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NYC-Brooklyn Community District 16--Brownsville & Ocean Hill PUMA, NY

111,511 Population
2.6 square miles 43,046.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 38.7 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$16,899 ±$1,214 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in New York: $37,156 ±$270
  • about half the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$20,254 ±$3,875 Median household income
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $64,894 ±$507
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

39.9% ±3.3% (44,194  ±4,754) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in New York: 14.1% 2,722,257 (±0.2% / ±47,366)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

46.8 minutes ±1 (1,960,915  ±76,982) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2016 5-year data
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New York: 32.6 286,513,980 (±0.1 / ±774,820)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.2 3,639,851,270 (±0.1 / ±7,536,392)

Families

46,319 ±2,649 Number of households
  • New York: 7,304,332 ±18,884
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
2.2 ±0.1 (102,453  ±6,546) 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

7.7% ±2.4% (2,582  ±861) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 4.6% 219,214 (±0.2% / ±7,747)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

52,301 ±3,072 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,327,621 ±847
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$488,300 ±$51,170 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New York: $314,500 ±$2,313
  • more than double the amount in United States: $217,600 ±$437

8% ±1.9% (8,825  ±2,160.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 10.6% 2,085,890 (±0.2% / ±36,168.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

80.6% ±2.8% (63,293  ±4,599.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 86.6% 11,966,187 (±0.4% / ±52,572.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
12.7% ±2% (9,962  ±1,720.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 36% 4,980,162 (±0.2% / ±33,800.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 32% 70,765,915 (±0.1% / ±146,608.8)

24.3% ±2.9% (27,534  ±3,346.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2016 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 30.5% 5,640,948 (±0.1% / ±16,402.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 21.2% 63,172,059 (±0.1% / ±154,450.8)

26.2% ±3% (29,167  ±3,849) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 22.9% 4,540,381 (±0.2% / ±36,548)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,525,855 (±0% / ±135,763)

2% ±0.8% (1,775  ±679) Population with veteran status
  • about half 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)
1,775 Total veterans ±679 1,327 Male ±535 448 Female ±344

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