Corozal Municipio vs Vega Alta Municipio

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

Corozal 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 34,474 in Corozal Municipio). Vega Alta Municipio has the higher median household income ($25,235 vs $23,933 in Corozal Municipio). Vega Alta Municipio has the higher median home value ($134,500 vs $117,800 in Corozal Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Corozal Municipio	Vega Alta Municipio
Population	34,474	35,114
Median age	42.8 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$23,933	$25,235
Median home value	$117,800	$134,500
Median gross rent	$515	$648
Housing units	13,371	16,323
Homeownership rate	75.7%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	19.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corozal Municipio	Vega Alta Municipio
Population	33,500 → 34,474 (+2.9%)	37,106 → 35,114 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$15,140 → $23,933 (+58.1%)	$20,048 → $25,235 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$92,100 → $117,800 (+27.9%)	$114,300 → $134,500 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$516 → $515 (-0.2%)	$521 → $648 (+24.4%)

Corozal Municipio

Population

33,50034,474

Median household income

$15,140$23,933

Median home value

$92,100$117,800

Median gross rent

$516$515

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)

	Corozal Municipio	Vega Alta Municipio
Under 5	3.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	14.9%	14.9%
18 to 24	8.9%	9.5%
25 to 34	13.5%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.2%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.5%
75 and over	9.3%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corozal Municipio	Vega Alta Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.3%	0.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	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+

	Corozal Municipio	Vega Alta Municipio
No high school diploma	22.3%	21.8%
High school graduate	28.0%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corozal Municipio	Vega Alta Municipio
Drove alone	90.0%	81.2%
Carpooled	4.5%	6.4%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	2.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	1.1%	6.7%
Other means	2.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corozal Municipio	Vega Alta Municipio
1-unit, detached	75.1%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	21.3%	15.9%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Corozal Municipio	Vega Alta Municipio
Poverty rate	44.2%	41.3%
Average household size	3.14	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	35	32
Median year structure built	1979	1986