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

128,369 Population
2.6 square miles 49,553.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 39.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$21,170 ±$1,576 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in New York: $41,857 ±$295
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$31,345 ±$4,928 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $72,108 ±$452
  • about half the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

34.3% ±4.5% (43,817  ±6,445) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in New York: 13% 2,467,006 (±0.2% / ±45,734)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

47.2 minutes ±2 (2,210,125  ±231,556) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New York: 34 305,193,510 (±0.1 / ±1,359,093)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

51,886 ±2,961 Number of households
  • New York: 7,446,812 ±13,820
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.4 ±0.1 (121,914  ±8,699) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 18,884,948
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

4.6% ±2.1% (1,690  ±809) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 4.7% 217,713 (±0.2% / ±8,616)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

55,188 ±2,956 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,404,205 ±839
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$505,600 ±$72,164 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New York: $338,700 ±$3,182
  • more than double the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

11.2% ±3.4% (14,127  ±4,428.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 10.5% 2,027,540 (±0.2% / ±35,825.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

76.1% ±3.2% (63,171  ±4,861.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 87.6% 11,970,504 (±0.4% / ±55,181)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
16.2% ±2.3% (13,428  ±2,073.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 37.8% 5,166,218 (±0.3% / ±35,028.3)
  • about half the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

24.1% ±3.1% (26,130  ±3,439.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 30.5% 5,620,166 (±0.1% / ±19,728.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 21.6% 65,947,773 (±0.1% / ±212,842.9)

25.6% ±2.6% (32,885  ±4,024) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 22.4% 4,360,291 (±0.2% / ±42,271)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

2.1% ±0.8% (1,971  ±795) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in New York: 4.3% 655,055 (±0.1% / ±10,056)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
1,971 Total veterans ±795 1,600 Male ±664 371 Female ±443

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