ZIP 00606 vs ZIP 00637

This side-by-side compares ZIP 00606 (Maricao, PR) and ZIP 00637 (Sabana Grande, PR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 00606 has a population of 6,615 at 60 people per square mile, while ZIP 00637 has 25,287 at 283 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 00606 reports a median household income of $20,992 against $21,987 in ZIP 00637, with per-capita income of $10,827 vs $15,447. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.2% in 00606 and 28.4% in 00637. Poverty rate reads 54.5% vs 44.1%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 11.2% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $114,000 in 00606 versus $100,200 in 00637, with median rent of $413 and $465 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.5% vs 76.2%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.