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NYC-Manhattan Community District 3--Chinatown & Lower East Side PUMA, NY

160,490 Population
1.7 square miles 91,974.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±2.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 38.7 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$35,748 ±$3,352 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $37,156 ±$270
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$39,584 ±$9,565 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $64,894 ±$507
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

27.3% ±3.7% (41,933  ±6,207) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 14.1% 2,722,257 (±0.2% / ±47,366)
  • about double the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

30.7 minutes ±1.5 (2,084,835  ±192,717) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 33.7 303,961,285 (±0.1 / ±1,665,492)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,891,349,480 (±0.1 / ±8,012,447)

Families

71,429 ±3,822 Number of households
  • New York: 7,304,332 ±18,884
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
2.1 ±0.1 (151,455  ±9,360) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.6 19,273,248 (±0)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.7 317,631,941

3% ±1.8% (1,206  ±719) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 4.6% 219,214 (±0.2% / ±7,747)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

78,557 ±4,257 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,327,621 ±847
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$765,500 ±$63,047 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in New York: $314,500 ±$2,313
  • more than double the amount in United States: $217,600 ±$437

14.1% ±2.4% (22,533  ±3,983.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 10.6% 2,085,890 (±0.2% / ±36,168.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

69.3% ±2.8% (84,897  ±5,888.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 86.6% 11,966,187 (±0.4% / ±52,572.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
39.4% ±2.8% (48,221  ±4,374.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 36% 4,980,162 (±0.2% / ±33,800.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 32% 70,765,915 (±0.1% / ±146,608.8)

53.1% ±1.9% (82,119  ±3,292.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 30.6% 5,696,716 (±0.1% / ±19,202.2)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 21.3% 64,221,193 (±0.1% / ±184,663.6)

36% ±3.4% (57,840  ±6,380) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 22.9% 4,540,381 (±0.2% / ±36,548)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,525,855 (±0% / ±135,763)

1.6% ±0.6% (2,198  ±800) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 4.5% 699,604 (±0.1% / ±11,523)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,204,605 (±0% / ±71,514)
2,198 Total veterans ±800 1,547 Male ±679 651 Female ±517

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