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NYC-Manhattan Community District 3--Lower East Side & Chinatown PUMA, NY

141,787 Population
1.7 square miles 84,039.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±2.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 40 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$56,925 ±$7,180 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New York: $47,421 ±$340
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$56,386 ±$6,525 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $79,557 ±$722
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

26% ±4% (35,330  ±5,911) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 14.3% 2,734,819 (±0.3% / ±62,913)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

30.3 minutes ±1.7 (1,601,360  ±207,643) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 33 265,264,500 (±0.1 / ±1,772,432)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

73,474 ±4,448 Number of households
  • New York: 7,774,308 ±19,481
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
1.8 ±0.1 (132,627  ±9,264) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 2.5 † 19,062,964 (±71.5 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

2.8% ±1.7% (1,093  ±696) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in New York: 5.1% 232,961 (±0.2% / ±8,582)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

81,731 ±4,408 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,585,784 ±494
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$888,400 ±$138,088 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in New York: $400,400 ±$3,138
  • more than double the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

15.3% ±1.9% (21,521  ±2,966.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,027,524 (±0.2% / ±37,462)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

78.1% ±1.9% (83,571  ±5,944.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,211,028 (±0.4% / ±59,699)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
45.8% ±2.7% (48,970  ±4,342.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 40% 5,556,561 (±0.3% / ±40,658.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

70.6% ±2.2% (168,841  ±6,558.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • more than double 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)

31.9% ±2.9% (45,164  ±5,031) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 22.7% † 4,459,752 (±639.9% / ±38,805)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

1.5% ±0.8% (1,948  ±976) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 3.7% 580,856 (±0.1% / ±12,582)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
1,948 Total veterans ±976 1,510 Male ±861 438 Female ±415

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