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Census Tract 5505, Vega Alta, PR

4,631 Population
1.2 square miles 3,741.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.4 ±6.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Vega Alta: 46 ±3.8
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Vega Alta Municipio: 41.9 ±0.5

Economics

$16,132 ±$2,903 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Vega Alta: $14,476 † ±$1,910
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Vega Alta Municipio: $17,637 † ±$2,040
$24,135 ±$8,216 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Vega Alta: $23,682 ±$2,270
  • a little less than the amount in Vega Alta Municipio: $25,235 ±$1,745

38.4% ±12.6% (1,711  ±616) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Vega Alta: 40.9% † 3,480 (±7.3% / ±710)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Vega Alta Municipio: 41.3% 14,391 (±3.3% / ±1,139)

29.7 minutes ±2.7 (41,400  ±11,988) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Vega Alta: 29.5 79,385 (±1.8 / ±16,000)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Vega Alta Municipio: 32 345,865 (±1.1 / ±30,635)

Families

1,853 ±256 Number of households
  • Vega Alta: 3,564 ±300
  • Vega Alta Municipio: 13,365 ±469
2.4 ±0.2 (4,458  ±672) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Vega Alta: 2.4 8,503 (±0.1 / ±847)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Vega Alta Municipio: 2.6 34,821 (±0.1 / ±45)

1.5% ±2.3% (17  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Vega Alta: 2% † 43 (±1.9% / ±41)
  • about one-third of the rate in Vega Alta Municipio: 4.5% † 371 (±2.3% / ±195)

Housing

2,138 ±289 Number of housing units
  • Vega Alta: 4,255 ±321
  • Vega Alta Municipio: 16,323 ±452

$137,900 ±$18,395 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Vega Alta: $125,400 ±$9,855
  • a little higher than the amount in Vega Alta Municipio: $134,500 ±$8,826

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Social

79.6% ±6.7% (2,863  ±482.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Vega Alta: 79.9% 5,423 (±4.2% / ±591.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Vega Alta Municipio: 78.2% 19,836
26.2% ±6.2% (942  ±262.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Vega Alta: 26.4% † 1,793 (±4.5% / ±352.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Vega Alta Municipio: 24.7% 6,277

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3.3% ±2.3% (138  ±99) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Vega Alta: 2.8% † 210 (±1.5% / ±111)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Vega Alta Municipio: 2.1% † 598 (±0.7% / ±192)
138 Total veterans ±99 103 Male ±89 35 Female ±41

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