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

141,066 Population
1.7 square miles 80,845.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$45,745 ±$4,203 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in New York: $43,078 ±$345
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$49,685 ±$5,408 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $74,314 ±$613
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

24.2% ±3.3% (32,514  ±4,953) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 13.9% 2,688,587 (±0.3% / ±47,579)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

30.5 minutes ±5.9 (1,384,970  ±174,255) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 31.4 227,623,710 (±0.2 / ±1,763,382)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

68,649 ±4,611 Number of households
  • New York: 7,652,666 ±17,305
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
1.9 ±0.2 (132,317  ±8,835) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,265,908 (±0)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

2.1% ±1.1% (823  ±451) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in New York: 4.6% 213,704 (±0.2% / ±8,773)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

78,468 ±4,785 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,530,561 ±867
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$751,100 ±$63,922 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in New York: $368,800 ±$2,957
  • more than double the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

16.4% ±2.7% (23,046  ±4,023) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,042,824 (±0.2% / ±41,806.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

78.9% ±3.5% (83,700  ±6,256.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 88% 12,313,514 (±0.4% / ±59,937.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
48.1% ±3.7% (50,972  ±5,004) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 39.9% 5,583,687 (±0.3% / ±39,932.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

45% ±3.7% (69,276  ±5,953.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 30.5% 5,782,729 (±0.1% / ±22,795.7)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,203,430 (±0.1% / ±183,279.2)

30.3% ±2.6% (42,739  ±4,543) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 22.3% 4,427,356 (±0.2% / ±43,047)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

1.5% ±0.7% (1,916  ±841) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 3.9% 614,289 (±0.1% / ±12,232)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
1,916 Total veterans ±841 1,806 Male ±839 110 Female ±145

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