ZIP 00682 vs ZIP 00610

This side-by-side compares ZIP 00682 (Mayaguez, PR) and ZIP 00610 (Anasco, PR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 00682 has a population of 32,615 at 874 people per square mile, while ZIP 00610 has 29,016 at 312 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 00682 reports a median household income of $18,793 against $24,496 in ZIP 00610, with per-capita income of $15,821 vs $14,907. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 30.4% in 00682 and 22.7% in 00610. Poverty rate reads 53.4% vs 42.3%, and unemployment 22.3% vs 6.0% — 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 $118,100 in 00682 versus $117,900 in 00610, with median rent of $469 and $579 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 44.5% vs 71.6%. 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.