ZIP 00719 vs ZIP 00953

This side-by-side compares ZIP 00719 (Naranjito, PR) and ZIP 00953 (Toa Alta, PR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 00719 has a population of 30,990 at 427 people per square mile, while ZIP 00953 has 73,014 at 1,056 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 00719 reports a median household income of $22,129 against $36,099 in ZIP 00953, with per-capita income of $12,796 vs $20,055. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 19.7% in 00719 and 31.5% in 00953. Poverty rate reads 50.9% vs 32.0%, and unemployment 11.8% vs 7.3% — 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 $111,300 in 00719 versus $164,700 in 00953, with median rent of $484 and $687 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 69.6% vs 80.7%. 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.