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Vega Baja barrio-pueblo, Vega Baja Municipio, PR

478 Population
0.1 square miles 4,557.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.9 ±14.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Vega Baja Municipio: 44.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$15,365 ±$4,569 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Vega Baja Municipio: $16,650 ±$1,610
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$18,148 ±$4,811 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Vega Baja Municipio: $24,244 ±$1,840
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

43.7% ±18.3% (209  ±118) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Vega Baja Municipio: 41.1% 21,969 (±2.5% / ±1,357)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 40.5% 1,299,426 (±0.4% / ±12,068)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.6 minutes ±5.8 (5,590  ±3,220) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Vega Baja Municipio: 29.8 517,960 (±1.6 / ±37,805)
  • a little less than the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

266 ±86 Number of households
  • Vega Baja Municipio: 21,587 ±636
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.8 ±0.4 (477  ±181) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Vega Baja Municipio: 2.5 53,560 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,197,034
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

488 ±121 Number of housing units
  • Vega Baja Municipio: 27,010 ±639
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$87,300 ±$26,127 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Vega Baja Municipio: $122,700 ±$3,816
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Puerto Rico: $131,500 ±$959
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

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Social

68.7% ±13.1% (285  ±123.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Vega Baja Municipio: 78.9% 31,926
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.2% 1,965,301 (±0.5% / ±11,189.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.5% ±15.1% (85  ±70.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Vega Baja Municipio: 25.9% 10,478
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.8% 721,619 (±0.3% / ±6,901.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

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2.7% ±4.4% (12  ±20) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Vega Baja Municipio: 2% † 920 (±0.6% / ±262)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
12 Total veterans ±20 12 Male ±20 N/A Female ±15

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