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

167,128 Population
1.7 square miles 95,782.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 39.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$41,091 ±$4,035 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $41,857 ±$295
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$41,302 ±$6,080 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $72,108 ±$452
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

24% ±3.1% (38,378  ±5,683) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 13% 2,467,006 (±0.2% / ±45,734)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

30.1 minutes ±1.6 (2,222,535  ±268,240) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 34 305,193,510 (±0.1 / ±1,359,093)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

79,192 ±4,090 Number of households
  • New York: 7,446,812 ±13,820
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2 ±0.1 (157,437  ±11,316) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 18,884,948
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

2.9% ±1.5% (1,281  ±648) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 4.7% 217,713 (±0.2% / ±8,616)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

83,942 ±4,288 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,404,205 ±839
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$790,100 ±$75,263 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in New York: $338,700 ±$3,182
  • more than double the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

15.3% ±2.4% (25,358  ±4,278.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 10.5% 2,027,540 (±0.2% / ±35,825.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

71.2% ±1.8% (93,204  ±7,306.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 87.6% 11,970,504 (±0.4% / ±55,181)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
38.2% ±2.9% (49,978  ±5,319.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 37.8% 5,166,218 (±0.3% / ±35,028.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

49.5% ±2.3% (74,173  ±3,596.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 30.5% 5,620,166 (±0.1% / ±19,728.5)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 21.6% 65,947,773 (±0.1% / ±212,842.9)

35.7% ±3.3% (59,585  ±6,802) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 22.4% 4,360,291 (±0.2% / ±42,271)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

1.3% ±0.7% (1,992  ±972) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 4.3% 655,055 (±0.1% / ±10,056)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
1,992 Total veterans ±972 1,619 Male ±765 373 Female ±435

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