ZIP 00685 vs ZIP 00670

This side-by-side compares ZIP 00685 (San Sebastian, PR) and ZIP 00670 (Las Marias, PR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 00685 has a population of 42,831 at 213 people per square mile, while ZIP 00670 has 9,807 at 83 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 00685 reports a median household income of $20,310 against $16,367 in ZIP 00670, with per-capita income of $12,313 vs $10,577. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.7% in 00685 and 14.5% in 00670. Poverty rate reads 49.3% vs 57.7%, and unemployment 13.4% vs 5.3% — 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 $115,700 in 00685 versus $86,600 in 00670, with median rent of $502 and $416 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 73.8% vs 72.9%. 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.