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

135,444 Population
3.1 square miles 43,519 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.1 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 38.7 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$63,747 ±$4,006 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New York: $37,156 ±$270
  • about double the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$92,562 ±$5,467 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New York: $64,894 ±$507
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

14.9% ±3.4% (19,333  ±4,557) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 14.1% 2,722,257 (±0.2% / ±47,366)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

35.2 minutes ±0.4 (2,506,045  ±174,269) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 33.7 303,961,285 (±0.1 / ±1,665,492)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.9 3,891,349,480 (±0.1 / ±8,012,447)

Families

59,459 ±2,604 Number of households
  • New York: 7,304,332 ±18,884
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
2.2 ±0.1 (128,746  ±7,451) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.6 19,273,248 (±0)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.7 317,631,941

5.8% ±1.8% (2,612  ±813) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 4.6% 219,214 (±0.2% / ±7,747)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

64,915 ±2,820 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,327,621 ±847
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$884,800 ±$70,978 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in New York: $314,500 ±$2,313
  • more than double the amount in United States: $217,600 ±$437

18.3% ±1.8% (24,174  ±2,677.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 10.6% 2,085,890 (±0.2% / ±36,168.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

89.7% ±6.7% (89,207  ±4,702.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 86.6% 11,966,187 (±0.4% / ±52,572.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
66.4% ±1.7% (66,046  ±3,896.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 36% 4,980,162 (±0.2% / ±33,800.3)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 32% 70,765,915 (±0.1% / ±146,608.8)

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)

18.8% ±2% (25,422  ±3,026) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 22.9% 4,540,381 (±0.2% / ±36,548)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,525,855 (±0% / ±135,763)

1.7% ±0.5% (1,847  ±590) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 4.5% 699,604 (±0.1% / ±11,523)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,204,605 (±0% / ±71,514)
1,847 Total veterans ±590 1,738 Male ±557 109 Female ±130

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