ZIP 00610 vs ZIP 00682

This side-by-side compares ZIP 00610 (Anasco, PR) and ZIP 00682 (Mayaguez, PR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 00610 has a population of 29,016 at 312 people per square mile, while ZIP 00682 has 32,615 at 874 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 00610 reports a median household income of $24,496 against $18,793 in ZIP 00682, with per-capita income of $14,907 vs $15,821. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.7% in 00610 and 30.4% in 00682. Poverty rate reads 42.3% vs 53.4%, and unemployment 6.0% vs 22.3% — 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 $117,900 in 00610 versus $118,100 in 00682, with median rent of $579 and $469 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.6% vs 44.5%. 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.