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Place dossier plate
SheetPR-RAFAEL-CAP-COMUNIDAD-PR · Rafael Capó comunidad, PR 1,409 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 Rafael Capó comunidad
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Rafael Capó comunidad on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
El Tumbao com… · lowest
16,883
El Tumbao com… · lowest
16,883 median HH income
16.3% of the leader · rank #1
Morgan City · near
18,833
Morgan City · near
18,833 median HH income
18.2% of the leader · rank #2
White Earth · near
18,929
White Earth · near
18,929 median HH income
18.3% of the leader · rank #3
Rafael Capó c… · this city
18,955
Rafael Capó c… · this city
18,955 median HH income
18.3% of the leader · rank #4
Hargill · near
19,028
Hargill · near
19,028 median HH income
18.4% of the leader · rank #5
Haystack · near
19,074
Haystack · near
19,074 median HH income
18.4% of the leader · rank #6
Arbury Hills · highest
103,456
Arbury Hills · highest
103,456 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
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Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Rafael Capó 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: 1,409.
Rafael Capó 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
9th
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: Rafael Capó comunidad, PR
Rafael Capó comunidad is a small town in Puerto Rico, home to 1,409 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Rafael Capó comunidad brings in $18,955 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 51.1%. Rafael Capó comunidad's housing stock carries a median value of $98,100, and the median resident age is 65.0 years.
Monthly utility costs average around $195 across Puerto Rico, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. The average commute for Rafael Capó comunidad workers runs 15.4 minutes, with 83.3% driving alone and 16.7% working from home.
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Rafael Capó 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 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 Rafael Capó comunidad, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, matched public-school count, annual population history; 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 Rafael Capó comunidad?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 83.3%. The reported mean trip to work is 15.4 minutes.
How far does income reach against housing in Rafael Capó comunidad?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 51.1%, 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. 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Rafael Capó comunidad?
Within Puerto Rico, the closest population matches are Indios comunidad (1,408 residents, $21,154 income); Olimpo comunidad (1,400 residents, $19,443 income); Palma Sola comunidad (1,399 residents, $22,614 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Wrightsville, AR (1,409 residents); Bloomington, TX (1,409 residents); Bangor, WI (1,409 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.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 51.1% (Highest-decile poverty)
Median Home Value
$98,100
Lower home values
F
City profile score · Rafael Capó 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
$18,955
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
51.1%
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 Rafael Capó comunidad compare to other US cities?
Rafael Capó 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 value9% 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 Rafael Capó 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 sits close to the middle of Puerto Rico's city distribution
Among the 286 Puerto Rico cities PlainCities tracks with reported poverty rate data, Rafael Capó comunidad ranks #104 - the 64th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Rafael Capó comunidad only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#175 of 268
35th percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#172 of 274
37th percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#104 of 286
64th 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 Rafael Capó comunidad's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$98,100Among the most affordablemore affordable than 91% 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
Rafael Capó comunidad's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,153 of 15,516
More affordable than 15% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,908 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 5.2×, Rafael Capó comunidad sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,153 of 15,516 and #9,908 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
$18,955Rafael Capó comunidad, PR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Rafael Capó 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 Rafael Capó comunidad, PR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Poverty rate (households below FPL)51.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)10.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,409
Median Income
$18,955
Median Home Value
$98,100
Median Age
65.0
Poverty Rate
51.1%
Labor force participation
10.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
15.4 minutes
Drive Alone
83.3%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
16.7%
Based on 138 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 Rafael Capó comunidad. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
How Rafael Capó 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.