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Place dossier plate
SheetPR-SANTA-MARA-COMUNIDAD-PR · Santa María comunidad, PR 892 pop · income 1st 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 Santa María comunidad
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Santa María comunidad on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Fuig comunidad · lowest
11,731
Fuig comunidad · lowest
11,731 median HH income
7.7% of the leader · rank #1
Jonestown · near
20,900
Jonestown · near
20,900 median HH income
13.7% of the leader · rank #2
Gibsland · near
20,915
Gibsland · near
20,915 median HH income
13.7% of the leader · rank #3
Santa María c… · this city
20,931
Santa María c… · this city
20,931 median HH income
13.7% of the leader · rank #4
Mansura · near
20,938
Mansura · near
20,938 median HH income
13.7% of the leader · rank #5
Barbourville · near
20,971
Barbourville · near
20,971 median HH income
13.8% of the leader · rank #6
Indian Creek · highest
152,500
Indian Creek · highest
152,500 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 Santa María 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: 892.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Santa María comunidad lands in the 1st percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
1st
percentile, household income
21st
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: Santa María comunidad, PR
Santa María comunidad is a small town in Puerto Rico, home to 892 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Santa María comunidad report a median income of $20,931 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 40.5%. Santa María comunidad's housing stock carries a median value of $129,200, and the median resident age is 45.2 years.
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Puerto Rico's average monthly utility costs around $195 (state average). The average commute for Santa María comunidad workers runs 21.7 minutes, with 88.6% driving alone and 11.4% working from home.
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Santa María 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 Santa María comunidad, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Santa María 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 Río Cañas Abajo comunidad (890 residents, $12,475 income); Maricao zona urbana (886 residents, $23,107 income); Honduras comunidad (899 residents, $26,409 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Carrollton, AL (892 residents); Cottondale, FL (892 residents); Indian Creek, IL (892 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 Santa María comunidad?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 88.6%. The reported mean trip to work is 21.7 minutes.
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.
How far does income reach against housing in Santa María 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. 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 6.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 40.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 40.5% (Highest-decile poverty)
Median Home Value
$129,200
Lower home values
F
City profile score · Santa María 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
$20,931
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
40.5%
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 Santa María comunidad compare to other US cities?
Here's how Santa María comunidad stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income1% higher than other cities
Home value21% 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 Santa María 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
Median Home Value places Santa María comunidad toward the top of Puerto Rico's cities
Among the 274 Puerto Rico cities PlainCities tracks with reported median home value data, Santa María comunidad ranks #48 - the 82nd percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Santa María comunidad only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#138 of 268
49th percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#48 of 274
82nd percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#194 of 286
31st 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
1st percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Santa María comunidad's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$129,200Among the most affordablemore affordable than 79% 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
Santa María comunidad's home-value-to-income ratio: 6.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,227 of 15,516
More affordable than 8% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,536 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 6.2×, Santa María comunidad sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,227 of 15,516 and #10,536 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
$20,931Santa María comunidad, PR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Santa María 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 Santa María comunidad, PR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Poverty rate (households below FPL)40.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)39.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
892
Median Income
$20,931
Median Home Value
$129,200
Median Age
45.2
Poverty Rate
40.5%
Labor force participation
39.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
21.7 minutes
Drive Alone
88.6%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
11.4%
Based on 308 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 Santa María comunidad. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
How Santa María 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.