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$167,400Among the most affordablemore affordable than 67% 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
Las Gaviotas comunidad's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#7,638 of 15,516
More affordable than 51% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#6,321 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.2×, Las Gaviotas comunidad sits in the moderate band:
national rank #7,638 of 15,516 and #6,321 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
$52,500Las Gaviotas comunidad, PR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Las Gaviotas 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 Las Gaviotas comunidad, PR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Poverty rate (households below FPL)8.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)51.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
526
Median Income
$52,500
Median Home Value
$167,400
Median Age
48.0
Poverty Rate
8.4%
Labor force participation
51.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
32.9 minutes
Drive Alone
75.0%
Carpool
25.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 252 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 Las Gaviotas comunidad. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
How Las Gaviotas 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.