ZIP 00623 vs ZIP 00660

This side-by-side compares ZIP 00623 (Cabo Rojo, PR) and ZIP 00660 (Hormigueros, PR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 00623 has a population of 43,061 at 438 people per square mile, while ZIP 00660 has 17,250 at 587 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 00623 reports a median household income of $26,388 against $26,851 in ZIP 00660, with per-capita income of $16,893 vs $16,579. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 30.0% in 00623 and 30.4% in 00660. Poverty rate reads 37.3% vs 37.1%, and unemployment 13.2% vs 10.7% — 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 $126,300 in 00623 versus $121,600 in 00660, with median rent of $582 and $562 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.3% vs 72.6%. 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.