Guayama Municipio vs Vega Alta Municipio

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

Guayama 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.

Guayama Municipio has the higher population (35,845 vs 35,114 in Vega Alta Municipio). Vega Alta Municipio has the higher median household income ($25,235 vs $20,273 in Guayama Municipio). Vega Alta Municipio has the higher median home value ($134,500 vs $103,500 in Guayama Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Guayama Municipio	Vega Alta Municipio
Population	35,845	35,114
Median age	41.2 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$20,273	$25,235
Median home value	$103,500	$134,500
Median gross rent	$443	$648
Housing units	18,227	16,323
Homeownership rate	71.5%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	19.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guayama Municipio	Vega Alta Municipio
Population	40,889 → 35,845 (-12.3%)	37,106 → 35,114 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$17,261 → $20,273 (+17.4%)	$20,048 → $25,235 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$86,300 → $103,500 (+19.9%)	$114,300 → $134,500 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$374 → $443 (+18.4%)	$521 → $648 (+24.4%)

Guayama Municipio

Population

40,88935,845

Median household income

$17,261$20,273

Median home value

$86,300$103,500

Median gross rent

$374$443

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)

	Guayama Municipio	Vega Alta Municipio
Under 5	3.3%	3.4%
5 to 17	14.1%	14.9%
18 to 24	10.2%	9.5%
25 to 34	15.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	13.2%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.5%
75 and over	9.2%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guayama Municipio	Vega Alta Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.1%	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	0.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.7%	99.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guayama Municipio	Vega Alta Municipio
No high school diploma	20.5%	21.8%
High school graduate	35.3%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guayama Municipio	Vega Alta Municipio
Drove alone	84.6%	81.2%
Carpooled	9.9%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.4%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.2%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guayama Municipio	Vega Alta Municipio
1-unit, detached	83.9%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	15.9%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.9%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Guayama Municipio	Vega Alta Municipio
Poverty rate	48.6%	41.3%
Average household size	2.25	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1979	1986