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Census Tract 5506.01, Vega Alta, PR

3,576 Population
4.5 square miles 795.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.1 ±7.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Vega Alta: 46.8 † ±4.9
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Vega Alta Municipio: 42.4 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2

Economics

$14,167 ±$2,628 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Vega Alta: $15,536 † ±$1,749
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Vega Alta Municipio: $18,289 † ±$2,498
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
$18,938 ±$7,881 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Vega Alta: $25,197 † ±$3,823
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Vega Alta Municipio: $25,538 ±$2,380
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261

48.8% ±12.6% (1,741  ±537) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Vega Alta: 40.1% † 3,320 (±6.5% / ±653)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Vega Alta Municipio: 40.8% † 14,175 (±4.2% / ±1,461)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 40.5% 1,299,426 (±0.4% / ±12,068)

27.8 minutes ±3.3 (27,835  ±8,655) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Vega Alta: 30.3 76,395 (±2.9 / ±16,826)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Vega Alta Municipio: 31.2 342,980 (±1.3 / ±29,728)
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)

Families

1,594 ±200 Number of households
  • Vega Alta: 3,809 ±351
  • Vega Alta Municipio: 14,015 ±469
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
2.2 ±0.3 (3,565  ±605) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Vega Alta: 2.2 8,274 (±0.1 / ±933)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Vega Alta Municipio: 2.5 34,695 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,197,034

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

Housing

2,046 ±223 Number of housing units
  • Vega Alta: 4,492 ±376
  • Vega Alta Municipio: 17,058 ±434
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364

$110,300 ±$8,071 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Vega Alta: $123,900 ±$7,237
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Vega Alta Municipio: $140,700 ±$8,234
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $131,500 ±$959

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Social

75.3% ±6.9% (2,187  ±381.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Vega Alta: 81.9% † 5,511 (±13% / ±597.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Vega Alta Municipio: 80.7% 20,562
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.2% 1,965,301 (±0.5% / ±11,189.7)
13.4% ±4.7% (390  ±148.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Vega Alta: 26.3% † 1,773 (±4.1% / ±343.8)
  • about half the rate in Vega Alta Municipio: 25.7% 6,559
  • about half 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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1.7% ±1.6% (53  ±51) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Vega Alta: 2.3% † 168 (±1.3% / ±95)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Vega Alta Municipio: 2.1% † 616 (±0.8% / ±232)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
53 Total veterans ±51 53 Male ±51 N/A Female ±15

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