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Puerto Nuevo barrio, Vega Baja Municipio, PR

5,741 Population
2.7 square miles 2,151.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.8 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Vega Baja Municipio: 44.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,464 ±$12,701 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in Vega Baja Municipio: $16,650 ±$1,610
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$32,176 ±$15,259 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Vega Baja Municipio: $24,244 ±$1,840
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

30.4% ±7.9% (1,746  ±555) 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)

26.5 minutes ±1.6 (52,770  ±18,047) 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

2,407 ±382 Number of households
  • Vega Baja Municipio: 21,587 ±636
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (5,723  ±1,057) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Vega Baja Municipio: 2.5 53,560 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • a little less than the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,197,034
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.5% ±2.5% (19  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Vega Baja Municipio: 1.8% † 218 (±1% / ±120)
  • about half the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.9% 21,908 (±0.2% / ±1,392)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,130 ±413 Number of housing units
  • Vega Baja Municipio: 27,010 ±639
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$155,900 ±$16,790 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Vega Baja Municipio: $122,700 ±$3,816
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Puerto Rico: $131,500 ±$959
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

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Social

83.8% ±19.3% (3,534  ±568) High school grad or higher
  • a little 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)
45.4% ±6.7% (1,912  ±421.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Vega Baja Municipio: 25.9% 10,478
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.8% 721,619 (±0.3% / ±6,901.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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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4.2% ±2.4% (205  ±121) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Vega Baja Municipio: 2% † 920 (±0.6% / ±262)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
205 Total veterans ±121 191 Male ±118 14 Female ±22

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