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Place dossier plate
SheetPR-PLAYA-FORTUNA-COMUNIDAD-PR · Playa Fortuna comunidad, PR 1,474 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 Playa Fortuna comunidad
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Playa Fortuna comunidad on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
La Alianza co… · lowest
11,706
La Alianza co… · lowest
11,706 median HH income
12.4% of the leader · rank #1
Prestonville · near
17,315
Prestonville · near
17,315 median HH income
18.3% of the leader · rank #2
Lincoln Heigh… · near
17,333
Lincoln Heigh… · near
17,333 median HH income
18.3% of the leader · rank #3
Oil City · near
17,381
Oil City · near
17,381 median HH income
18.4% of the leader · rank #4
Playa Fortuna… · this city
17,452
Playa Fortuna… · this city
17,452 median HH income
18.4% of the leader · rank #5
Iron · near
17,500
Iron · near
17,500 median HH income
18.5% of the leader · rank #6
Brookside · highest
94,643
Brookside · highest
94,643 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 Playa Fortuna 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: 1,474.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Playa Fortuna comunidad lands in the 0th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
0th
percentile, household income
10th
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: Playa Fortuna comunidad, PR
Playa Fortuna comunidad is a small town in Puerto Rico, home to 1,474 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Playa Fortuna comunidad households earn a median of $17,452 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 71.9%. Playa Fortuna comunidad's housing stock carries a median value of $99,900, and the median resident age is 50.8 years.
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Puerto Rico's average monthly utility costs around $195 (state average).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Playa Fortuna 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 Playa Fortuna comunidad, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Playa Fortuna 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 Maunabo zona urbana (1,478 residents, $12,738 income); Lomas Verdes comunidad (1,467 residents, $28,036 income); La Alianza comunidad (1,484 residents, $11,706 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Lenox, IA (1,474 residents); Manning, IA (1,474 residents); Brookside, TX (1,474 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Playa Fortuna comunidad?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 95.2%. 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Playa Fortuna 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 5.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 71.9%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 71.9% (Highest-decile poverty)
Median Home Value
$99,900
Lower home values
F
City profile score · Playa Fortuna 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
$17,452
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
71.9%
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 Playa Fortuna comunidad compare to other US cities?
Playa Fortuna 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 value10% 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 Playa Fortuna 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 Playa Fortuna comunidad's strongest outlier among Puerto Rico cities
Among the 286 Puerto Rico cities PlainCities tracks with reported poverty rate data, Playa Fortuna comunidad ranks #20 - the 93rd percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Playa Fortuna comunidad only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#197 of 268
26th percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#160 of 274
41st percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#20 of 286
93rd 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 Playa Fortuna comunidad's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$99,900Among the most affordablemore affordable than 90% 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
#13,832 of 15,516
More affordable than 11% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,305 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 5.7×, Playa Fortuna comunidad sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,832 of 15,516 and #10,305 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
$17,452Playa Fortuna comunidad, PR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Playa Fortuna 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 Playa Fortuna comunidad, PR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Poverty rate (households below FPL)71.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)30.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,474
Median Income
$17,452
Median Home Value
$99,900
Median Age
50.8
Poverty Rate
71.9%
Labor force participation
30.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
95.2%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Other
4.8%
Based on 414 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 Playa Fortuna comunidad. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
How Playa Fortuna 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.