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Municipality

Balagtas

Balagtas is a municipality in Bulacan, Central Luzon, Philippines. Its population was 80,221 in the 2024 census, and it has 9 barangays.

  • Population: 2024 Census
  • Places: PSGC 2Q 2026
  • Checked by Scene: October 8, 2026
  • Page updated: October 9, 2026
Colour byColours the map of Balagtas by the figure chosen; the key beside it says what each colour means.
BocaueBulacanGuiguintoPandiPlaridelBorol 2nd: 8,653 people, 2,837 per km², 0.83% a yearBorol 1st: 11,055 people, 7,785 per km², 0.61% a yearDalig: 2,247 people, 1,208 per km², 1.86% a yearLongos: 2,852 people, 7,294 per km², 1.22% a yearPanginay: 14,719 people, 6,571 per km², 1.22% a yearPulong Gubat: 8,424 people, 3,291 per km², 1.99% a yearSan Juan: 9,490 people, 1,412 per km², 0.19% a yearSantol: 17,692 people, 6,457 per km², 0.89% a yearWawa: 5,089 people, 8,039 per km², 1.06% a year

People · 2024 Census

  • Under 690
  • 690 to 1,100
  • 1,100 to 1,800
  • 1,800 to 3,100
  • 3,100 and over

The same steps colour every map of barangays in the Atlas, so a colour means the same range everywhere.

Density · people per km², 2024

  • Under 160
  • 160 to 340
  • 340 to 700
  • 700 to 2,600
  • 2,600 and over

The same steps colour every map of barangays in the Atlas, so a colour means the same range everywhere.

Growth a year · 2020–2024

  • Fell by more than 1% a year
  • Fell, by up to 1% a year
  • Grew, by under 1% a year
  • Grew by 1 to 2% a year
  • Grew by 2% a year or more

Each place's yearly change between the 2020 and 2024 censuses, on the same steps as every map in the Atlas.

Borders from UN OCHA (PSA and NAMRIA), a guide and not the legal boundary[3]Open in OpenStreetMap

  • PeopleSources

    80,221

    people counted in the 2024 censusCensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary

    Up 22.6% from 2010 to 2024

  • Rank by peopleSources

    20th

    of the 24 cities and municipalities of Bulacan by population, 2024Rank and shareWorked out by Scene from the PSA's counts: where a place stands among the places listed with it, and how many of every 100 of its parent's people live in it.More in the glossary

    About 2 of every 100 people in Bulacan lived in Balagtas in 2024 (2.07%)

  • Inside itSources

    9

    barangays

  • LandSources

    21.07 km²

    of land, 2019 masterlistLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.Explained by Scene: Balagtas's land would fill a square about 4.6 km on each side. That is only a way to picture its size: its real shape is on the map.More in the glossary

    Average density, 2024: 3,807 people per km²Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.Explained by Scene: About 38 people per hectare if everyone were spread evenly across the land. In fact people live closer together in towns and farther apart in the countryside.More in the glossary

  • HomesSources

    23,346

    households in 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary

    3.4 people in each, on average, in 2024

  • Town or countrySources

    93.6%

    About 94 of every 100 people lived in urban barangays in 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary

PSGC codePSGC codeThe code the Philippine Statistics Authority gives every place, so each one is known exactly, even when two share a name.More in the glossary
0301402000[4]Formerly 031402000
ZIP code
3016[17, 18, 19]

People

Balagtas had 80,221 people in the 2024 census, up 22.6% from 2010.
People at each census since 1960

Counts from 2000 on are on today’s borders; earlier counts are as the place was then, so the line may step where a border moved.

Balagtas had the 20th most people of the 24 cities and municipalities of Bulacan in 2024[1]
  1. 17San Rafael108,256
  2. 18Bulacan83,101
  3. 19Bustos80,565
  4. 20Balagtas80,221
  5. 21Angat67,862
  6. 22Obando61,073
  7. 23Paombong58,453
All 24 cities and municipalities of Bulacan
Its 9 barangays by people, 2024 Census[2]
  1. Santol17,69222 in 100
  2. Panginay14,71918 in 100
  3. Borol 1st11,05514 in 100
  4. San Juan9,49012 in 100
  5. Borol 2nd8,65311 in 100
  6. Pulong Gubat8,42411 in 100
  7. Wawa5,0896 in 100
  8. Longos2,8524 in 100
  9. Dalig2,2473 in 100
Age structure · 2020 Census[38]People living in households, by age and sex
  • About 28 of every 100 are children under 15 (27.6%)
  • About 67 of every 100 are of working age, 15 to 64 (67.1%)
  • About 5 of every 100 are 65 or older (5.3%)
MenWomen

