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Río Blanco comunidad, PR

Río Blanco comunidad's Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.

1,658
Residents
$29,620
Median income
$98,800
Median home
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Place dossier plate

Sheet PR-RO-BLANCO-COMUNIDAD-PR · Río Blanco comunidad, PR 1,658 pop · income 2nd pct

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

  • POP-VILLAGE 1,658
  • INC-LOW $29,620
  • COL-UNK COL pending
  • SAFE-UNK Safety pending
  • RANK-BOTTOM 2nd
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cash
  • HOME-LOW $98,800
  • BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

Nearest income peer: Cash, AR ( $5 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 Río Blanco comunidad

Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Río Blanco comunidad 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 Río Blanco 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: 1,658.

4 peers

Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $29,620. Population peers are excluded.

4 peers

Río Blanco comunidad - the verdict

Nationally, Río Blanco comunidad sits in the 2nd percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.

2nd
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: Río Blanco comunidad, PR

Census ACS 2023 estimates count 1,658 residents in Río Blanco comunidad, a small town within Puerto Rico. The typical household in Río Blanco comunidad brings in $29,620 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 39.2%. Home values in Río Blanco comunidad run a median of $98,800, and the median resident age is 34.0 years.

Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Puerto Rico run around $195, per EIA 2023 residential energy data.

A decision-led reading path

Useful questions to ask of Río Blanco 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 Río Blanco comunidad, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares. No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.

1. Comparison shortlist

Which cities make useful reference points for Río Blanco 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 Jobos comunidad (1,649 residents, $21,119 income); El Mangó comunidad (1,647 residents, $31,000 income); Fránquez comunidad (1,672 residents, $27,056 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Sunnyside-Tahoe, CA (1,658 residents); Terra Bella, CA (1,658 residents); Erie, IL (1,658 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.

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Question 2

What does the journey to work look like in Río Blanco comunidad?

Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 97.3%. 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.

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3. Housing and income

How far does income reach against housing in Río Blanco 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. 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.

The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 39.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.

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Population

1,658 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

$29,620 /yr

Lowest-decile income · poverty 39.2% (Highest-decile poverty)

Median Home Value

$98,800

Lower home values

City profile score · Río Blanco 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
$29,620

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

Poverty rate F
39.2%

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 Río Blanco comunidad compare to other US cities?

Here's how Río Blanco comunidad stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.

Household income 2% higher than other cities
Home value 9% 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 Río Blanco 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, Río Blanco comunidad ranks #204 - the 29th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Río Blanco comunidad only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.

Median Household Income
#40 of 268
85th percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#169 of 274
38th percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#204 of 286
29th 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.

2ndIncome percentile
Gauge source note

2nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.

How Río Blanco comunidad's home value compares nationally

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

$98,800 Among the most affordable more affordable than 91% 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%). Below this entry. $75,000–$100,000: 1,086 US cities (7%). This entry sits in this band. $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. Río Blanco comunidad $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

Río Blanco comunidad's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.3×

ACS median home value divided by median household income.

Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#8,284 of 15,516
More affordable than 47% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#6,762 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)

At 3.3×, Río Blanco comunidad sits in the moderate band: national rank #8,284 of 15,516 and #6,762 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

$29,620 Río Blanco comunidad, PR median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Household income distribution - Río Blanco comunidad, PR Río Blanco comunidad, PR's median household income ($29,620) against the U.S. national quintile-share pattern. The Lorenz curve and quintile bars are national context, not Río Blanco comunidad, PR-specific shares. $ Household Income Distribution Río Blanco comunidad, PR median $29,620/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%
Río Blanco 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 Río Blanco comunidad, PR.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 39.2%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 50.2%

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

Population
1,658
Median Income
$29,620
Median Home Value
$98,800
Median Age
34.0
Poverty Rate
39.2%
Labor force participation
50.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Drive Alone
97.3%
Carpool
2.7%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%

Based on 764 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 Río Blanco comunidad. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.

How Río Blanco 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.

City Population Median Household Income
Río Blanco comunidad (this city) 1,658 $29,620
Jobos comunidad 1,649 $21,119
El Mangó comunidad 1,647 $31,000
Fránquez comunidad 1,672 $27,056
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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