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

155,408 Population
1.7 square miles 89,065.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 39 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$44,391 ±$5,157 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $38,884 ±$241
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $33,831 ±$77
$48,376 ±$6,357 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $67,844 ±$637
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $61,937 ±$94

30% ±4% (44,449  ±6,548) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in New York: 13.6% 2,591,391 (±0.2% / ±46,405)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.1% 41,852,315 (±0.1% / ±232,949)

31.1 minutes ±1.1 (2,217,425  ±196,967) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 34 302,146,320 (±0.2 / ±1,842,407)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.1 3,967,761,655 (±0 / ±7,704,522)

Families

70,671 ±3,383 Number of households
  • New York: 7,367,015 ±16,617
  • United States: 121,520,180 ±153,217
2.1 ±0.1 (145,793  ±9,614) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.6 18,969,261 (±0)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 319,075,830

1.8% ±1.2% (792  ±531) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 4.6% 216,046 (±0.2% / ±7,411)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,956,960 (±0% / ±30,916)

Housing

78,183 ±3,097 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,363,847 ±866
  • United States: 138,539,906 ±4,033

$699,500 ±$61,158 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in New York: $325,500 ±$2,465
  • more than double the amount in United States: $229,700 ±$366

15.1% ±2% (23,302  ±3,438.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,002,636 (±0.2% / ±35,474.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 45,452,496 (±0.1% / ±185,008.3)

Social

75.4% ±0.9% (90,023  ±6,260.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 87.2% 11,914,979 (±0.4% / ±54,046)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 88.3% 197,114,684 (±0.1% / ±245,154.7)
47.8% ±2.5% (57,115  ±4,944.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 37.2% 5,091,466 (±0.3% / ±35,347.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 32.6% 72,750,461 (±0.1% / ±151,650)

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)

30.9% ±2.3% (48,052  ±4,699) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,447,165 (±0.2% / ±38,315)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,728,721 (±0.1% / ±157,222)

2.4% ±0.7% (3,309  ±930) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in New York: 4.4% 678,833 (±0.1% / ±10,675)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,964,242 (±0% / ±66,854)
3,309 Total veterans ±930 3,216 Male ±901 93 Female ±153

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