Aguadilla Municipio vs Vega Baja Municipio

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

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

Aguadilla Municipio has the higher population (54,486 vs 54,058 in Vega Baja Municipio). Vega Baja Municipio has the higher median household income ($23,877 vs $19,826 in Aguadilla Municipio). Aguadilla Municipio has the higher median home value ($141,800 vs $117,700 in Vega Baja Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Aguadilla Municipio	Vega Baja Municipio
Population	54,486	54,058
Median age	44.5 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$19,826	$23,877
Median home value	$141,800	$117,700
Median gross rent	$479	$599
Housing units	27,766	25,767
Homeownership rate	57.1%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	16.0%	13.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aguadilla Municipio	Vega Baja Municipio
Population	52,803 → 54,486 (+3.2%)	52,192 → 54,058 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$16,269 → $19,826 (+21.9%)	$19,617 → $23,877 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$118,200 → $141,800 (+20.0%)	$106,600 → $117,700 (+10.4%)
Median gross rent	$443 → $479 (+8.1%)	$496 → $599 (+20.8%)

Aguadilla Municipio

Population

52,80354,486

Median household income

$16,269$19,826

Median home value

$118,200$141,800

Median gross rent

$443$479

Vega Baja Municipio

Population

52,19254,058

Median household income

$19,617$23,877

Median home value

$106,600$117,700

Median gross rent

$496$599

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aguadilla Municipio	Vega Baja Municipio
Under 5	3.2%	3.6%
5 to 17	13.7%	13.2%
18 to 24	9.3%	8.9%
25 to 34	12.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.8%
65 to 74	12.6%	11.6%
75 and over	11.0%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aguadilla Municipio	Vega Baja Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.9%	1.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	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	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	98.5%	98.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aguadilla Municipio	Vega Baja Municipio
No high school diploma	22.3%	22.5%
High school graduate	32.4%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aguadilla Municipio	Vega Baja Municipio
Drove alone	86.9%	91.8%
Carpooled	3.6%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.1%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.4%	2.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aguadilla Municipio	Vega Baja Municipio
1-unit, detached	66.6%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	16.5%	13.6%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	4.3%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Aguadilla Municipio	Vega Baja Municipio
Poverty rate	47.9%	42.3%
Average household size	2.48	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1982	1978