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Census Tract 5502, Vega Alta, PR

5,012 Population
4.5 square miles 1,115.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.9 ±6.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ceiba: 53.7 † ±7.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Vega Alta Municipio: 42.4 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2

Economics

$14,592 ±$2,555 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Ceiba: $14,861 † ±$2,346
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Vega Alta Municipio: $18,289 † ±$2,498
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
$23,915 ±$6,001 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ceiba: $26,064 † ±$7,561
  • a little less than the amount in Vega Alta Municipio: $25,538 ±$2,380
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261

42.9% ±11.1% (2,151  ±652) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ceiba: 34.7% † 911 (±11.9% / ±403)
  • a little higher than the rate in Vega Alta Municipio: 40.8% † 14,175 (±4.2% / ±1,461)
  • a little higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 40.5% 1,299,426 (±0.4% / ±12,068)

29.8 minutes ±5.3 (48,800  ±17,306) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ceiba: 28 22,860 (±1.9 / ±11,502)
  • a little less than the figure in Vega Alta Municipio: 31.2 342,980 (±1.3 / ±29,728)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)

Families

1,993 ±296 Number of households
  • Ceiba: 1,093 † ±245
  • Vega Alta Municipio: 14,015 ±469
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
2.5 ±0.1 (4,971  ±790) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Ceiba: 2.4 † 2,575 (±0.4 / ±729)
  • about the same as the figure in Vega Alta Municipio: 2.5 34,695 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,197,034

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

Housing

2,362 ±349 Number of housing units
  • Ceiba: 1,318 † ±272
  • Vega Alta Municipio: 17,058 ±434
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364

$143,700 ±$35,289 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ceiba: $132,400 † ±$43,464
  • about the same as the amount in Vega Alta Municipio: $140,700 ±$8,234
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Puerto Rico: $131,500 ±$959

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Social

76.5% ±6.9% (2,747  ±515) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ceiba: 74.9% † 1,694 (±27.7% / ±410.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Vega Alta Municipio: 80.7% 20,562
  • a little less than the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.2% 1,965,301 (±0.5% / ±11,189.7)
17.7% ±5.4% (636  ±221.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ceiba: 11.1% † 252 (±6.9% / ±171.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Vega Alta Municipio: 25.7% 6,559
  • about three-fifths of 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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0.8% ±1.2% (31  ±48) Population with veteran status
  • Ceiba: 0%
  • about one-third of the rate in Vega Alta Municipio: 2.1% † 616 (±0.8% / ±232)
  • about one-third of the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
31 Total veterans ±48 31 Male ±48 N/A Female ±22

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