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Place dossier plate
SheetPR-TOA-ALTA-ZONA-URBANA-PR · Toa Alta zona urbana, PR 3,058 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 Toa Alta zona urbana
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Toa Alta zona urbana on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Barranquitas… · lowest
13,241
Barranquitas… · lowest
13,241 median HH income
15.2% of the leader · rank #1
Cuthbert · near
21,061
Cuthbert · near
21,061 median HH income
24.2% of the leader · rank #2
Bly · near
21,071
Bly · near
21,071 median HH income
24.2% of the leader · rank #3
Toa Alta zona… · this city
21,098
Toa Alta zona… · this city
21,098 median HH income
24.3% of the leader · rank #4
Castleberry · near
21,111
Castleberry · near
21,111 median HH income
24.3% of the leader · rank #5
Columbia · near
21,118
Columbia · near
21,118 median HH income
24.3% of the leader · rank #6
Wormleysburg · highest
86,940
Wormleysburg · highest
86,940 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 Toa Alta 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: 3,058.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Toa Alta zona urbana places in the 1st percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
1st
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: Toa Alta zona urbana, PR
Toa Alta zona urbana is a small town in Puerto Rico, home to 3,058 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Toa Alta zona urbana brings in $21,098 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 49.7%. Home values in Toa Alta zona urbana run a median of $117,000, and the median resident age is 46.5 years.
Monthly utility costs average around $195 across Puerto Rico, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Workers in Toa Alta zona urbana report an average commute of 28.7 minutes, with 81.6% driving alone and 4.2% working from home.
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Toa Alta 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 comparison shortlist to housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Toa Alta zona urbana, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, 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 Toa Alta zona urbana?
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 Villalba zona urbana (3,053 residents, $20,431 income); Guayanilla zona urbana (3,090 residents, $29,250 income); Jayuya zona urbana (3,090 residents, $22,004 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Beulah, ND (3,058 residents); Okemah, OK (3,058 residents); Wormleysburg, PA (3,058 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Toa Alta zona urbana?
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 5.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 49.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Toa Alta zona urbana?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 81.6%. The reported mean trip to work is 28.7 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. 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.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 49.7% (Highest-decile poverty)
Median Home Value
$117,000
Lower home values
F
City profile score · Toa Alta 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
$21,098
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
49.7%
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 Toa Alta zona urbana compare to other US cities?
Where Toa Alta zona urbana sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income1% 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 Toa Alta 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, Toa Alta zona urbana ranks #70 - the 74th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Toa Alta zona urbana only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#132 of 268
51st percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#70 of 274
74th percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#115 of 286
59th 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 Toa Alta zona urbana's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$117,000Among 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
Toa Alta zona urbana's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,635 of 15,516
More affordable than 12% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,190 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 5.5×, Toa Alta zona urbana sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,635 of 15,516 and #10,190 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
$21,098Toa Alta zona urbana, PR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Toa Alta 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 Toa Alta zona urbana, PR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Poverty rate (households below FPL)49.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)29.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
3,058
Median Income
$21,098
Median Home Value
$117,000
Median Age
46.5
Poverty Rate
49.7%
Labor force participation
29.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
28.7 minutes
Drive Alone
81.6%
Carpool
14.1%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
4.2%
Based on 730 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 Toa Alta zona urbana. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
How Toa Alta 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.