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

180,811 Population
6.1 square miles 29,796 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.7 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 39.2 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$20,794 ±$1,070 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
$45,991 ±$4,189 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $72,108 ±$452
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

23.4% ±3.6% (41,801  ±7,083) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 13% 2,467,006 (±0.2% / ±45,734)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

48.3 minutes ±3.3 (3,279,540  ±370,160) 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

62,945 ±3,727 Number of households
  • New York: 7,446,812 ±13,820
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.8 ±0.1 (178,728  ±12,917) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 18,884,948
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

4.6% ±1.8% (2,092  ±861) 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

71,022 ±3,808 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,404,205 ±839
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$543,800 ±$36,876 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New York: $338,700 ±$3,182
  • more than double the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

3% ±0.8% (5,238  ±1,474.2) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 10.5% 2,027,540 (±0.2% / ±35,825.8)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

84.1% ±7.8% (96,580  ±6,096) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 87.6% 11,970,504 (±0.4% / ±55,181)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
13.3% ±1.7% (15,252  ±2,205.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 37.8% 5,166,218 (±0.3% / ±35,028.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

44.5% ±2.5% (65,960  ±3,983.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 30.5% 5,620,166 (±0.1% / ±19,728.5)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 21.6% 65,947,773 (±0.1% / ±212,842.9)

32.5% ±2.9% (58,731  ±6,759) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 22.4% 4,360,291 (±0.2% / ±42,271)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

2% ±0.7% (2,581  ±945) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in New York: 4.3% 655,055 (±0.1% / ±10,056)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
2,581 Total veterans ±945 1,864 Male ±670 717 Female ±638

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