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NYC-Brooklyn Community District 12--Borough Park, Kensington & Ocean Parkway PUMA, NY

154,574 Population
3.1 square miles 49,146.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.6 ±0.7 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 39 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$22,896 ±$1,032 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $40,898 ±$167
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$52,301 ±$2,297 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $71,117 ±$266
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

28.6% ±2.2% (43,769  ±3,563) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in New York: 13.6% 2,581,048 (±0.1% / ±26,021)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

37 minutes ±0.7 (1,872,135  ±77,461) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 33.5 287,526,290 (±0.1 / ±1,046,958)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

44,141 ±1,136 Number of households
  • New York: 7,417,224 ±12,559
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
3.5 ±0 (153,010  ±4,288) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New York: 2.6 18,945,673
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

12.1% ±1.2% (3,994  ±422) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in New York: 4.8% 225,143 (±0.1% / ±3,450)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

49,167 ±1,208 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,362,971 ±772
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$898,900 ±$23,886 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in New York: $325,000 ±$1,056
  • more than double the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

6.5% ±0.7% (9,701  ±1,083.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,007,694 (±0.1% / ±15,289)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

78.7% ±0.6% (65,532  ±1,829.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 87.2% 11,905,267 (±0.2% / ±28,296.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
30.8% ±1.2% (25,667  ±1,194.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 37.5% 5,112,792 (±0.1% / ±18,230.9)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

67.1% ±2.6% (90,285  ±4,295.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • more than double the rate in New York: 30.3% 5,574,294 (±0.1% / ±20,686.9)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 21.5% 66,093,076 (±0.1% / ±186,870.8)

27.2% ±1.3% (42,036  ±2,275) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 22.4% 4,372,167 (±0.1% / ±19,932)
  • about double the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

1.4% ±0.3% (1,313  ±245) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 4.4% 676,295 (±0% / ±5,258)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
1,313 Total veterans ±245 1,248 Male ±237 65 Female ±45

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