Side-by-side metrics and state or size-class ranks use the same Census and FBI fields shown on this profile. Results stay in the URL so you can bookmark or share them.
Place dossier plate
SheetPR-VALLE-HILL-COMUNIDAD-PR · Valle Hill comunidad, PR 770 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 Valle Hill comunidad
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Valle Hill comunidad on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Hato Arriba c… · lowest
12,993
Hato Arriba c… · lowest
12,993 median HH income
15.8% of the leader · rank #1
Iola · near
13,750
Iola · near
13,750 median HH income
16.7% of the leader · rank #2
Gough · near
13,826
Gough · near
13,826 median HH income
16.8% of the leader · rank #3
Howardville · near
13,889
Howardville · near
13,889 median HH income
16.8% of the leader · rank #4
Valle Hill co… · this city
13,971
Valle Hill co… · this city
13,971 median HH income
16.9% of the leader · rank #5
Parc · near
14,183
Parc · near
14,183 median HH income
17.2% of the leader · rank #6
Anchor Bay · highest
82,448
Anchor Bay · highest
82,448 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 Valle Hill 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: 770.
Nationally, Valle Hill comunidad sits in the 0th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
0th
percentile, household income
2nd
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: Valle Hill comunidad, PR
Valle Hill comunidad is a small town in Puerto Rico, home to 770 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Valle Hill comunidad households earn a median of $13,971 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 60.7%. Home values in Valle Hill comunidad run a median of $70,300, and the median resident age is 38.1 years.
Monthly utility costs average around $195 across Puerto Rico, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates.
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Valle Hill 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 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 Valle Hill comunidad, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count; 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 Valle Hill 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. 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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 91.9%. 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 Valle Hill comunidad?
Within Puerto Rico, the closest population matches are Candelero Arriba comunidad (780 residents, $20,875 income); Búfalo comunidad (795 residents, $16,042 income); Tomás de Castro comunidad (795 residents, $24,740 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Anchor Bay, CA (770 residents); Desoto Acres, FL (770 residents); Steinhatchee, FL (770 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 Valle Hill comunidad?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 60.7%, 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 60.7% (Highest-decile poverty)
Median Home Value
$70,300
Lower home values
F
City profile score · Valle Hill 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
$13,971
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
60.7%
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 Valle Hill comunidad compare to other US cities?
Here's how Valle Hill comunidad stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income0% higher than other cities
Home value2% 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 Valle Hill 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 Valle Hill comunidad near the bottom of Puerto Rico's cities
Among the 274 Puerto Rico cities PlainCities tracks with reported median home value data, Valle Hill comunidad ranks #262 - the 4th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Valle Hill comunidad only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#245 of 268
9th percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#262 of 274
4th percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#52 of 286
82nd 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 Valle Hill comunidad's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$70,300Among the most affordablemore affordable than 98% 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
Valle Hill comunidad's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#12,945 of 15,516
More affordable than 17% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,794 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 5.0×, Valle Hill comunidad sits in the pressured band:
national rank #12,945 of 15,516 and #9,794 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
$13,971Valle Hill comunidad, PR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Valle Hill 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 Valle Hill comunidad, PR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Poverty rate (households below FPL)60.7%
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
770
Median Income
$13,971
Median Home Value
$70,300
Median Age
38.1
Poverty Rate
60.7%
Labor force participation
29.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
91.9%
Carpool
8.1%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 198 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 Valle Hill comunidad. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
How Valle Hill 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.