Census Reporter

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

196,895 Population
12.3 square miles 16,064.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 39.2 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$37,291 ±$2,311 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $41,857 ±$295
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$80,471 ±$5,052 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $72,108 ±$452
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

10.6% ±2.2% (20,838  ±4,421) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 13% 2,467,006 (±0.2% / ±45,734)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

52.2 minutes ±1.1 (4,793,640  ±280,786) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in New York: 34 305,193,510 (±0.1 / ±1,359,093)
  • nearly double the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

71,657 ±2,500 Number of households
  • New York: 7,446,812 ±13,820
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.7 ±0.1 (195,516  ±9,275) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 18,884,948
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

2.6% ±1.2% (1,264  ±599) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in New York: 4.7% 217,713 (±0.2% / ±8,616)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

77,372 ±2,589 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,404,205 ±839
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$636,600 ±$11,659 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in New York: $338,700 ±$3,182
  • more than double the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

3.7% ±0.8% (7,100  ±1,521.2) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 10.5% 2,027,540 (±0.2% / ±35,825.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

87.9% ±1.5% (123,017  ±5,511.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 87.6% 11,970,504 (±0.4% / ±55,181)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
35.2% ±2.1% (49,244  ±3,552.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 37.8% 5,166,218 (±0.3% / ±35,028.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

30.5% ±1.8% (58,761  ±3,567.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 30.5% 5,620,166 (±0.1% / ±19,728.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 21.6% 65,947,773 (±0.1% / ±212,842.9)

42% ±1.8% (82,734  ±5,246) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double 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)

1.9% ±0.5% (2,967  ±846) 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)
2,967 Total veterans ±846 2,437 Male ±660 530 Female ±369

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