ZIP 00641 vs ZIP 00601

This side-by-side compares ZIP 00641 (Utuado, PR) and ZIP 00601 (Adjuntas, PR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 00641 has a population of 31,191 at 129 people per square mile, while ZIP 00601 has 18,570 at 111 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 00641 reports a median household income of $21,102 against $19,454 in ZIP 00601, with per-capita income of $12,653 vs $10,223. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.3% in 00641 and 18.2% in 00601. Poverty rate reads 50.9% vs 59.9%, and unemployment 19.3% vs 20.5% — 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 $103,400 in 00641 versus $94,200 in 00601, with median rent of $473 and $427 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 65.4% vs 67.5%. 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.