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Río Abajo barrio, Vega Baja Municipio, PR

4,157 Population
2.4 square miles 1,764.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.1 ±9.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Vega Baja Municipio: 44.7 ±0.2
  • 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

$11,735 ±$1,789 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Vega Baja Municipio: $16,650 ±$1,610
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$20,582 ±$7,991 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Vega Baja Municipio: $24,244 ±$1,840
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

42.5% ±10% (1,767  ±555) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Vega Baja Municipio: 41.1% 21,969 (±2.5% / ±1,357)
  • a little 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)

28.3 minutes ±5.1 (37,655  ±14,503) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Vega Baja Municipio: 29.8 517,960 (±1.6 / ±37,805)
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,817 ±351 Number of households
  • Vega Baja Municipio: 21,587 ±636
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (4,157  ±861) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Vega Baja Municipio: 2.5 53,560 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • 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

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

Housing

2,324 ±372 Number of housing units
  • Vega Baja Municipio: 27,010 ±639
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$93,600 ±$5,242 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters 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

65.8% ±19.1% (2,162  ±443.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 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)
11.9% ±4.7% (392  ±175.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Vega Baja Municipio: 25.9% 10,478
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.8% 721,619 (±0.3% / ±6,901.7)
  • about one-third 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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0.4% ±0.7% (15  ±23) Population with veteran status
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Vega Baja Municipio: 2% † 920 (±0.6% / ±262)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
15 Total veterans ±23 15 Male ±23 N/A Female ±15

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