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Census Tract 5609, Vega Baja, PR

4,489 Population
12.5 square miles 359.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.5 ±5.4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Miranda: 39 † ±22.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Vega Baja Municipio: 44.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2

Economics

$11,663 ±$1,782 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Miranda: $8,576 † ±$2,175
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Vega Baja Municipio: $16,650 ±$1,610
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
$21,583 ±$3,478 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Miranda: $19,200 † ±$2,107
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Vega Baja Municipio: $24,244 ±$1,840
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261

49.9% ±11% (2,194  ±620) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Miranda: 67.3% † 647 (±21.6% / ±324)
  • 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)

27.3 minutes ±3.3 (34,495  ±9,682) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Miranda: 35.1 † 8,780 (±7.9 / ±5,457)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Vega Baja Municipio: 29.8 517,960 (±1.6 / ±37,805)
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)

Families

1,718 ±255 Number of households
  • Miranda: 346 † ±117
  • Vega Baja Municipio: 21,587 ±636
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
2.6 ±0.3 (4,386  ±785) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Miranda: 2.7 † 940 (±0.5 / ±368)
  • a little higher than the figure in Vega Baja Municipio: 2.5 53,560 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • a little higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,197,034

3.8% ±5.5% (39  ±58) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • Miranda: 0%
  • more than double the rate in Vega Baja Municipio: 1.8% † 218 (±1% / ±120)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.9% 21,908 (±0.2% / ±1,392)

Housing

2,120 ±266 Number of housing units
  • Miranda: 546 † ±123
  • Vega Baja Municipio: 27,010 ±639
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364

$104,300 ±$20,175 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Miranda: $73,700 † ±$25,378
  • about 80 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

69.7% ±16.9% (2,279  ±389.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Miranda: 68.9% 429 (±5% / ±158.1)
  • about 90 percent of 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)
12.2% ±3.9% (400  ±146) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in Miranda: 5.6% † 35 (±8.6% / ±55.2)
  • about half the rate in Vega Baja Municipio: 25.9% 10,478
  • about two-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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1.3% ±1.2% (48  ±45) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Miranda: 1.6% † 12 (±2.3% / ±18)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Vega Baja Municipio: 2% † 920 (±0.6% / ±262)
  • about half the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
48 Total veterans ±45 48 Male ±45 N/A Female ±15

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