Monserrate vs Vega Baja

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

Monserrate 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 2,166 in Monserrate). Vega Baja has the higher median household income ($22,455 vs $17,868 in Monserrate). Vega Baja has the higher median home value ($115,400 vs $107,500 in Monserrate).

Population, income & housing

	Monserrate	Vega Baja
Population	2,166	22,730
Median age	40.7 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$17,868	$22,455
Median home value	$107,500	$115,400
Median gross rent	$557	$618
Housing units	1,048	11,250
Homeownership rate	63.2%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	15.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monserrate	Vega Baja
Population	2,193 → 2,166 (-1.2%)	22,211 → 22,730 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$14,835 → $17,868 (+20.4%)	$18,367 → $22,455 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$86,600 → $107,500 (+24.1%)	$104,300 → $115,400 (+10.6%)
Median gross rent	$552 → $557 (+0.9%)	$470 → $618 (+31.5%)

Monserrate

Population

2,1932,166

Median household income

$14,835$17,868

Median home value

$86,600$107,500

Median gross rent

$552$557

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)

	Monserrate	Vega Baja
Under 5	8.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.7%	14.1%
18 to 24	11.4%	8.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	13.4%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	9.0%	13.8%
55 to 64	11.4%	12.4%
65 to 74	15.2%	11.8%
75 and over	10.6%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monserrate	Vega Baja
White (non-Hispanic)	0.8%	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	2.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	97.0%	98.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monserrate	Vega Baja
No high school diploma	14.7%	24.8%
High school graduate	40.2%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monserrate	Vega Baja
Drove alone	88.3%	92.9%
Carpooled	4.8%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	0.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monserrate	Vega Baja
1-unit, detached	88.7%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	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

	Monserrate	Vega Baja
Poverty rate	49.0%	43.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1978	1975