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

153,470 Population
3.1 square miles 48,795.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.1 ±1.7 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 39.2 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$24,024 ±$2,224 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $41,857 ±$295
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$55,071 ±$5,988 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $72,108 ±$452
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

26.8% ±5.3% (40,655  ±8,600) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in New York: 13% 2,467,006 (±0.2% / ±45,734)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

36.9 minutes ±0.6 (1,900,930  ±158,435) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 34 305,193,510 (±0.1 / ±1,359,093)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

43,697 ±2,749 Number of households
  • New York: 7,446,812 ±13,820
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
3.5 ±0.2 (151,845  ±11,816) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New York: 2.5 18,884,948
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

10.1% ±2.6% (3,321  ±927) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in New York: 4.7% 217,713 (±0.2% / ±8,616)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

48,050 ±2,737 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,404,205 ±839
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$968,500 ±$52,434 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in New York: $338,700 ±$3,182
  • more than double the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

6.3% ±1% (9,470  ±1,720) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 10.5% 2,027,540 (±0.2% / ±35,825.8)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

78.8% ±6.9% (65,465  ±3,801.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 87.6% 11,970,504 (±0.4% / ±55,181)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
32.4% ±2% (26,908  ±2,453.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 37.8% 5,166,218 (±0.3% / ±35,028.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

66.3% ±1.9% (91,900  ±3,116.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data
  • more than double the rate in New York: 30.5% 5,624,828 (±0.1% / ±19,169.2)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 21.5% 65,109,685 (±0.1% / ±196,923.5)

26.5% ±2.2% (40,639  ±4,630) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 22.4% 4,360,291 (±0.2% / ±42,271)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

1.2% ±0.8% (1,143  ±801) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 4.3% 655,055 (±0.1% / ±10,056)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
1,143 Total veterans ±801 1,143 Male ±801 N/A Female ±207

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