ZIP 00669 vs ZIP 00631

This side-by-side compares ZIP 00669 (Lares, PR) and ZIP 00631 (Castaner, PR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 00669 has a population of 29,744 at 187 people per square mile, while ZIP 00631 has 1,852 at 178 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 00669 reports a median household income of $18,778 against $19,278 in ZIP 00631, with per-capita income of $11,032 vs $9,431. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.0% in 00669 and 32.1% in 00631. Poverty rate reads 55.7% vs 54.5%, and unemployment 13.4% vs 21.7% — 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 $105,300 in 00669 versus $99,800 in 00631, with median rent of $510 and $336 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 62.0% vs 65.1%. 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.