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

159,559 Population
1.7 square miles 94,573.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±2.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 40.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$58,001 ±$7,109 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $51,002 ±$412
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$52,203 ±$6,510 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $85,820 ±$653
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

27.1% ±3.8% (41,398  ±6,476) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 14% 2,704,799 (±0.3% / ±50,713)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

30.1 minutes ±1.8 (2,015,155  ±268,731) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 33.2 279,586,620 (±0.2 / ±1,926,387)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

77,199 ±5,893 Number of households
  • New York: 7,828,074 ±18,401
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
1.9 ±0.2 (149,919  ±10,894) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,188,964
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

0.8% ±0.7% (336  ±282) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 4.7% 219,646 (±0.2% / ±8,685)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

83,895 ±5,495 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,676,911 ±743
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$904,700 ±$89,285 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in New York: $449,800 ±$3,718
  • more than double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.9% ±2.2% (22,025  ±3,779.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 9.3% 1,836,837 (±0.2% / ±36,336)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

77.7% ±2.5% (92,005  ±7,286.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 88% 12,430,128 (±0.4% / ±58,727.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
43.1% ±3.3% (50,980  ±5,333.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 41.2% 5,819,065 (±0.3% / ±39,724.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

43.4% ±3.9% (65,541  ±6,200.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 30.9% 5,797,240 (±0.1% / ±23,814.8)
  • about double the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

33.8% ±3.1% (53,953  ±6,140) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 23.3% 4,621,382
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

1% ±0.7% (1,463  ±987) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 3.5% 550,582 (±0.1% / ±11,292)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
1,463 Total veterans ±987 1,406 Male ±988 57 Female ±99

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