ZIP 00676 vs ZIP 00602

This side-by-side compares ZIP 00676 (Moca, PR) and ZIP 00602 (Aguada, PR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 00676 has a population of 40,316 at 309 people per square mile, while ZIP 00602 has 41,520 at 524 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 00676 reports a median household income of $23,272 against $21,420 in ZIP 00602, with per-capita income of $14,517 vs $13,003. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.8% in 00676 and 23.3% in 00602. Poverty rate reads 46.0% vs 47.0%, and unemployment 17.7% vs 5.1% — 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 $131,700 in 00676 versus $121,400 in 00602, with median rent of $515 and $475 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 63.4% vs 73.6%. 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.