What is the population of Vieques zona urbana, PR?

Use the Data Snapshot above for Vieques zona urbana's headcount; it is the Census ACS 5-year B01001 estimate for this place, not a same-day count.

What is the median household income in Vieques zona urbana, PR?

Median household income for Vieques zona urbana is Census ACS table B19013 (5-year). The Data Snapshot owns the dollar figure; this answer only names the table and vintage.

City profile · Puerto Rico · Census ACS 2023

Vieques zona urbana, PR

Name: Vieques zona urbana, PR City Data
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Vieques zona urbana's Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.

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2,056
Residents: $15,536
Median income

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Place dossier plate

Sheet PR-VIEQUES-ZONA-URBANA-PR · Vieques zona urbana, PR 2,056 pop · income 0th pct · 3 tracts

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

POP-VILLAGE 2,056
INC-LOW $15,536
COL-UNK COL pending
SAFE-UNK Safety pending
RANK-BOTTOM 0th
PHOTO-FINISH ≈ South Mansfield
HOME-UNK Homes pending
BOOK-FEW 3 tracts

Nearest income peer: South Mansfield, LA (+ $56 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.

Epes · lowest

15,156
Matewan · near

15,378
Vieques zona… · this city

15,536
South Mansfie… · near

15,592
Lebeau · near

15,750
Flat Lick · near

15,828
Redington Sho… · highest

101,518

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.

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Nationwide peers by population, income

Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Vieques 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: 2,056.

4 peers

Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $15,536. Population peers are excluded.

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Vieques zona urbana - the verdict

Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Vieques zona urbana lands in the 0th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.

0th
percentile, household income

📝 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: Vieques zona urbana, PR

Census ACS 2023 estimates count 2,056 residents in Vieques zona urbana, a small town within Puerto Rico. Vieques zona urbana households earn a median of $15,536 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 60.8%. The median resident age is 28.0 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 Vieques 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; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.

For Vieques 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 3 Census tracts reveal inside Vieques 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.

PlainCities matches 3 Census tracts to this city.

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2. Work and mobility

What does the journey to work look like in Vieques 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. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.

Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 49.6%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.

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Question 3

Which cities make useful reference points for Vieques zona urbana?

Within Puerto Rico, the closest population matches are Las Carolinas comunidad (2,040 residents, $24,688 income); Alianza comunidad (2,073 residents, $26,250 income); Yeguada comunidad (2,079 residents, $22,019 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Camden, AL (2,056 residents); Lawton, MI (2,056 residents); Saltville, VA (2,056 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.

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Population

2,056 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

$15,536 /yr

Lowest-decile income · poverty 60.8% (Highest-decile poverty)

Median Home Value

N/A

City profile score · Vieques 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

$15,536

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

Poverty rate F

60.8%

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 Vieques zona urbana compare to other US cities?

Vieques zona urbana measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.

Household income 0% higher 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 Vieques 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

Poverty Rate places Vieques zona urbana toward the top of Puerto Rico's cities

Among the 286 Puerto Rico cities PlainCities tracks with reported poverty rate data, Vieques zona urbana ranks #50 - the 82nd percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Vieques zona urbana only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.

Median Household Income

#226 of 268

16th percentile in Puerto Rico

Poverty Rate

#50 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.

Income distribution context

$15,536 Vieques zona urbana, PR median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context

Vieques 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 Vieques zona urbana, PR.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 60.8%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 30.2%

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

Population

2,056

Median Income

$15,536

Median Home Value

N/A

Median Age

28.0

Poverty Rate

60.8%

Labor force participation

30.2%

Bachelor's Degree+

N/A

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Drive Alone

49.6%

Carpool

6.1%

Public Transit

6.7%

Walk

14.9%

Work from Home

22.7%

Based on 462 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 Vieques zona urbana. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.

How Vieques 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.

City	Population	Median Household Income
Vieques zona urbana (this city)	2,056	$15,536
Las Carolinas comunidad	2,040	$24,688
Alianza comunidad	2,073	$26,250
Yeguada comunidad	2,079	$22,019

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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Citation & verification links

Data sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCities

Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES. Joins use OMB Bulletin 23-01 / FIPS keys.

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