ZIP 00688 vs ZIP 00650

This side-by-side compares ZIP 00688 (Sabana Hoyos, PR) and ZIP 00650 (Florida, PR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 00688 has a population of 13,543 at 164 people per square mile, while ZIP 00650 has 14,998 at 190 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 00688 reports a median household income of $18,023 against $21,447 in ZIP 00650, with per-capita income of $14,068 vs $11,986. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 20.2% in 00688 and 22.4% in 00650. Poverty rate reads 51.5% vs 49.2%, and unemployment 12.4% 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 $105,400 in 00688 versus $110,400 in 00650, with median rent of $568 and $675 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 62.4% 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.