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Census Tract 5501.01, Vega Alta, PR

3,652 Population
1.2 square miles 3,144.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±9.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Breñas: 38.9 † ±4.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Vega Alta Municipio: 42.4 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2

Economics

$31,250 ±$6,248 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Breñas: $32,189 † ±$6,190
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Vega Alta Municipio: $18,289 † ±$2,498
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
$73,737 ±$21,076 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Breñas: $62,778 † ±$30,611
  • more than double the amount in Vega Alta Municipio: $25,538 ±$2,380
  • more than double the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261

26.4% ±13.6% (965  ±538) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Breñas: 27.9% † 1,163 (±14.3% / ±663)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Vega Alta Municipio: 40.8% † 14,175 (±4.2% / ±1,461)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Puerto Rico: 40.5% 1,299,426 (±0.4% / ±12,068)

41.1 minutes ±17.9 (58,105  ±16,847) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Breñas: 40.1 † 63,905 (±20.2 / ±22,222)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Vega Alta Municipio: 31.2 342,980 (±1.3 / ±29,728)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)

Families

1,319 ±261 Number of households
  • Breñas: 1,542 † ±375
  • Vega Alta Municipio: 14,015 ±469
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
2.8 ±0.2 (3,652  ±775) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Breñas: 2.7 4,136 (±0.2 / ±1,032)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Vega Alta Municipio: 2.5 34,695 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,197,034

10.6% ±11.8% (100  ±115) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • Breñas: 0%
  • more than double 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)

Housing

1,696 ±278 Number of housing units
  • Breñas: 1,931 † ±378
  • Vega Alta Municipio: 17,058 ±434
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364

$251,000 ±$78,841 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Breñas: $283,300 † ±$36,181
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Vega Alta Municipio: $140,700 ±$8,234
  • nearly double the amount in Puerto Rico: $131,500 ±$959

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Social

92.3% ±27% (2,182  ±440.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Breñas: 90.9% † 2,523 (±28.8% / ±529.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Vega Alta Municipio: 80.7% 20,562
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.2% 1,965,301 (±0.5% / ±11,189.7)
49.1% ±8.9% (1,162  ±323.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Breñas: 48.5% † 1,346 (±8.2% / ±391.6)
  • nearly double the rate in Vega Alta Municipio: 25.7% 6,559
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.8% 721,619 (±0.3% / ±6,901.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

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3% ±3.2% (80  ±87) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Breñas: 4.7% † 157 (±4.1% / ±139)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Vega Alta Municipio: 2.1% † 616 (±0.8% / ±232)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
80 Total veterans ±87 80 Male ±87 N/A Female ±15

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