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Place dossier plate
SheetPR-SAN-GERMN-ZONA-URBANA-PR · San Germán zona urbana, PR 10,877 pop · income 0th pct · 7 tracts
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 San Germán zona urbana
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest San Germán zona urbana on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Aguadilla zon… · lowest
13,125
Aguadilla zon… · lowest
13,125 median HH income
10.0% of the leader · rank #1
Manatí zona u… · near
15,912
Manatí zona u… · near
15,912 median HH income
12.2% of the leader · rank #2
Hillsboro · near
16,038
Hillsboro · near
16,038 median HH income
12.3% of the leader · rank #3
San Germán zo… · this city
16,052
San Germán zo… · this city
16,052 median HH income
12.3% of the leader · rank #4
Lemannville · near
16,181
Lemannville · near
16,181 median HH income
12.4% of the leader · rank #5
Detroit · near
16,250
Detroit · near
16,250 median HH income
12.4% of the leader · rank #6
Timonium · highest
130,732
Timonium · highest
130,732 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 San Germán zona urbana 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: 10,877.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, San Germán zona urbana lands in the 0th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
0th
percentile, household income
16th
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: San Germán zona urbana, PR
Puerto Rico's San Germán zona urbana is a small town, with 10,877 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in San Germán zona urbana brings in $16,052 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 44.9%. Home values in San Germán zona urbana run a median of $116,700, and the median resident age is 45.0 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 San Germán zona urbana'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 within-city variation to work and mobility to comparison shortlist to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For San Germán zona urbana, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, within-city Census tract profiles.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, local building permits, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Within-city variation
What can 7 Census tracts reveal inside San Germán zona urbana?
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
What does the journey to work look like in San Germán zona urbana?
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 79.9%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for San Germán zona urbana?
Within Puerto Rico, the closest population matches are Manatí zona urbana (10,750 residents, $15,912 income); Aguadilla zona urbana (11,060 residents, $13,125 income); Corozal zona urbana (10,672 residents, $23,539 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Bedford Heights, OH (10,876 residents); Timonium, MD (10,880 residents); Hudson, FL (10,873 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.
How far does income reach against housing in San Germán zona urbana?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 7.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 44.9%, 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.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 44.9% (Highest-decile poverty)
Median Home Value
$116,700
Lower home values
F
City profile score · San Germán zona urbana, 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
$16,052
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
44.9%
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 San Germán zona urbana compare to other US cities?
Where San Germán zona urbana 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 value16% 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 San Germán zona urbana 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 sits close to the middle of Puerto Rico's city distribution
Among the 274 Puerto Rico cities PlainCities tracks with reported median home value data, San Germán zona urbana ranks #71 - the 74th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares San Germán zona urbana only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#218 of 268
19th percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#71 of 274
74th percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#151 of 286
47th 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 San Germán zona urbana's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$116,700Among the most affordablemore affordable than 84% 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
San Germán zona urbana's home-value-to-income ratio: 7.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,802 of 15,516
More affordable than 5% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#3,155 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 7.3×, San Germán zona urbana sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,802 of 15,516 and #3,155 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
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
$16,052San Germán zona urbana, PR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context San Germán zona urbana, 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 San Germán zona urbana, PR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Poverty rate (households below FPL)44.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)27.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
10,877
Median Income
$16,052
Median Home Value
$116,700
Median Age
45.0
Poverty Rate
44.9%
Labor force participation
27.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
79.9%
Carpool
5.2%
Public Transit
0.4%
Walk
7.4%
Work from Home
6.8%
Based on 2,468 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 San Germán zona urbana. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
How San Germán zona urbana 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.