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

144,522 Population
3.1 square miles 46,435.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±0.4 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 ±0.1

Economics

$71,550 ±$2,877 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New York: $40,898 ±$167
  • about double the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$106,992 ±$5,774 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New York: $71,117 ±$266
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

15.6% ±1.4% (21,661  ±2,071) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 13.6% 2,581,048 (±0.1% / ±26,021)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

34.6 minutes ±0.3 (2,376,705  ±74,388) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 33.5 287,526,290 (±0.1 / ±1,046,958)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

63,595 ±1,337 Number of households
  • New York: 7,417,224 ±12,559
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.2 ±0 (137,487  ±3,294) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.6 18,945,673
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

4.7% ±0.7% (2,196  ±347) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 4.8% 225,143 (±0.1% / ±3,450)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

70,013 ±1,255 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,362,971 ±772
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$971,800 ±$38,270 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in New York: $325,000 ±$1,056
  • more than double the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

18.2% ±1% (25,828  ±1,498.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,007,694 (±0.1% / ±15,289)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

91.8% ±0.7% (96,824  ±2,280.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.2% 11,905,267 (±0.2% / ±28,296.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
67.4% ±1.1% (71,158  ±1,941.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 37.5% 5,112,792 (±0.1% / ±18,230.9)
  • about double the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

27% ±3.1% (36,171  ±4,223.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 30.3% 5,574,294 (±0.1% / ±20,686.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 21.5% 66,093,076 (±0.1% / ±186,870.8)

19.3% ±1% (27,941  ±1,529) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 22.4% 4,372,167 (±0.1% / ±19,932)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

2.3% ±0.4% (2,645  ±491) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in New York: 4.4% 676,295 (±0% / ±5,258)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
2,645 Total veterans ±491 2,282 Male ±436 363 Female ±169

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