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Vega Baja, Vega Alta & Morovis PUMA, PR

119,234 Population
112.4 square miles 1,060.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Puerto Rico: 45.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$16,979 ±$2,460 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $18,766 ±$378
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$24,780 ±$3,528 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $27,213 ±$751
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

36.4% ±5.1% (43,346  ±6,065) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Puerto Rico: 37.3% 1,184,965 (±1% / ±30,230)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

30.6 minutes ±1 (1,163,115  ±54,066) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

45,580 ±2,136 Number of households
  • Puerto Rico: 1,242,609 ±10,856
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.1 (118,755  ±2,128) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.6 3,164,676
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.4% ±2.4% (988  ±689) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.7% † 19,803 (±0.4% / ±3,206)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

56,041 ±2,059 Number of housing units
  • Puerto Rico: 1,616,963 ±7,687
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$127,800 ±$9,970 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $142,100 ±$1,869
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

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Social

81.3% ±5.7% (70,754  ±5,438.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.9% 1,988,848 (±1.1% / ±26,943.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
26.2% ±3.6% (22,786  ±3,198.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.7% 721,127 (±0.7% / ±16,025.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

96.8% (109,639  ±) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the rate in Puerto Rico: 95.5% 2,990,946 (±0.2% / ±4,626.7)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

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2% ±1.1% (2,020  ±1,117) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.3% 62,064 (±0.2% / ±4,271)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,020 Total veterans ±1,117 1,178 Male ±630 842 Female ±868

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