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Census Tract 5603, Vega Baja, PR

4,348 Population
5.1 square miles 852.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±4.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Vega Baja: 43 ±2.7
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Vega Baja Municipio: 44.7 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2

Economics

$13,459 ±$3,215 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Vega Baja: $14,675 ±$1,144
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Vega Baja Municipio: $16,650 ±$1,610
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
$19,893 ±$5,613 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Vega Baja: $23,353 ±$2,087
  • 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

50.9% ±10% (2,198  ±594) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Vega Baja: 41.9% † 9,484 (±4.4% / ±1,159)
  • 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)

24.9 minutes ±2.4 (33,435  ±9,710) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Vega Baja: 30.4 234,180 (±2 / ±28,595)
  • 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

1,693 ±236 Number of households
  • Vega Baja: 9,417 ±579
  • Vega Baja Municipio: 21,587 ±636
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
2.5 ±0.3 (4,303  ±803) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Vega Baja: 2.4 22,646 (±0 / ±1,427)
  • 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

2,094 ±245 Number of housing units
  • Vega Baja: 11,747 ±609
  • Vega Baja Municipio: 27,010 ±639
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364

$112,000 ±$11,344 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Vega Baja: $119,100 ±$5,044
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Vega Baja Municipio: $122,700 ±$3,816
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $131,500 ±$959

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Social

75.6% ±19% (2,223  ±391.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Vega Baja: 77.8% 13,346 (±2.8% / ±969.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Vega Baja Municipio: 78.9% 31,926
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.2% 1,965,301 (±0.5% / ±11,189.7)
20.4% ±6.1% (601  ±210) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Vega Baja: 24.8% † 4,256 (±2.5% / ±512.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Vega Baja Municipio: 25.9% 10,478
  • about two-thirds 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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3.1% ±2.6% (106  ±90) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Vega Baja: 1.8% † 332 (±0.7% / ±129)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Vega Baja Municipio: 2% † 920 (±0.6% / ±262)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
106 Total veterans ±90 106 Male ±90 N/A Female ±15

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