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

114,654 Population
2.6 square miles 44,259.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 39 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$21,588 ±$1,198 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in New York: $40,898 ±$167
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$31,951 ±$2,105 Median household income
  • about half the amount in New York: $71,117 ±$266
  • about half the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

33.1% ±1.9% (37,664  ±2,579) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in New York: 13.6% 2,581,048 (±0.1% / ±26,021)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

46.8 minutes ±1.5 (1,877,375  ±109,340) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New York: 33.5 287,526,290 (±0.1 / ±1,046,958)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

47,011 ±1,389 Number of households
  • New York: 7,417,224 ±12,559
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.3 ±0 (107,346  ±3,794) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.6 18,945,673
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

5.3% ±1% (1,750  ±341) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.8% 225,143 (±0.1% / ±3,450)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

51,468 ±1,404 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,362,971 ±772
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$493,400 ±$22,541 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New York: $325,000 ±$1,056
  • more than double the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

9.1% ±1.2% (10,257  ±1,432.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,007,694 (±0.1% / ±15,289)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

78.4% ±1.3% (61,341  ±2,370.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 87.2% 11,905,267 (±0.2% / ±28,296.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
16.4% ±1.3% (12,817  ±1,114.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 37.5% 5,112,792 (±0.1% / ±18,230.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

24.5% ±4.8% (26,166  ±5,250) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 30.3% 5,574,294 (±0.1% / ±20,686.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 21.5% 66,093,076 (±0.1% / ±186,870.8)

29.6% ±1.6% (33,897  ±2,188) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 22.4% 4,372,167 (±0.1% / ±19,932)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

2.3% ±0.5% (2,024  ±431) 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)
2,024 Total veterans ±431 1,789 Male ±392 235 Female ±115

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