ZIP 00677 vs ZIP 00602

This side-by-side compares ZIP 00677 (Rincon, 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 00677 has a population of 15,272 at 411 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 00677 reports a median household income of $24,266 against $21,420 in ZIP 00602, with per-capita income of $15,523 vs $13,003. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.5% in 00677 and 23.3% in 00602. Poverty rate reads 45.9% vs 47.0%, and unemployment 7.7% 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 $153,200 in 00677 versus $121,400 in 00602, with median rent of $604 and $475 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.3% 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.