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

148,789 Population
1.7 square miles 88,190 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±2.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$52,211 ±$4,577 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $48,847 ±$350
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$54,482 ±$7,568 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $82,095 ±$500
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

24.8% ±3.3% (35,417  ±5,752) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 14.2% 2,702,955 (±0.3% / ±50,606)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

29.4 minutes ±4.9 (1,752,840  ±195,642) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 32.8 270,341,980 (±0.2 / ±2,010,778)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

72,751 ±5,474 Number of households
  • New York: 7,809,267 ±17,008
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
1.9 ±0.1 (139,867  ±13,385) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.4 † 18,954,246 (±71.1 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

4.1% ±3.3% (1,594  ±1,314) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 4.9% 223,651 (±0.2% / ±9,540)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

81,524 ±5,794 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,631,232 ±832
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$855,300 ±$91,338 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in New York: $420,200 ±$4,220
  • more than double the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

13.7% ±1.9% (20,128  ±3,288.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 9.6% 1,865,276 (±0.2% / ±35,369.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

75.1% ±9.1% (85,922  ±7,267.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 88.3% 12,264,360 (±0.4% / ±57,263.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
44.2% ±3.1% (50,578  ±5,639) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 40.6% 5,642,907 (±0.3% / ±38,336)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

44.6% ±3.9% (67,297  ±6,284.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 30.6% 5,774,554 (±0.1% / ±23,623.3)
  • about double the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,860,570 (±0.1% / ±,196,548.1)

36.7% ±3.7% (54,542  ±7,392) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 23.1% † 4,517,996 (±,655.3% / ±40,543)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

2.5% ±1.3% (3,329  ±1,708) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 3.6% 563,400 (±0.1% / ±10,870)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
3,329 Total veterans ±1,708 2,430 Male ±1,321 899 Female ±1,061

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