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Place dossier plate
SheetPR-LOMAS-COMUNIDAD-PR · Lomas comunidad, PR 731 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 Lomas comunidad
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Lomas comunidad on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Maguayo comun… · lowest
12,604
Maguayo comun… · lowest
12,604 median HH income
8.1% of the leader · rank #1
Caneyville · near
25,938
Caneyville · near
25,938 median HH income
16.7% of the leader · rank #2
Boissevain · near
25,951
Boissevain · near
25,951 median HH income
16.7% of the leader · rank #3
Bombay Beach · near
25,968
Bombay Beach · near
25,968 median HH income
16.7% of the leader · rank #4
Lomas comunid… · this city
25,972
Lomas comunid… · this city
25,972 median HH income
16.7% of the leader · rank #5
Westboro · near
25,972
Westboro · near
25,972 median HH income
16.7% of the leader · rank #6
Browns Crossi… · highest
155,467
Browns Crossi… · highest
155,467 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 Lomas 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: 731.
Nationally, Lomas comunidad sits in the 2nd percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
2nd
percentile, household income
6th
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: Lomas comunidad, PR
Puerto Rico's Lomas comunidad is a small town, with 731 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Lomas comunidad brings in $25,972 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 14.3%. Lomas comunidad's housing stock carries a median value of $90,300, and the median resident age is 38.2 years.
Monthly utility costs average around $195 across Puerto Rico, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. The average commute for Lomas comunidad workers runs 42.7 minutes, with 100.0% driving alone and 0.0% working from home.
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Lomas 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 to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Lomas comunidad, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Lomas comunidad?
Within Puerto Rico, the closest population matches are Esperanza comunidad (728 residents, $29,783 income); Benítez comunidad (726 residents, $18,481 income); Palmarejo comunidad (Coamo Municipio) (742 residents, $28,525 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are McKenzie, AL (731 residents); Salome, AZ (731 residents); Seligman, AZ (731 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 does the journey to work look like in Lomas 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 42.7 minutes.
How far does income reach against housing in Lomas comunidad?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 14.3%, 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. 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.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 14.3% (High poverty)
Median Home Value
$90,300
Lower home values
F
City profile score · Lomas comunidad, PR
11/100
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
14.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$25,972
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 Lomas comunidad compare to other US cities?
Where Lomas comunidad sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income2% higher than other cities
Home value6% 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 Lomas 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 Lomas comunidad near the bottom of Puerto Rico's cities
Among the 286 Puerto Rico cities PlainCities tracks with reported poverty rate data, Lomas comunidad ranks #276 - the 3rd percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Lomas comunidad only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#60 of 268
78th percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#210 of 274
23rd percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#276 of 286
3rd 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 Lomas comunidad's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$90,300Among the most affordablemore affordable than 94% 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
#8,878 of 15,516
More affordable than 43% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#7,173 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.5×, Lomas comunidad sits in the moderate band:
national rank #8,878 of 15,516 and #7,173 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
$25,972Lomas comunidad, PR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Lomas 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 Lomas comunidad, PR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Poverty rate (households below FPL)14.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)33.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
731
Median Income
$25,972
Median Home Value
$90,300
Median Age
38.2
Poverty Rate
14.3%
Labor force participation
33.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
42.7 minutes
Drive Alone
100.0%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 191 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 Lomas comunidad. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
How Lomas 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.