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Vega Alta Municipio, PR

34,921 Population
27.7 square miles 1,259.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$18,289 ±$2,498 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$25,538 ±$2,380 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

40.8% ±4.2% (14,175  ±1,461) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as 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)

31.2 minutes ±1.3 (342,980  ±29,728) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

14,015 ±469 Number of households
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (34,695  ±29) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,197,034
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.1% ±2.4% (344  ±200) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.9% 21,908 (±0.2% / ±1,392)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

17,058 ±434 Number of housing units
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$140,700 ±$8,234 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Puerto Rico: $131,500 ±$959
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

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Social

80.7% (20,562  ±1,181.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.2% 1,965,301 (±0.5% / ±11,189.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.7% (6,559  ±698.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.8% 721,619 (±0.3% / ±6,901.7)
  • about three-quarters 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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2.1% ±0.8% (616  ±232) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
616 Total veterans ±232 499 Male ±170 117 Female ±137

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