ZIP 00714 vs ZIP 00723

This side-by-side compares ZIP 00714 (Arroyo, PR) and ZIP 00723 (Patillas, PR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 00714 has a population of 19,566 at 517 people per square mile, while ZIP 00723 has 19,277 at 161 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 00714 reports a median household income of $21,186 against $24,574 in ZIP 00723, with per-capita income of $14,862 vs $12,913. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 25.4% in 00714 and 22.2% in 00723. Poverty rate reads 52.1% vs 48.7%, and unemployment 7.2% vs 8.3% — 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 $89,900 in 00714 versus $90,000 in 00723, with median rent of $472 and $543 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.0% vs 69.3%. 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.