Miranda vs Vega Baja

A side-by-side comparison of Miranda and Vega Baja: population, income, housing, and more.

Miranda and Vega Baja are places in Puerto Rico. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Vega Baja has the higher population (22,730 vs 1,298 in Miranda). Vega Baja has the higher median household income ($22,455 vs $19,566 in Miranda). Vega Baja has the higher median home value ($115,400 vs $93,800 in Miranda).

Population, income & housing

	Miranda	Vega Baja
Population	1,298	22,730
Median age	39.5 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$19,566	$22,455
Median home value	$93,800	$115,400
Median gross rent	—	$618
Housing units	621	11,250
Homeownership rate	69.8%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	15.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Miranda	Vega Baja
Population	1,545 → 1,298 (-16.0%)	22,211 → 22,730 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$16,282 → $19,566 (+20.2%)	$18,367 → $22,455 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$92,700 → $93,800 (+1.2%)	$104,300 → $115,400 (+10.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$470 → $618 (+31.5%)

Miranda

Population

1,5451,298

Median household income

$16,282$19,566

Median home value

$92,700$93,800

Vega Baja

Population

22,21122,730

Median household income

$18,367$22,455

Median home value

$104,300$115,400

Median gross rent

$470$618

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Miranda	Vega Baja
Under 5	5.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.1%	14.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.0%
25 to 34	19.1%	13.4%
35 to 44	6.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	15.9%	13.8%
55 to 64	3.4%	12.4%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.8%
75 and over	16.4%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Miranda	Vega Baja
White (non-Hispanic)	2.6%	1.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	96.5%	98.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Miranda	Vega Baja
No high school diploma	37.2%	24.8%
High school graduate	37.7%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Miranda	Vega Baja
Drove alone	86.4%	92.9%
Carpooled	9.9%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Miranda	Vega Baja
1-unit, detached	79.1%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	20.9%	18.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Miranda	Vega Baja
Poverty rate	60.9%	43.4%
Average household size	2.78	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1976	1975