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Place dossier plate
SheetPR-PALMER-COMUNIDAD-PR · Palmer comunidad, PR 1,586 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 Palmer comunidad
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Palmer comunidad on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Franklin · lowest
14,738
Franklin · lowest
14,738 median HH income
12.1% of the leader · rank #1
Placitas CDP… · near
14,907
Placitas CDP… · near
14,907 median HH income
12.2% of the leader · rank #2
Sidon · near
15,000
Sidon · near
15,000 median HH income
12.3% of the leader · rank #3
Lynchburg · near
15,000
Lynchburg · near
15,000 median HH income
12.3% of the leader · rank #4
Palmer comuni… · this city
15,022
Palmer comuni… · this city
15,022 median HH income
12.3% of the leader · rank #5
Epes · near
15,156
Epes · near
15,156 median HH income
12.4% of the leader · rank #6
Langhorne Man… · highest
122,143
Langhorne Man… · highest
122,143 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 Palmer 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: 1,586.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Palmer comunidad lands in the 0th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
0th
percentile, household income
12th
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: Palmer comunidad, PR
1,586 people live in Palmer comunidad, Puerto Rico - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Palmer comunidad report a median income of $15,022 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 61.2%. Typical homes in Palmer comunidad are valued around $107,200, and the median resident age is 46.5 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 Palmer 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 Palmer comunidad, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, 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 Palmer 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 Pole Ojea comunidad (1,579 residents, $20,486 income); Las Marías comunidad (1,574 residents, $25,919 income); Buena Vista comunidad (Arroyo Municipio) (1,605 residents, $14,854 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Shaw, MS (1,586 residents); Elephant Butte, NM (1,586 residents); Bellwood, PA (1,586 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 Palmer 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. 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.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 7.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 61.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Palmer comunidad?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 87.6%. 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. 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.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 61.2% (Highest-decile poverty)
Median Home Value
$107,200
Lower home values
F
City profile score · Palmer 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
$15,022
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
61.2%
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 Palmer comunidad compare to other US cities?
Here's how Palmer comunidad stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income0% higher than other cities
Home value12% 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 Palmer 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 Palmer comunidad toward the top of Puerto Rico's cities
Among the 286 Puerto Rico cities PlainCities tracks with reported poverty rate data, Palmer comunidad ranks #47 - the 83rd percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Palmer comunidad only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#230 of 268
14th percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#127 of 274
54th percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#47 of 286
83rd 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 Palmer comunidad's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$107,200Among the most affordablemore affordable than 88% 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
#14,727 of 15,516
More affordable than 5% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,831 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 7.1×, Palmer comunidad sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,727 of 15,516 and #10,831 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
$15,022Palmer comunidad, PR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Palmer 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 Palmer comunidad, PR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Poverty rate (households below FPL)61.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)39.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,586
Median Income
$15,022
Median Home Value
$107,200
Median Age
46.5
Poverty Rate
61.2%
Labor force participation
39.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
87.6%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
3.6%
Other
8.8%
Based on 475 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 Palmer comunidad. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
How Palmer 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.