The figures by age

People by age group, men and women
AgePeopleMenWomen
0 - 46,9743,6153,359
5 - 96,9783,6223,356
10 - 147,2513,6543,597
15 - 197,1333,6383,495
20 - 247,4683,8583,610
25 - 296,7663,4453,321
30 - 345,8613,0252,836
35 - 395,6962,9582,738
40 - 445,0682,6022,466
45 - 494,2072,1222,085
50 - 543,7541,8881,866
55 - 593,0941,4751,619
60 - 642,5011,1661,335
65 - 691,782819963
70 - 741,131473658
75 - 79600230370
80 years and over561165396

Every figure, census by census

People, 2024 CensusCensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary
80,221[1, 2]
Households, 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary
23,346[1, 2]
People in each household, 2024
3.4 on average[1, 2]
Share of Bulacan, 2024Rank and shareWorked out by Scene from the PSA's counts: where a place stands among the places listed with it, and how many of every 100 of its parent's people live in it.More in the glossary
2.07%[1]
In urban barangays, 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary
93.6% (75,122 people)[5]
Men and women, 2020
38,755 men, 38,070 women[38]People living in households
Population at each census, with its source
CensusPopulationGrowth since the census beforeHouseholdsPeople per household
2024as of July 1, 202480,221[1, 2]0.98% a year23,3463.4
2020as of May 1, 202077,018[1]0.86% a year——
2015as of August 1, 201573,929[1]2.35% a year——
2010as of May 1, 201065,440[1]———
2007as of August 1, 2007; as it was then62,684[36]1.33% a year——
2000as of May 1, 2000; on today’s borders56,945[36, 37]3.18% a year——
1995as of September 1, 1995; as it was then49,210[36]2.71% a year——
1990as of May 1, 1990; as it was then42,658[36]4.06% a year——
1980as of May 1, 1980; as it was then28,654[36]5.98% a year——
1975as of May 1, 1975; as it was then21,422[36]4.61% a year——
1970as of May 6, 1970; as it was then17,109[36]5.11% a year——
1960as of February 15, 1960; as it was then10,280[36]———

Barangays

Balagtas is made up of 9 barangays.
Barangays of Balagtas. Each column heading sorts the table.
[2, 3, 5, 6, 7]Share (2024)Urban or rural
Borol 1st11,05513.78%0.61% a yearabout 1.42 km²Urban
Borol 2nd8,65310.79%0.83% a yearabout 3.05 km²Urban
Dalig2,2472.8%1.86% a yearabout 1.86 km²Rural
Longos2,8523.56%1.22% a yearabout 0.391 km²Rural
Panginay14,71918.35%1.22% a yearabout 2.24 km²Urban
Pulong Gubat8,42410.5%1.99% a yearabout 2.56 km²Urban
San Juan9,49011.83%0.19% a yearabout 6.72 km²Urban
Santol17,69222.05%0.89% a yearabout 2.74 km²Urban
Wawa5,0896.34%1.06% a yearabout 0.633 km²Urban

Areas are approximate: each is measured inside the barangay's border on UN OCHA's map, which is a guide, not the legal boundary.

Land & Environment

Balagtas covers 21.07 km² of land, 3,807 people for every km² in 2024. Its land rises to 17 m above the sea and it lies inland.
Land areaLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary
21.07 km²[6]As listed in the 2019 Masterlist of Land Areas (LMB, DENR)
Average density, 2024Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.More in the glossary
3,807 people per km²[6]
Coordinates
14.82504° N, 120.91161° E[3]The point inside its border farthest from every edge, so it always falls within the place.
Height above the sea[32]
Lowest
Sea level
Average
4 m
Highest
17 m

Heights from the Copernicus DEM, a 30 m model of the surface: it reads the tops of trees and roofs, not the bare ground, over the land inside the border, the sea left out. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved.

Water, coast and peaks

No coastline: it lies inland.

Rivers[33]

  1. Balagtas River10.3 of 13.5 km
  2. Pulong Gubat Creek1.7 of 6.5 km
  3. Bulakan River1.1 of 4.6 km
  4. Kutkot Creek0.5 of 0.6 km

Named rivers, lakes and peaks as OpenStreetMap mapped them on 30 September 2026, and the coast within 150 m of the border. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License.

