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SheetPR-PLAYITA-COMUNIDAD-YABUCOA-MUNICIPIO-PR · Playita comunidad (Yabucoa Municipio), PR 1,258 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 Playita comunidad (Yabucoa Municipio)
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Playita comunidad (Yabucoa Municipio) on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Sabana Eneas… · lowest
14,704
Sabana Eneas… · lowest
14,704 median HH income
11.1% of the leader · rank #1
Playita comun… · this city
17,282
Playita comun… · this city
17,282 median HH income
13.1% of the leader · rank #2
Prestonville · near
17,315
Prestonville · near
17,315 median HH income
13.1% of the leader · rank #3
Lincoln Heigh… · near
17,333
Lincoln Heigh… · near
17,333 median HH income
13.1% of the leader · rank #4
Oil City · near
17,381
Oil City · near
17,381 median HH income
13.1% of the leader · rank #5
Iron · near
17,500
Iron · near
17,500 median HH income
13.2% of the leader · rank #6
Kaaawa · highest
132,188
Kaaawa · highest
132,188 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 Playita comunidad (Yabucoa 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: 1,258.
Playita comunidad (Yabucoa Municipio) - the verdict
Playita comunidad (Yabucoa Municipio) 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
4th
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 (Yabucoa Municipio), PR
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 1,258 residents in Playita comunidad (Yabucoa Municipio), a small town within Puerto Rico. Households in Playita comunidad (Yabucoa Municipio) report a median income of $17,282 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 47.0%. Home values in Playita comunidad (Yabucoa Municipio) run a median of $84,000, and the median resident age is 58.2 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 (Yabucoa 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 housing and income to comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Playita comunidad (Yabucoa Municipio), city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, annual population history, local building permits; 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 Playita comunidad (Yabucoa 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 4.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 47.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Playita comunidad (Yabucoa 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 El Negro comunidad (1,259 residents, $26,354 income); Rafael Hernández comunidad (1,260 residents, $21,470 income); Sabana Eneas comunidad (1,270 residents, $14,704 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Airport, CA (1,258 residents); Dike, IA (1,258 residents); Crandon Lakes, NJ (1,258 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 Playita comunidad (Yabucoa Municipio)?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 92.0%. 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 47.0% (Highest-decile poverty)
Median Home Value
$84,000
Lower home values
F
City profile score · Playita comunidad (Yabucoa 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
$17,282
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
47.0%
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 Playita comunidad (Yabucoa Municipio) compare to other US cities?
Where Playita comunidad (Yabucoa Municipio) sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income0% higher than other cities
Home value4% 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 (Yabucoa 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 (Yabucoa Municipio) toward the bottom of Puerto Rico's cities
Among the 274 Puerto Rico cities PlainCities tracks with reported median home value data, Playita comunidad (Yabucoa Municipio) ranks #234 - the 14th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Playita comunidad (Yabucoa Municipio) only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#198 of 268
26th percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#234 of 274
14th percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#139 of 286
51st 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 Playita comunidad (Yabucoa Municipio)'s home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$84,000Among the most affordablemore affordable than 96% 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
Playita comunidad (Yabucoa Municipio)'s home-value-to-income ratio: 4.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#12,638 of 15,516
More affordable than 19% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,605 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.9×, Playita comunidad (Yabucoa Municipio) sits in the moderate band:
national rank #12,638 of 15,516 and #9,605 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
$17,282Playita comunidad (Yabucoa Municipio), PR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Playita comunidad (Yabucoa 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 (Yabucoa Municipio), PR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Poverty rate (households below FPL)47.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)20.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,258
Median Income
$17,282
Median Home Value
$84,000
Median Age
58.2
Poverty Rate
47.0%
Labor force participation
20.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
92.0%
Carpool
8.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 225 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 (Yabucoa Municipio). Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
How Playita comunidad (Yabucoa 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.