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Pugnado Afuera barrio, Vega Baja Municipio, PR

9,621 Population
7.4 square miles 1,298 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.9 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Vega Baja Municipio: 44.3 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.2 ±0.2

Economics

$16,462 ±$2,169 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Vega Baja Municipio: $15,647 ±$1,460
  • about the same as the amount in Puerto Rico: $16,794 ±$142
$26,434 ±$2,782 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Vega Baja Municipio: $23,877 ±$1,367
  • a little higher than the amount in Puerto Rico: $25,096 ±$232

38.4% ±6.6% (3,678  ±775) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Vega Baja Municipio: 42.3% 22,724 (±2.6% / ±1,385)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 41.6% 1,340,637 (±0.4% / ±11,638)

30.6 minutes ±2.7 (92,955  ±19,335) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Vega Baja Municipio: 29.4 490,270 (±1.2 / ±31,659)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 28.2 28,909,430 (±0.1 / ±224,841)

Families

3,811 ±395 Number of households
  • Vega Baja Municipio: 20,482 ±683
  • Puerto Rico: 1,239,243 ±5,156
2.5 ±0.2 (9,585  ±1,180) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Vega Baja Municipio: 2.6 53,768 (±0.1 / ±22)
  • a little less than the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.6 3,217,696

3.8% ±3.8% (76  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Vega Baja Municipio: 2.5% † 314 (±1.2% / ±146)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.8% 21,275 (±0.2% / ±1,342)

Housing

4,707 ±395 Number of housing units
  • Vega Baja Municipio: 25,767 ±614
  • Puerto Rico: 1,575,105 ±4,606

$116,400 ±$4,828 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Vega Baja Municipio: $117,700 ±$2,704
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $124,600 ±$462

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Social

78.5% ±13% (6,129  ±709.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Vega Baja Municipio: 77.5% 31,145
  • about the same as the rate in Puerto Rico: 80.4% 1,939,602 (±0.5% / ±10,834.4)
24.5% ±4.6% (1,916  ±422.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Vega Baja Municipio: 25% 10,025
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.1% 702,653 (±0.3% / ±6,800)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

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2.7% ±1.5% (222  ±130) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Vega Baja Municipio: 2.2% † 1,002 (±0.5% / ±230)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.5% 66,253 (±0.1% / ±1,830)
222 Total veterans ±130 222 Male ±130 N/A Female ±21

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