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SheetPR-PALOMAS-COMUNIDAD-COMERO-MUNICIPIO-PR · Palomas comunidad (Comerío Municipio), PR 2,095 pop · income 1st 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 Palomas comunidad (Comerío Municipio)
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Palomas comunidad (Comerío Municipio) on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Vieques zona… · lowest
15,536
Vieques zona… · lowest
15,536 median HH income
12.3% of the leader · rank #1
Slick · near
19,362
Slick · near
19,362 median HH income
15.4% of the leader · rank #2
McCurtain · near
19,375
McCurtain · near
19,375 median HH income
15.4% of the leader · rank #3
Palomas comun… · this city
19,418
Palomas comun… · this city
19,418 median HH income
15.4% of the leader · rank #4
Rochester Ins… · near
19,420
Rochester Ins… · near
19,420 median HH income
15.4% of the leader · rank #5
Artesia · near
19,500
Artesia · near
19,500 median HH income
15.5% of the leader · rank #6
Minerva Park · highest
125,802
Minerva Park · highest
125,802 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 Palomas comunidad (Comerío Municipio) 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: 2,095.
Palomas comunidad (Comerío Municipio) - the verdict
Palomas comunidad (Comerío Municipio) ranks in the 1st percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
1st
percentile, household income
16th
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: Palomas comunidad (Comerío Municipio), PR
Palomas comunidad (Comerío Municipio) is a small town in Puerto Rico, home to 2,095 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Palomas comunidad (Comerío Municipio) brings in $19,418 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 35.4%. Typical homes in Palomas comunidad (Comerío Municipio) are valued around $116,100, and the median resident age is 39.2 years.
Monthly utility costs average around $195 across Puerto Rico, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Commute times here average 21.3 minutes, with 90.1% driving alone and 2.8% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data.
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Palomas comunidad (Comerío Municipio)'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 comparison shortlist to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Palomas comunidad (Comerío Municipio), city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, 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 Palomas comunidad (Comerío Municipio)?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 90.1%. The reported mean trip to work is 21.3 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. 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Palomas comunidad (Comerío Municipio)?
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 Martorell comunidad (2,105 residents, $17,235 income); Yeguada comunidad (2,079 residents, $22,019 income); Alianza comunidad (2,073 residents, $26,250 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Colfax, CA (2,095 residents); Parkwood, CA (2,095 residents); Minerva Park, OH (2,095 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 Palomas comunidad (Comerío Municipio)?
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 6.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 35.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 35.4% (Highest-decile poverty)
Median Home Value
$116,100
Lower home values
F
City profile score · Palomas comunidad (Comerío Municipio), 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
$19,418
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
35.4%
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 Palomas comunidad (Comerío Municipio) compare to other US cities?
Here's how Palomas comunidad (Comerío Municipio) stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income1% higher than other cities
Home value16% 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 Palomas comunidad (Comerío Municipio) 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 Palomas comunidad (Comerío Municipio) toward the bottom of Puerto Rico's cities
Among the 286 Puerto Rico cities PlainCities tracks with reported poverty rate data, Palomas comunidad (Comerío Municipio) ranks #224 - the 21st percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Palomas comunidad (Comerío Municipio) only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#168 of 268
37th percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#73 of 274
73rd percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#224 of 286
21st 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
1st percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Palomas comunidad (Comerío Municipio)'s home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$116,100Among the most affordablemore affordable than 84% 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
Palomas comunidad (Comerío Municipio)'s home-value-to-income ratio: 6.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,086 of 15,516
More affordable than 9% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,454 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 6.0×, Palomas comunidad (Comerío Municipio) sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,086 of 15,516 and #10,454 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
$19,418Palomas comunidad (Comerío Municipio), PR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Palomas comunidad (Comerío Municipio), 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 Palomas comunidad (Comerío Municipio), PR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Poverty rate (households below FPL)35.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)47.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,095
Median Income
$19,418
Median Home Value
$116,100
Median Age
39.2
Poverty Rate
35.4%
Labor force participation
47.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
21.3 minutes
Drive Alone
90.1%
Carpool
7.1%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
2.8%
Based on 775 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 Palomas comunidad (Comerío Municipio). Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
How Palomas comunidad (Comerío Municipio) 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.