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

176,471 Population
6.1 square miles 29,083.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.3 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 38.7 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$19,022 ±$1,125 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in New York: $37,156 ±$270
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$36,786 ±$4,143 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $64,894 ±$507
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

24.7% ±3.3% (43,212  ±6,562) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 14.1% 2,722,257 (±0.2% / ±47,366)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

42.6 minutes ±1.5 (2,834,625  ±269,385) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 33.7 303,961,285 (±0.1 / ±1,665,492)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.9 3,891,349,480 (±0.1 / ±8,012,447)

Families

59,616 ±3,031 Number of households
  • New York: 7,304,332 ±18,884
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
2.9 ±0.1 (174,683  ±12,357) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.6 19,273,248 (±0)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.7 317,631,941

4.7% ±2% (2,194  ±969) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 4.6% 219,214 (±0.2% / ±7,747)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

65,828 ±3,041 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,327,621 ±847
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$500,100 ±$35,989 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

3.9% ±0.9% (6,813  ±1,634.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 10.6% 2,085,890 (±0.2% / ±36,168.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

84.4% ±1.5% (92,692  ±5,809) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 86.6% 11,966,187 (±0.4% / ±52,572.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
12.5% ±1.6% (13,713  ±1,920.6) 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)

44.1% ±2.1% (63,450  ±3,163.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2016 5-year data
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 30.5% 5,640,948 (±0.1% / ±16,402.5)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 21.2% 63,172,059 (±0.1% / ±154,450.8)

31.6% ±2.2% (55,675  ±5,401) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 22.9% 4,540,381 (±0.2% / ±36,548)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,525,855 (±0% / ±135,763)

2.4% ±0.8% (3,125  ±982) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in New York: 4.5% 699,604 (±0.1% / ±11,523)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,204,605 (±0% / ±71,514)
3,125 Total veterans ±982 2,797 Male ±890 328 Female ±385

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