Climate

Climate typeClimate typePAGASA sorts the country's climate into four types by when the rain falls. Type I has a dry season from November to April and a wet one for the rest of the year; Type II has no dry season, with the most rain from December to February; Type III has a short dry season; Type IV has rain spread through the year.More in the glossary

Type I[34]

Two seasons: dry from November to April, wet for the rest of the year, with the heaviest rain from June to September.

Read by Scene off PAGASA's climate map, so approximate: the type that covers most of the place's land.

At Science Garden, the nearest PAGASA station, 25 km away[35]Averages for 1991 to 2020: 2,786 mm of rain on 143 days a year; 27.8 °C on average

Rain each month Average temperature

The figures by month

Climate at Science Garden, 1991 to 2020, by month
MonthRainRainy daysAverageHighLow
January27 mm426.0 °C30.6 °C21.4 °C
February24 mm326.5 °C31.5 °C21.5 °C
March33 mm427.8 °C32.9 °C22.6 °C
April42 mm529.4 °C34.6 °C24.1 °C
May212 mm1229.8 °C34.4 °C25.1 °C
June323 mm1729.1 °C33.1 °C25.0 °C
July517 mm2128.2 °C31.8 °C24.5 °C
August569 mm2127.9 °C31.2 °C24.6 °C
September500 mm2127.9 °C31.5 °C24.4 °C
October284 mm1527.8 °C31.7 °C23.9 °C
November141 mm1227.4 °C31.6 °C23.2 °C
December115 mm826.6 °C30.7 °C22.4 °C
The year2,786 mm14327.8 °C32.1 °C23.6 °C

A station's figures describe the place around it only roughly: inland and in the hills it may be cooler and wetter. The station stands 43 m above the sea.

Life & Economy

About 15 of every 100 people lived below the poverty line in 2021.
Poverty, 2021Poverty incidenceHow many of every 100 people live in families whose income is below the poverty line: what a person needs in a year for food and other basic needs, as the PSA sets it for each province. It is an estimate, from a survey or, for a town, a statistical model, so the PSA gives a range it is likely to fall in.More in the glossary
14.8% of people[22]Below the poverty line, by the PSA's estimate for every town.
Income classIncome classThe Department of Finance sorts provinces, cities and municipalities into classes by their average yearly income over recent years: 1st class has the most. It measures the local government's income, not how well off its people are.More in the glossary
1st class[4]
About 15 of every 100 people in Balagtas lived below the poverty line in 2021 (14.8%)[22]

The PSA's model for every town puts it between 10.5% and 19.1%, with 90% confidence.

The PSA rates this estimate's reliability as acceptable rather than high: read it as a guide.

Public places

  • 15government offices
  • 5hospitals and health centres
  • 17schools
  • 16places of worship
  • 3markets
  • 3stations and terminals
  • 1monument or memorial

Counted from OpenStreetMap[3, 8]. Schools, places of worship, barangay halls and places known only by a common name, such as a chapel, are listed on each barangay's page.

Government offices8

Hospitals and health centres5

Markets2

Stations and terminals3

Monuments and memorials1

As OpenStreetMap maps them on September 30, 2026. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License.

Government & Leaders

A mayor leads Balagtas. Its local laws, called ordinances, are passed by the Sangguniang Bayan (the municipal council), led by the vice mayor. The mayor, the vice mayor and the council's elected members serve three-year terms, and none may serve more than three in a row.[15, 16]

Legislative districtLegislative districtThe area that elects one member of the House of Representatives. A big province or city may have several.More in the glossary
5th district of Bulacan[20, 21]

Leaders

The mayor and vice mayor elected at each election since 2001, as COMELEC's lists of the elected name them, and those in office now, as the DILG's directory lists them.

