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Place dossier plate
SheetPR-PEA-POBRE-COMUNIDAD-PR · Peña Pobre comunidad, PR 1,177 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 Peña Pobre comunidad
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Peña Pobre comunidad on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Detroit · lowest
16,250
Detroit · lowest
16,250 median HH income
17.1% of the leader · rank #1
Hightsville · near
16,289
Hightsville · near
16,289 median HH income
17.1% of the leader · rank #2
Starks · near
16,331
Starks · near
16,331 median HH income
17.2% of the leader · rank #3
Peña Pobre co… · this city
16,336
Peña Pobre co… · this city
16,336 median HH income
17.2% of the leader · rank #4
Leisure Lake · near
16,403
Leisure Lake · near
16,403 median HH income
17.2% of the leader · rank #5
Bolinas · highest
95,192
Bolinas · highest
95,192 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
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 Peña Pobre 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: 1,177.
Peña Pobre comunidad ranks in the 0th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
0th
percentile, household income
5th
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: Peña Pobre comunidad, PR
Peña Pobre comunidad is a small town in Puerto Rico, home to 1,177 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $16,336 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 68.4%. Home values in Peña Pobre comunidad run a median of $86,700, and the median resident age is 35.9 years.
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Puerto Rico's average monthly utility costs around $195 (state average). The average commute for Peña Pobre comunidad workers runs 35.1 minutes, with 100.0% driving alone and 0.0% working from home.
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Peña Pobre 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 housing and income to work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Peña Pobre comunidad, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, 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. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Peña Pobre 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 5.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 68.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Peña Pobre comunidad?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 100.0%. The reported mean trip to work is 35.1 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 Peña Pobre 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 Palmas comunidad (1,173 residents, $18,337 income); Ramos comunidad (1,168 residents, $22,824 income); Orocovis zona urbana (1,199 residents, $20,542 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Aetna Estates, CO (1,177 residents); Von Ormy, TX (1,177 residents); Naco, AZ (1,176 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 68.4% (Highest-decile poverty)
Median Home Value
$86,700
Lower home values
F
City profile score · Peña Pobre 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
$16,336
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
68.4%
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 Peña Pobre comunidad compare to other US cities?
Peña Pobre 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 value5% 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 Peña Pobre 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 is Peña Pobre comunidad's strongest outlier among Puerto Rico cities
Among the 286 Puerto Rico cities PlainCities tracks with reported poverty rate data, Peña Pobre comunidad ranks #27 - the 91st percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Peña Pobre comunidad only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#212 of 268
21st percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#222 of 274
19th percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#27 of 286
91st 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 Peña Pobre comunidad's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$86,700Among the most affordablemore affordable than 95% 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
#13,327 of 15,516
More affordable than 14% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,010 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 5.3×, Peña Pobre comunidad sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,327 of 15,516 and #10,010 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
$16,336Peña Pobre comunidad, PR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Peña Pobre 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 Peña Pobre comunidad, PR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Poverty rate (households below FPL)68.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)33.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,177
Median Income
$16,336
Median Home Value
$86,700
Median Age
35.9
Poverty Rate
68.4%
Labor force participation
33.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
35.1 minutes
Drive Alone
100.0%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 328 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 Peña Pobre comunidad. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
How Peña Pobre 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.