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Place dossier plate
SheetPR-LASSALLE-COMUNIDAD-PR · Lassalle comunidad, PR 397 pop · income 2nd 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 Lassalle comunidad
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Lassalle 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
7.5% of the leader · rank #1
Fort Gay · near
27,679
Fort Gay · near
27,679 median HH income
28.2% of the leader · rank #2
Young Harris · near
27,692
Young Harris · near
27,692 median HH income
28.2% of the leader · rank #3
Lassalle comu… · this city
27,700
Lassalle comu… · this city
27,700 median HH income
28.2% of the leader · rank #4
Seven Mile Fo… · near
27,716
Seven Mile Fo… · near
27,716 median HH income
28.2% of the leader · rank #5
Shelby · near
27,728
Shelby · near
27,728 median HH income
28.3% of the leader · rank #6
Runnells · highest
98,125
Runnells · highest
98,125 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 Lassalle 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: 397.
Lassalle comunidad ranks in the 2nd percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
2nd
percentile, household income
11th
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: Lassalle comunidad, PR
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 397 residents in Lassalle comunidad, a small town within Puerto Rico. Median household income here is $27,700 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 58.0%. Typical homes in Lassalle comunidad are valued around $103,900, and the median resident age is 38.1 years.
Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Puerto Rico run around $195, per EIA 2023 residential energy data.
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Lassalle 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 Lassalle comunidad, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Lassalle comunidad?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 73.8%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
How far does income reach against housing in Lassalle 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 3.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 58.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Lassalle 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 Piñas comunidad (403 residents, $20,855 income); El Combate comunidad (406 residents, $22,696 income); Vayas comunidad (414 residents, $7,337 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Damascus, AR (397 residents); Good Hope, IL (397 residents); Farragut, IA (397 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.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 58.0% (Highest-decile poverty)
Median Home Value
$103,900
Lower home values
F
City profile score · Lassalle 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
$27,700
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
58.0%
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 Lassalle comunidad compare to other US cities?
Here's how Lassalle comunidad stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income2% higher than other cities
Home value11% 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 Lassalle 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 Lassalle comunidad toward the top of Puerto Rico's cities
Among the 286 Puerto Rico cities PlainCities tracks with reported poverty rate data, Lassalle comunidad ranks #63 - the 78th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Lassalle comunidad only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#47 of 268
82nd percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#144 of 274
47th percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#63 of 286
78th 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
2nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Lassalle comunidad's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$103,900Among the most affordablemore affordable than 89% 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
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#9,880 of 15,516
More affordable than 36% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#7,832 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.8×, Lassalle comunidad sits in the moderate band:
national rank #9,880 of 15,516 and #7,832 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
$27,700Lassalle comunidad, PR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Lassalle 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 Lassalle comunidad, PR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Poverty rate (households below FPL)58.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)52.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
397
Median Income
$27,700
Median Home Value
$103,900
Median Age
38.1
Poverty Rate
58.0%
Labor force participation
52.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
73.8%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
8.1%
Work from Home
18.1%
Based on 160 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 Lassalle comunidad. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
How Lassalle 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.