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Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio), PR

Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio)'s Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.

602
Residents
$20,074
Median income
$72,300
Median home
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Place dossier plate

Sheet PR-PLAYITA-COMUNIDAD-SALINAS-MUNICIPIO-PR · Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio), PR 602 pop · income 1st pct

POP-VILLAGE · INC-LOW · COL-UNK · SAFE-UNK · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · HOME-LOW · BOOK-UNK

  • POP-VILLAGE 602
  • INC-LOW $20,074
  • COL-UNK COL pending
  • SAFE-UNK Safety pending
  • RANK-BOTTOM 1st
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Union
  • HOME-LOW $72,300
  • BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

Nearest income peer: Union, AL ( $74 income $)

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 Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio)

Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio) on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-08

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Nationwide peers by population, income

Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Playita comunidad (Salinas 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: 602.

4 peers

Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $20,074. Population peers are excluded.

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Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio) - the verdict

Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio) ranks in the 1st percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.

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percentile, household income
2nd
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: Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio), PR

602 people live in Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio), Puerto Rico - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio) brings in $20,074 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 21.4%. Typical homes in Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio) are valued around $72,300, and the median resident age is 52.4 years.

Monthly utility costs average around $195 across Puerto Rico, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates.

A decision-led reading path

Useful questions to ask of Playita comunidad (Salinas 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 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 Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio), city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares. No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, 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 Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio)?

Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.

Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 81.3%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.

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Question 2

How far does income reach against housing in Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio)?

The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 21.4%, 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. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.

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Question 3

Which cities make useful reference points for Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio)?

Within Puerto Rico, the closest population matches are Cerrillos Hoyos comunidad (599 residents); Las Marías zona urbana (607 residents, $18,298 income); Bairoa La Veinticinco comunidad (590 residents, $35,439 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Hammond, IL (602 residents); North Salem, IN (602 residents); Kasota, MN (602 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.

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Population

602 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

$20,074 /yr

Lowest-decile income · poverty 21.4% (High poverty)

Median Home Value

$72,300

Lower home values

City profile score · Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio), PR

5/100

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.

Poverty rate F
21.4%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.

Household income F
$20,074

Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.

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 Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio) compare to other US cities?

Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio) measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.

Household income 1% higher than other cities
Home value 2% 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 Playita comunidad (Salinas 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

Median Home Value places Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio) near the bottom of Puerto Rico's cities

Among the 274 Puerto Rico cities PlainCities tracks with reported median home value data, Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio) ranks #260 - the 5th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio) only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.

Median Household Income
#156 of 268
42nd percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#260 of 274
5th percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#264 of 286
8th 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.

1stIncome percentile
Gauge source note

1st percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.

How Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio)'s home value compares nationally

Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)

$72,300 Among the most affordable more affordable than 98% of 15,600 US cities

Show national distribution $0–$25,000: 5 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $25,000–$50,000: 54 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $50,000–$75,000: 352 US cities (2%). This entry sits in this band. $75,000–$100,000: 1,086 US cities (7%). Above this entry. $100,000–$125,000: 1,516 US cities (10%). Above this entry. $125,000–$150,000: 1,170 US cities (8%). Above this entry. $150,000–$175,000: 1,278 US cities (8%). Above this entry. $175,000–$200,000: 1,229 US cities (8%). Above this entry. $200,000–$225,000: 1,035 US cities (7%). Above this entry. $225,000–$250,000: 976 US cities (6%). Above this entry. $250,000–$275,000: 754 US cities (5%). Above this entry. $275,000–$300,000: 712 US cities (5%). Above this entry. $300,000–$325,000: 521 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $325,000–$350,000: 526 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $350,000–$375,000: 465 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $375,000–$400,000: 393 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $400,000–$425,000: 317 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $425,000–$450,000: 300 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $450,000–$475,000: 307 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $475,000–$500,000: 250 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $500,000–$525,000: 160 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $525,000–$550,000: 156 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $550,000–$575,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $575,000–$600,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $600,000–$625,000: 163 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $625,000–$650,000: 167 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $650,000–$675,000: 135 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $675,000–$700,000: 101 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $700,000–$725,000: 95 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $725,000–$750,000: 71 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $750,000–$775,000: 65 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $775,000–$800,000: 70 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $800,000–$825,000: 57 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $825,000–$850,000: 67 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $850,000–$875,000: 60 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $875,000–$900,000: 58 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $900,000–$925,000: 47 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $925,000–$950,000: 37 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $950,000–$975,000: 31 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $975,000–$1,000,000: 470 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $1,000,000–$1,025,000: 0 US cities (0%). Above this entry. Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio) $0 $1,025,000 every US city, bucketed by value

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

Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio)'s home-value-to-income ratio: 3.6×

ACS median home value divided by median household income.

Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#9,366 of 15,516
More affordable than 40% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#7,513 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)

At 3.6×, Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio) sits in the moderate band: national rank #9,366 of 15,516 and #7,513 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000). Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.

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

$20,074 Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio), PR median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Household income distribution - Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio), PR Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio), PR's median household income ($20,074) against the U.S. national quintile-share pattern. The Lorenz curve and quintile bars are national context, not Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio), PR-specific shares. $ Household Income Distribution Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio), PR median $20,074/yr, vs. U.S. national quintile pattern QUINTILE SHARE OF AGGREGATE INCOME Lowest 20% 3.4% Second 20% 9.2% Middle 20% 15.1% Fourth 20% 23.2% Top 20% 49.1% LORENZ CURVE cumulative income vs. population 100% 0% 100% pop. 0%
Playita comunidad (Salinas 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 Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio), PR.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 21.4%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 41.1%

Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force

Population
602
Median Income
$20,074
Median Home Value
$72,300
Median Age
52.4
Poverty Rate
21.4%
Labor force participation
41.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Drive Alone
81.3%
Carpool
12.4%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
6.2%

Based on 241 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 Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio). Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.

How Playita comunidad (Salinas 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.

City Population Median Household Income
Playita comunidad (Salinas Municipio) (this city) 602 $20,074
Cerrillos Hoyos comunidad 599 N/A
Las Marías zona urbana 607 $18,298
Bairoa La Veinticinco comunidad 590 $35,439
Primary sources on this page

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.

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