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SheetPR-MUCARABONES-COMUNIDAD-PR · Mucarabones comunidad, PR 824 pop · income 0th 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 Mucarabones comunidad
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Mucarabones comunidad on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Villa Hugo I… · lowest
12,786
Villa Hugo I… · lowest
12,786 median HH income
6.2% of the leader · rank #1
Sidon · near
15,000
Sidon · near
15,000 median HH income
7.3% of the leader · rank #2
Lynchburg · near
15,000
Lynchburg · near
15,000 median HH income
7.3% of the leader · rank #3
Epes · near
15,156
Epes · near
15,156 median HH income
7.4% of the leader · rank #4
Mucarabones c… · this city
15,221
Mucarabones c… · this city
15,221 median HH income
7.4% of the leader · rank #5
Matewan · near
15,378
Matewan · near
15,378 median HH income
7.5% of the leader · rank #6
New Seabury · highest
206,000
New Seabury · highest
206,000 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 Mucarabones 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: 824.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Mucarabones comunidad lands in the 0th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
0th
percentile, household income
24th
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: Mucarabones comunidad, PR
Mucarabones comunidad is a small town in Puerto Rico, home to 824 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $15,221 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 42.9%. Typical homes in Mucarabones comunidad are valued around $140,200, and the median resident age is 64.1 years.
Monthly utility costs average around $195 across Puerto Rico, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Commute times here average 25.4 minutes, with 100.0% driving alone and 0.0% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data.
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Mucarabones 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 Mucarabones comunidad, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Mucarabones 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 25.4 minutes.
How far does income reach against housing in Mucarabones comunidad?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 9.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 42.9%, 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Mucarabones comunidad?
Within Puerto Rico, the closest population matches are Central Aguirre comunidad (828 residents, $20,714 income); Villa Hugo II comunidad (835 residents, $14,583 income); Villa Hugo I comunidad (809 residents, $12,786 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Komatke, AZ (824 residents); Council, ID (824 residents); Wilson, KS (824 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 42.9% (Highest-decile poverty)
Median Home Value
$140,200
Lower home values
F
City profile score · Mucarabones 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
$15,221
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
42.9%
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 Mucarabones comunidad compare to other US cities?
Mucarabones comunidad measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income0% higher than other cities
Home value24% 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 Mucarabones 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
Median Home Value places Mucarabones comunidad toward the top of Puerto Rico's cities
Among the 274 Puerto Rico cities PlainCities tracks with reported median home value data, Mucarabones comunidad ranks #32 - the 88th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Mucarabones comunidad only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#229 of 268
15th percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#32 of 274
88th percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#170 of 286
41st 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
0th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Mucarabones comunidad's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$140,200Among the most affordablemore affordable than 76% 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
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#15,274 of 15,516
More affordable than 2% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#11,172 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 9.2×, Mucarabones comunidad sits in the pressured band:
national rank #15,274 of 15,516 and #11,172 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
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
$15,221Mucarabones comunidad, PR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Mucarabones 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 Mucarabones comunidad, PR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Poverty rate (households below FPL)42.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)23.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
824
Median Income
$15,221
Median Home Value
$140,200
Median Age
64.1
Poverty Rate
42.9%
Labor force participation
23.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
25.4 minutes
Drive Alone
100.0%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 172 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 Mucarabones comunidad. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
How Mucarabones 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.