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Census Tract 5601, Vega Baja, PR

4,070 Population
4.4 square miles 929.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.9 ±6.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Monserrate: 37.3 † ±11.9
  • about the same as the figure in Vega Baja Municipio: 44.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2

Economics

$10,882 ±$1,883 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Monserrate: $10,766 † ±$2,498
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Vega Baja Municipio: $16,650 ±$1,610
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
$19,697 ±$3,410 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Monserrate: $18,574 † ±$4,078
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Vega Baja Municipio: $24,244 ±$1,840
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261

51.3% ±11.7% (2,081  ±573) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Monserrate: 49.2% † 1,241 (±14.8% / ±457)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Vega Baja Municipio: 41.1% 21,969 (±2.5% / ±1,357)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 40.5% 1,299,426 (±0.4% / ±12,068)

25.2 minutes ±11 (28,560  ±8,697) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Monserrate: 23.7 17,055 (±0.7 / ±6,573)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Vega Baja Municipio: 29.8 517,960 (±1.6 / ±37,805)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)

Families

1,620 ±221 Number of households
  • Monserrate: 1,055 † ±223
  • Vega Baja Municipio: 21,587 ±636
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
2.5 ±0.2 (4,046  ±623) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Monserrate: 2.4 2,523 (±0 / ±535)
  • about the same as the figure in Vega Baja Municipio: 2.5 53,560 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • 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

2,169 ±228 Number of housing units
  • Monserrate: 1,202 † ±224
  • Vega Baja Municipio: 27,010 ±639
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364

$95,300 ±$6,840 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Monserrate: $101,000 † ±$35,444
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Vega Baja Municipio: $122,700 ±$3,816
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Puerto Rico: $131,500 ±$959

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Social

77.9% ±5.6% (2,393  ±390.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Monserrate: 85.9% 1,466 (±5.6% / ±309.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Vega Baja Municipio: 78.9% 31,926
  • a little less than the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.2% 1,965,301 (±0.5% / ±11,189.7)
14.1% ±5% (434  ±164.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Monserrate: 17.7% † 302 (±7.1% / ±135.4)
  • about half the rate in Vega Baja Municipio: 25.9% 10,478
  • 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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1.6% ±1.6% (56  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Monserrate: 1.8% † 36 (±2.1% / ±42)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Vega Baja Municipio: 2% † 920 (±0.6% / ±262)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
56 Total veterans ±55 56 Male ±55 N/A Female ±15

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