Sabana vs Vega Baja

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

Sabana 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 1,220 in Sabana). Vega Baja has the higher median household income ($22,455 vs $18,973 in Sabana). Vega Baja has the higher median home value ($115,400 vs $90,400 in Sabana).

Population, income & housing

	Sabana	Vega Baja
Population	1,220	22,730
Median age	39.9 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$18,973	$22,455
Median home value	$90,400	$115,400
Median gross rent	—	$618
Housing units	648	11,250
Homeownership rate	89.3%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.2%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	17.8%	15.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sabana	Vega Baja
Population	1,124 → 1,220 (+8.5%)	22,211 → 22,730 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$9,853 → $18,973 (+92.6%)	$18,367 → $22,455 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$66,700 → $90,400 (+35.5%)	$104,300 → $115,400 (+10.6%)
Median gross rent	$369 → $367 (-0.5%)	$470 → $618 (+31.5%)

Sabana

Population

1,1241,220

Median household income

$9,853$18,973

Median home value

$66,700$90,400

Median gross rent

$369$367

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)

	Sabana	Vega Baja
Under 5	4.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.8%	14.1%
18 to 24	10.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	17.9%	13.4%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.8%
55 to 64	16.4%	12.4%
65 to 74	4.3%	11.8%
75 and over	10.9%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sabana	Vega Baja
White (non-Hispanic)	1.9%	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	6.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	91.8%	98.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sabana	Vega Baja
No high school diploma	47.5%	24.8%
High school graduate	22.4%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sabana	Vega Baja
Drove alone	100.0%	92.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	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)

	Sabana	Vega Baja
1-unit, detached	86.7%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	13.3%	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

	Sabana	Vega Baja
Poverty rate	65.7%	43.4%
Average household size	3.10	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1970	1975