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NYC-Brooklyn Community District 5--East New York & Starrett City PUMA, NY

178,925 Population
6.1 square miles 29,473.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$23,960 ±$2,711 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $43,078 ±$345
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$52,670 ±$3,982 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $74,314 ±$613
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

19.2% ±3.6% (33,920  ±6,800) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 13.9% 2,688,587 (±0.3% / ±47,579)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

47.2 minutes ±8.1 (2,482,615  ±297,827) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in New York: 31.4 227,623,710 (±0.2 / ±1,763,382)
  • nearly double the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

60,918 ±3,189 Number of households
  • New York: 7,652,666 ±17,305
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.9 ±0.2 (177,256  ±13,386) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,265,908 (±0)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

5.5% ±2.3% (2,336  ±1,033) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.6% 213,704 (±0.2% / ±8,773)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

62,776 ±3,114 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,530,561 ±867
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$558,100 ±$59,727 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New York: $368,800 ±$2,957
  • about double the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

2.8% ±0.9% (4,870  ±1,569.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,042,824 (±0.2% / ±41,806.8)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

80.8% ±2.8% (91,265  ±7,074.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 88% 12,313,514 (±0.4% / ±59,937.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
19.2% ±2.3% (21,670  ±2,998.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in New York: 39.9% 5,583,687 (±0.3% / ±39,932.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

43.6% ±3.4% (70,110  ±5,702.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 30.5% 5,782,729 (±0.1% / ±22,795.7)
  • about double the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,203,430 (±0.1% / ±183,279.2)

36.1% ±2.8% (64,665  ±7,006) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 22.3% 4,427,356 (±0.2% / ±43,047)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

2.3% ±0.7% (2,974  ±955) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 3.9% 614,289 (±0.1% / ±12,232)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
2,974 Total veterans ±955 2,697 Male ±982 277 Female ±461

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