ZIP 00650 vs ZIP 00688

This side-by-side compares ZIP 00650 (Florida, PR) and ZIP 00688 (Sabana Hoyos, PR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 00650 has a population of 14,998 at 190 people per square mile, while ZIP 00688 has 13,543 at 164 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 00650 reports a median household income of $21,447 against $18,023 in ZIP 00688, with per-capita income of $11,986 vs $14,068. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.4% in 00650 and 20.2% in 00688. Poverty rate reads 49.2% vs 51.5%, and unemployment 21.7% vs 12.4% — 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 $110,400 in 00650 versus $105,400 in 00688, with median rent of $675 and $568 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 73.6% vs 62.4%. 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.