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

172,253 Population
3.1 square miles 54,767.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.8 ±1.7 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$22,924 ±$2,017 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in New York: $43,078 ±$345
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$57,754 ±$6,879 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $74,314 ±$613
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

23.8% ±4.7% (40,567  ±8,647) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 13.9% 2,688,587 (±0.3% / ±47,579)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

34.9 minutes ±1.3 (1,591,860  ±223,947) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 31.4 227,623,710 (±0.2 / ±1,763,382)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

47,738 ±3,399 Number of households
  • New York: 7,652,666 ±17,305
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
3.6 ±0.2 (170,497  ±14,265) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New York: 2.5 19,265,908 (±0)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

10.9% ±2.8% (4,030  ±1,118) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in New York: 4.6% 213,704 (±0.2% / ±8,773)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

54,686 ±3,576 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,530,561 ±867
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$935,900 ±$81,487 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in New York: $368,800 ±$2,957
  • more than double the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

8% ±2.8% (13,298  ±4,743) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,042,824 (±0.2% / ±41,806.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

81.5% ±9.1% (73,397  ±5,129.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 88% 12,313,514 (±0.4% / ±59,937.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
33.3% ±2.3% (30,042  ±3,369) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 39.9% 5,583,687 (±0.3% / ±39,932.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

67.1% ±2.6% (90,285  ±4,295.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2020 5-year data
  • 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)

23.8% ±2.8% (40,987  ±5,905) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 22.3% 4,427,356 (±0.2% / ±43,047)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

0.8% ±0.5% (870  ±497) Population with veteran status
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 3.9% 614,289 (±0.1% / ±12,232)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
870 Total veterans ±497 812 Male ±487 58 Female ±98

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