Census Reporter

NYC-Brooklyn Community District 3--Bedford-Stuyvesant PUMA, NY

144,306 Population
2.3 square miles 62,824.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.2 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 39.2 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$33,232 ±$2,790 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $41,857 ±$295
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$61,186 ±$3,686 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $72,108 ±$452
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

23% ±3.7% (33,023  ±5,778) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 13% 2,467,006 (±0.2% / ±45,734)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

41.4 minutes ±4.4 (2,758,130  ±200,766) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 34 305,193,510 (±0.1 / ±1,359,093)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

56,164 ±2,892 Number of households
  • New York: 7,446,812 ±13,820
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.5 ±0.1 (141,448  ±9,448) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 18,884,948
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

3.3% ±1.3% (1,629  ±665) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 4.7% 217,713 (±0.2% / ±8,616)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

61,818 ±2,837 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,404,205 ±839
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$1,156,400 ±$50,118 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

12.5% ±2% (17,744  ±3,040.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 10.5% 2,027,540 (±0.2% / ±35,825.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

85.3% ±0.3% (84,694  ±5,205.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 87.6% 11,970,504 (±0.4% / ±55,181)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
38.7% ±2.1% (38,406  ±3,113.5) 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)

32.3% ±2.5% (43,444  ±3,513) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 30.5% 5,624,828 (±0.1% / ±19,169.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 21.5% 65,109,685 (±0.1% / ±196,923.5)

19.1% ±1.6% (27,515  ±2,971) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 22.4% 4,360,291 (±0.2% / ±42,271)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

1.5% ±0.6% (1,726  ±650) 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)
1,726 Total veterans ±650 1,651 Male ±614 75 Female ±123

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