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NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Brooklyn Heights & Fort Greene PUMA, NY

145,843 Population
3.1 square miles 46,860.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 39 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$68,974 ±$4,674 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New York: $38,884 ±$241
  • about double the amount in United States: $33,831 ±$77
$108,441 ±$10,791 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New York: $67,844 ±$637
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $61,937 ±$94

15.9% ±2.9% (22,269  ±4,283) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 13.6% 2,591,391 (±0.2% / ±46,405)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.1% 41,852,315 (±0.1% / ±232,949)

35.7 minutes ±1 (2,731,085  ±185,452) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 34 302,146,320 (±0.2 / ±1,842,407)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 27.1 3,967,761,655 (±0 / ±7,704,522)

Families

63,983 ±3,032 Number of households
  • New York: 7,367,015 ±16,617
  • United States: 121,520,180 ±153,217
2.2 ±0.1 (139,019  ±8,065) 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

2.7% ±0.9% (1,250  ±433) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 4.6% 216,046 (±0.2% / ±7,411)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,956,960 (±0% / ±30,916)

Housing

68,858 ±2,798 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,363,847 ±866
  • United States: 138,539,906 ±4,033

$997,100 ±$96,686 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

19.2% ±2.1% (27,728  ±3,461.2) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,002,636 (±0.2% / ±35,474.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 45,452,496 (±0.1% / ±185,008.3)

Social

91.4% ±6.5% (96,471  ±4,786.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.2% 11,914,979 (±0.4% / ±54,046)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.3% 197,114,684 (±0.1% / ±245,154.7)
67.1% ±1.2% (70,792  ±3,808) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 37.2% 5,091,466 (±0.3% / ±35,347.9)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 32.6% 72,750,461 (±0.1% / ±151,650)

27.4% ±2.4% (35,518  ±3,181.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 30.6% 5,696,716 (±0.1% / ±19,202.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 21.3% 64,221,193 (±0.1% / ±184,663.6)

18.7% ±2.2% (27,278  ±3,588) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,447,165 (±0.2% / ±38,315)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,728,721 (±0.1% / ±157,222)

1.7% ±0.6% (2,015  ±764) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 4.4% 678,833 (±0.1% / ±10,675)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,964,242 (±0% / ±66,854)
2,015 Total veterans ±764 1,718 Male ±723 297 Female ±224

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