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Place dossier plate
SheetPR-VZQUEZ-COMUNIDAD-PR · Vázquez comunidad, PR 1,814 pop · income 0th pct
Nearest income peer: La Plant, SD (+ $33 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.
Income neighbourhood around Vázquez comunidad
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Vázquez comunidad on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Morovis zona… · lowest
12,995
Morovis zona… · lowest
12,995 median HH income
14.4% of the leader · rank #1
Chilchinbito · near
18,450
Chilchinbito · near
18,450 median HH income
20.4% of the leader · rank #2
Low Mountain · near
18,472
Low Mountain · near
18,472 median HH income
20.5% of the leader · rank #3
Vázquez comun… · this city
18,596
Vázquez comun… · this city
18,596 median HH income
20.6% of the leader · rank #4
La Plant · near
18,629
La Plant · near
18,629 median HH income
20.6% of the leader · rank #5
Tangipahoa · near
18,750
Tangipahoa · near
18,750 median HH income
20.8% of the leader · rank #6
Pleasant Vall… · highest
90,250
Pleasant Vall… · highest
90,250 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 Vázquez 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: 1,814.
Nationally, Vázquez 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
3rd
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: Vázquez comunidad, PR
1,814 people live in Vázquez comunidad, Puerto Rico - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Vázquez comunidad brings in $18,596 a year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 34.7%. Vázquez comunidad's housing stock carries a median value of $75,600, and the median resident age is 44.8 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 Vázquez 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 housing and income to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Vázquez comunidad, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Vázquez comunidad?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 64.0%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
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.
How far does income reach against housing in Vázquez 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 4.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 34.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Vázquez 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 Bayamón comunidad (1,782 residents, $29,821 income); Mariano Colón comunidad (1,781 residents, $15,870 income); El Ojo comunidad (1,770 residents, $27,514 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Decatur, MI (1,814 residents); Union City, MI (1,814 residents); Pleasant Valley, NY (1,814 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.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 34.7% (Highest-decile poverty)
Median Home Value
$75,600
Lower home values
F
City profile score · Vázquez 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
$18,596
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
34.7%
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 Vázquez comunidad compare to other US cities?
Where Vázquez comunidad 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 value3% 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 Vázquez 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 Vázquez comunidad near the bottom of Puerto Rico's cities
Among the 274 Puerto Rico cities PlainCities tracks with reported median home value data, Vázquez comunidad ranks #256 - the 7th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Vázquez comunidad only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#182 of 268
32nd percentile in Puerto Rico
Median Home Value
#256 of 274
7th percentile in Puerto Rico
Poverty Rate
#227 of 286
20th 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 Vázquez comunidad's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$75,600Among the most affordablemore affordable than 97% 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
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#10,888 of 15,516
More affordable than 30% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,480 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.1×, Vázquez comunidad sits in the moderate band:
national rank #10,888 of 15,516 and #8,480 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
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
$18,596Vázquez comunidad, PR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Vázquez 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 Vázquez comunidad, PR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Poverty rate (households below FPL)34.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)25.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,814
Median Income
$18,596
Median Home Value
$75,600
Median Age
44.8
Poverty Rate
34.7%
Labor force participation
25.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
N/A
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
64.0%
Carpool
6.5%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
29.4%
Based on 367 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 Vázquez comunidad. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
How Vázquez 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.