ZIP 00703 vs ZIP 00971

This side-by-side compares ZIP 00703 (Aguas Buenas, PR) and ZIP 00971 (Guaynabo, PR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 00703 has a population of 28,605 at 372 people per square mile, while ZIP 00971 has 30,986 at 750 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 00703 reports a median household income of $23,292 against $29,526 in ZIP 00971, with per-capita income of $15,613 vs $23,232. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.6% in 00703 and 32.8% in 00971. Poverty rate reads 45.5% vs 32.3%, and unemployment 6.2% vs 5.7% — 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 $139,100 in 00703 versus $173,400 in 00971, with median rent of $469 and $628 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 64.5% vs 72.6%. 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.