Coamo Municipio vs Vega Alta Municipio

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

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

Vega Alta Municipio has the higher population (35,114 vs 34,294 in Coamo Municipio). Vega Alta Municipio has the higher median household income ($25,235 vs $20,797 in Coamo Municipio). Vega Alta Municipio has the higher median home value ($134,500 vs $104,000 in Coamo Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Coamo Municipio	Vega Alta Municipio
Population	34,294	35,114
Median age	45.3 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$20,797	$25,235
Median home value	$104,000	$134,500
Median gross rent	$521	$648
Housing units	16,061	16,323
Homeownership rate	75.7%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	19.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coamo Municipio	Vega Alta Municipio
Population	38,906 → 34,294 (-11.9%)	37,106 → 35,114 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$19,692 → $20,797 (+5.6%)	$20,048 → $25,235 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$90,700 → $104,000 (+14.7%)	$114,300 → $134,500 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$493 → $521 (+5.7%)	$521 → $648 (+24.4%)

Coamo Municipio

Population

38,90634,294

Median household income

$19,692$20,797

Median home value

$90,700$104,000

Median gross rent

$493$521

Vega Alta Municipio

Population

37,10635,114

Median household income

$20,048$25,235

Median home value

$114,300$134,500

Median gross rent

$521$648

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coamo Municipio	Vega Alta Municipio
Under 5	3.3%	3.4%
5 to 17	13.8%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.7%	13.9%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	14.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	15.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.5%
75 and over	7.9%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coamo Municipio	Vega Alta Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.2%	0.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
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%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.7%	99.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coamo Municipio	Vega Alta Municipio
No high school diploma	18.1%	21.8%
High school graduate	39.9%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coamo Municipio	Vega Alta Municipio
Drove alone	89.3%	81.2%
Carpooled	2.3%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	3.8%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.6%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coamo Municipio	Vega Alta Municipio
1-unit, detached	79.9%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	12.6%	15.9%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	7.8%
20 or more units	2.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Coamo Municipio	Vega Alta Municipio
Poverty rate	52.0%	41.3%
Average household size	2.62	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1984	1986