Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Bajura barrio, Vega Alta Municipio, PR

2,519 Population
3.1 square miles 815.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

46.3 ±20.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Vega Alta Municipio: 42.4 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$10,207 ±$2,501 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Vega Alta Municipio: $18,289 † ±$2,498
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$15,809 ±$1,949 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Vega Alta Municipio: $25,538 ±$2,380
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

57.4% ±14.6% (1,445  ±533) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Vega Alta Municipio: 40.8% † 14,175 (±4.2% / ±1,461)
  • about 1.4 times 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)

25.1 minutes ±5.4 (16,315  ±8,123) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Vega Alta Municipio: 31.2 342,980 (±1.3 / ±29,728)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,135 ±260 Number of households
  • Vega Alta Municipio: 14,015 ±469
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.3 (2,519  ±673) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Vega Alta Municipio: 2.5 34,695 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,197,034
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.7% ±10.6% (27  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Vega Alta Municipio: 4.1% † 344 (±2.4% / ±200)
  • more than double the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.9% 21,908 (±0.2% / ±1,392)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,250 ±246 Number of housing units
  • Vega Alta Municipio: 17,058 ±434
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$122,300 ±$27,683 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Vega Alta Municipio: $140,700 ±$8,234
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $131,500 ±$959
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A

Social

69.3% ±2.7% (1,321  ±337.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Vega Alta Municipio: 80.7% 20,562
  • 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)
10% ±5.7% (191  ±118.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Vega Alta Municipio: 25.7% 6,559
  • about one-third of the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.8% 721,619 (±0.3% / ±6,901.7)
  • about one-quarter 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

N/A

1.6% ±1.8% (33  ±37) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Vega Alta Municipio: 2.1% † 616 (±0.8% / ±232)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
33 Total veterans ±37 33 Male ±37 N/A Female ±15

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.