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NYC-Queens Community District 1--Astoria & Long Island City PUMA, NY

156,981 Population
5.2 square miles 30,452.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$44,572 ±$2,398 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in New York: $43,078 ±$345
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$73,539 ±$5,766 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $74,314 ±$613
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

14% ±2.3% (21,937  ±3,741) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 13.9% 2,688,587 (±0.3% / ±47,579)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

36.2 minutes ±4.7 (1,988,245  ±161,449) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 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

72,880 ±3,475 Number of households
  • New York: 7,652,666 ±17,305
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.1 ±0.1 (156,114  ±9,149) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,265,908 (±0)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

4.4% ±1.5% (1,975  ±696) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 4.6% 213,704 (±0.2% / ±8,773)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

95,762 ±4,171 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,530,561 ±867
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$779,600 ±$88,991 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

15.4% ±2.1% (23,759  ±3,514.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,042,824 (±0.2% / ±41,806.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

89.3% ±6.7% (112,443  ±5,804.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 88% 12,313,514 (±0.4% / ±59,937.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
52.5% ±1.7% (66,089  ±4,237.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 39.9% 5,583,687 (±0.3% / ±39,932.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

49.9% ±2.6% (78,845  ±4,570) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 30.5% 5,782,729 (±0.1% / ±22,795.7)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,203,430 (±0.1% / ±183,279.2)

37.1% ±2.4% (58,294  ±5,038) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 22.3% 4,427,356 (±0.2% / ±43,047)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

1.4% ±0.5% (1,943  ±659) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 3.9% 614,289 (±0.1% / ±12,232)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
1,943 Total veterans ±659 1,793 Male ±620 150 Female ±239

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