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Algarrobo barrio, Vega Baja Municipio, PR

14,695 Population
5.4 square miles 2,704.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±3.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Vega Baja Municipio: 44.7 ±0.2
  • 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

$18,463 ±$1,781 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Vega Baja Municipio: $16,650 ±$1,610
  • a little higher than the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$28,356 ±$4,444 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Vega Baja Municipio: $24,244 ±$1,840
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

31.1% ±4.8% (4,526  ±807) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Vega Baja Municipio: 41.1% 21,969 (±2.5% / ±1,357)
  • about three-quarters of 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)

32.3 minutes ±4.4 (182,725  ±35,666) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Vega Baja Municipio: 29.8 517,960 (±1.6 / ±37,805)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,837 ±469 Number of households
  • Vega Baja Municipio: 21,587 ±636
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (14,588  ±1,351) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Vega Baja Municipio: 2.5 53,560 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • 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

3.3% ±2.8% (111  ±97) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Vega Baja Municipio: 1.8% † 218 (±1% / ±120)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.9% 21,908 (±0.2% / ±1,392)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,909 ±488 Number of housing units
  • Vega Baja Municipio: 27,010 ±639
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$145,400 ±$14,866 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Vega Baja Municipio: $122,700 ±$3,816
  • 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

86.2% ±1.7% (9,712  ±914.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Vega Baja Municipio: 78.9% 31,926
  • a little higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.2% 1,965,301 (±0.5% / ±11,189.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
33.2% ±3.5% (3,740  ±523.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Vega Baja Municipio: 25.9% 10,478
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.8% 721,619 (±0.3% / ±6,901.7)
  • about 90 percent 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% ±1% (266  ±128) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Vega Baja Municipio: 2% † 920 (±0.6% / ±262)
  • 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)
266 Total veterans ±128 209 Male ±107 57 Female ±68

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