  1. 2025–2028In office as of February 2026

    Mayor
    Adrian Jacinto Santiago[23]
    Vice mayor
    Mikee Jane Payuran Gonda[23]

  2. 2022–2025

    Mayor
    Eladio Estrella Gonzales Jr.[24]
    Vice mayor
    Ariel Capiral Valderama[24]

  3. 2019–2022

    Mayor
    Eladio Estrella Gonzales Jr.[25]
    Vice mayor
    Ariel Capiral Valderama[25]

  4. 2016–2019

    Mayor
    Eladio Estrella Gonzales Jr.[26]
    Vice mayor
    Alberto Gatchalian Carating II[26]

  5. 2013–2016

    Mayor
    Romeo Millena Castro[27]
    Vice mayor
    Emmanuel Tanjuan Galvez[27]

  6. 2010–2013

    Mayor
    Romeo Millena Castro[28]
    Vice mayor
    Emmanuel Tanjuan Galvez[28]

  7. 2007–2010

    Mayor
    Romeo Millena Castro[29]
    Vice mayor
    Jessie Gatdula Santiago[29]

  8. 2004–2007

    Mayor
    Reynaldo Castro[30]
    Vice mayor
    Nonilo Vergara[30]

  9. 2001–2004

    Mayor
    Reynaldo M. Castro[31]
    Vice mayor
    Warlito G. Trinidad[31]
Mayors and vice mayors of Balagtas, by term
TermMayorVice mayor
2025–2028In office as of February 2026Adrian Jacinto Santiago[23]Mikee Jane Payuran Gonda[23]
2022–2025Eladio Estrella Gonzales Jr.[24]Ariel Capiral Valderama[24]
2019–2022Eladio Estrella Gonzales Jr.[25]Ariel Capiral Valderama[25]
2016–2019Eladio Estrella Gonzales Jr.[26]Alberto Gatchalian Carating II[26]
2013–2016Romeo Millena Castro[27]Emmanuel Tanjuan Galvez[27]
2010–2013Romeo Millena Castro[28]Emmanuel Tanjuan Galvez[28]
2007–2010Romeo Millena Castro[29]Jessie Gatdula Santiago[29]
2004–2007Reynaldo Castro[30]Nonilo Vergara[30]
2001–2004Reynaldo M. Castro[31]Warlito G. Trinidad[31]

History & Identity

Balagtas's fiesta and days

  • Feast of St. LawrenceTown fiesta · St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr · Every 10 August · next Tuesday, 10 August 2027

Everything listed for Balagtas in Now

Former name
Bigaa[4]

How it got its name

Congress renamed the municipality of Bigaa as Balagtas in 1966, after the poet Francisco Balagtas Baltazar, who was born in the town.[10, 11]

The town's own history page says the people called the place Caruya before the Spanish; Bigaa, named for a tree with big leaves and white flowers, replaced it later.[12]

Its story

Sources differBigaa was long part of Bocaue and was not an independent town; the town page says it became self-governing on New Year's Day 1912.[12]

Barrio Cacarong, then part of Bigaa, saw bitter fighting during the revolution.[11]

Timeline

  1. 8 October 1903

    Act No. 932 joined Bocaue to Bigaa, with the seat at Bigaa.[13]

  2. 20 November 1903

    Act No. 1002 changed that: the joined town of Bocaue and Bigaa would have its seat at Bocaue.[14]

  3. 1911 or 1 January 1912

    Sources differBigaa became a separate municipality again; the province says 1911 and the town says New Year's Day 1912.[11, 12]

  4. 18 June 1966

    Republic Act No. 4702 changed the name of Bigaa to Balagtas.[10]

Nearby

Balagtas shares a border with 5 places.

How it compares

Balagtas beside Bulacan, and where it stands among the cities and municipalities of Bulacan.

Balagtas beside Bulacan
FigureBalagtasBulacanRank among the cities and municipalities of Bulacan
People, 2024CensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary80,221[1, 2]3,876,80620th of 24
Growth a year, 2020–2024Growth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary0.98% a year[1, 2]slower1.07% a year13th of 24
People per km², 2024Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.More in the glossary3,807[6]more crowded1,3187th of 24
Land areaLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary21.07 km²[6]2,942.54 km²23rd of 24
People in each household, 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary3.4[1, 2]lower3.5not ranked
In urban barangays, 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary93.6%[5]higher82.8%not ranked

How far, in a straight line[3]

Malolos City, the capital of Bulacan
9.5 km west
Manila
27.5 km south

In a straight line between the points inside each place farthest from its edges, not by road.

The nearest towns and cities[3]

  1. GuiguintoBulacan4.0 km northwest
  2. BocaueBulacan4.3 km southeast
  3. PandiBulacan6.5 km northeast
  4. PlaridelBulacan6.8 km north
  5. BulacanBulacan7.2 km southwest
  6. Santa MariaBulacan7.9 km east

Sources

Page updated October 9, 2026. Sources checked by Scene October 8, 2026.
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