Las Piedras Municipio vs Vega Alta Municipio

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

Las Piedras 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 35,034 in Las Piedras Municipio). Las Piedras Municipio has the higher median household income ($25,697 vs $25,235 in Vega Alta Municipio). Vega Alta Municipio has the higher median home value ($134,500 vs $121,300 in Las Piedras Municipio).

Population, income & housing

	Las Piedras Municipio	Vega Alta Municipio
Population	35,034	35,114
Median age	43.0 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$25,697	$25,235
Median home value	$121,300	$134,500
Median gross rent	$496	$648
Housing units	15,124	16,323
Homeownership rate	77.6%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	19.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Las Piedras Municipio	Vega Alta Municipio
Population	37,499 → 35,034 (-6.6%)	37,106 → 35,114 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$21,667 → $25,697 (+18.6%)	$20,048 → $25,235 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$114,200 → $121,300 (+6.2%)	$114,300 → $134,500 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$560 → $496 (-11.4%)	$521 → $648 (+24.4%)

Las Piedras Municipio

Population

37,49935,034

Median household income

$21,667$25,697

Median home value

$114,200$121,300

Median gross rent

$560$496

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)

	Las Piedras Municipio	Vega Alta Municipio
Under 5	3.2%	3.4%
5 to 17	13.9%	14.9%
18 to 24	8.9%	9.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	13.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.7%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	13.2%
65 to 74	11.3%	10.5%
75 and over	9.6%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Las Piedras Municipio	Vega Alta Municipio
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	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	0.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.7%	99.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Las Piedras Municipio	Vega Alta Municipio
No high school diploma	17.0%	21.8%
High school graduate	23.7%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Las Piedras Municipio	Vega Alta Municipio
Drove alone	88.8%	81.2%
Carpooled	4.0%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	6.5%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	0.5%	6.7%
Other means	0.2%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Las Piedras Municipio	Vega Alta Municipio
1-unit, detached	83.9%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	10.0%	15.9%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	7.8%
20 or more units	1.6%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Las Piedras Municipio	Vega Alta Municipio
Poverty rate	37.5%	41.3%
Average household size	2.79	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1991	1986