ZIP 00637 vs ZIP 00606

This side-by-side compares ZIP 00637 (Sabana Grande, PR) and ZIP 00606 (Maricao, PR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 00637 has a population of 25,287 at 283 people per square mile, while ZIP 00606 has 6,615 at 60 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 00637 reports a median household income of $21,987 against $20,992 in ZIP 00606, with per-capita income of $15,447 vs $10,827. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 28.4% in 00637 and 13.2% in 00606. Poverty rate reads 44.1% vs 54.5%, and unemployment 11.2% vs 0.0% — 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 $100,200 in 00637 versus $114,000 in 00606, with median rent of $465 and $413 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.2% vs 79.5%. 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.