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NYC-Brooklyn Community District 18--Canarsie & Flatlands PUMA, NY

215,637 Population
12.3 square miles 17,594 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 38.7 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$31,447 ±$2,204 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $37,156 ±$270
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$76,647 ±$2,183 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New York: $64,894 ±$507
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

8.9% ±1.6% (19,088  ±3,501) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 14.1% 2,722,257 (±0.2% / ±47,366)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

49 minutes ±3.5 (4,669,970  ±229,731) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in New York: 33.7 303,961,285 (±0.1 / ±1,665,492)
  • nearly double the figure in United States: 26.9 3,891,349,480 (±0.1 / ±8,012,447)

Families

69,229 ±2,581 Number of households
  • New York: 7,304,332 ±18,884
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
3.1 ±0.1 (214,240  ±10,539) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.6 19,273,248 (±0)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.7 317,631,941

2.7% ±0.9% (1,411  ±501) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 4.6% 219,214 (±0.2% / ±7,747)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

75,351 ±2,872 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,327,621 ±847
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$578,100 ±$11,235 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in New York: $314,500 ±$2,313
  • more than double the amount in United States: $217,600 ±$437

5.8% ±1.3% (12,485  ±2,867.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in New York: 10.6% 2,085,890 (±0.2% / ±36,168.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

89.6% ±5.3% (130,850  ±5,136) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 86.6% 11,966,187 (±0.4% / ±52,572.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
31.3% ±1.3% (45,708  ±2,816.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 36% 4,980,162 (±0.2% / ±33,800.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 32% 70,765,915 (±0.1% / ±146,608.8)

30.4% ±1.6% (60,450  ±3,277.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 30.6% 5,696,716 (±0.1% / ±19,202.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 21.3% 64,221,193 (±0.1% / ±184,663.6)

40% ±1.5% (86,285  ±5,315) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 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% ±0.5% (3,835  ±793) 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)
3,835 Total veterans ±793 3,479 Male ±772 356 Female ±281

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