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NYC-Brooklyn Community District 12--Borough Park & Kensington PUMA, NY

196,201 Population
3.6 square miles 54,127.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.2 ±1.9 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$28,070 ±$2,530 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $48,847 ±$350
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$67,187 ±$6,385 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $82,095 ±$500
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

26.6% ±4.7% (51,875  ±9,923) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 14.2% 2,702,955 (±0.3% / ±50,606)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

36.7 minutes ±4.7 (2,354,870  ±208,863) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 32.8 270,341,980 (±0.2 / ±2,010,778)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

56,304 ±3,146 Number of households
  • New York: 7,809,267 ±17,008
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
3.5 ±0.2 (194,178  ±13,651) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New York: 2.4 18,954,246
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

9.9% ±2.2% (3,986  ±942) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in New York: 4.9% 223,651 (±0.2% / ±9,540)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

62,117 ±3,389 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,631,232 ±832
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$1,072,500 ±$45,623 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in New York: $420,200 ±$4,220
  • more than double the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

7.6% ±2.1% (14,706  ±4,112.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 9.6% 1,865,276 (±0.2% / ±35,369.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

81% ±7% (86,002  ±5,190.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 88.3% 12,264,360 (±0.4% / ±57,263.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
34.5% ±2.2% (36,691  ±3,276.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 40.6% 5,642,907 (±0.3% / ±38,336)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

70.3% ±2.4% (122,018  ±5,225.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • more than double the rate in New York: 30.7% 5,751,878 (±0.1% / ±23,819.6)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

28.2% ±2.5% (55,290  ±6,219) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 23.1% 4,517,996
  • about double the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

0.8% ±0.4% (1,037  ±551) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 3.6% 563,400 (±0.1% / ±10,870)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
1,037 Total veterans ±551 876 Male ±453 161 Female ±190

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