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NYC-Queens Community District 6--Forest Hills & Rego Park PUMA, NY

118,105 Population
2.8 square miles 42,148.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.6 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$49,509 ±$2,923 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New York: $38,884 ±$241
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $33,831 ±$77
$81,473 ±$6,448 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New York: $67,844 ±$637
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $61,937 ±$94

8.1% ±2% (9,500  ±2,417) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 13.6% 2,591,391 (±0.2% / ±46,405)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.1% 41,852,315 (±0.1% / ±232,949)

45.8 minutes ±5.4 (2,613,100  ±210,496) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New York: 34 302,146,320 (±0.2 / ±1,842,407)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 27.1 3,967,761,655 (±0 / ±7,704,522)

Families

54,271 ±3,008 Number of households
  • New York: 7,367,015 ±16,617
  • United States: 121,520,180 ±153,217
2.2 ±0.1 (117,626  ±7,782) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.6 18,969,261 (±0)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 319,075,830

5.9% ±2.6% (1,561  ±716) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 4.6% 216,046 (±0.2% / ±7,411)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,956,960 (±0% / ±30,916)

Housing

56,937 ±2,936 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,363,847 ±866
  • United States: 138,539,906 ±4,033

$428,200 ±$53,066 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New York: $325,500 ±$2,465
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $229,700 ±$366

9.3% ±2.1% (10,831  ±2,546.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,002,636 (±0.2% / ±35,474.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 45,452,496 (±0.1% / ±185,008.3)

Social

93.1% ±8.3% (89,479  ±5,335.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.2% 11,914,979 (±0.4% / ±54,046)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.3% 197,114,684 (±0.1% / ±245,154.7)
58.7% ±2% (56,390  ±4,176.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 37.2% 5,091,466 (±0.3% / ±35,347.9)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 32.6% 72,750,461 (±0.1% / ±151,650)

61.6% ±2.1% (66,859  ±2,550) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data
  • about 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)

51.4% ±3.4% (60,719  ±5,646) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,447,165 (±0.2% / ±38,315)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,728,721 (±0.1% / ±157,222)

2.1% ±0.8% (2,135  ±809) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in New York: 4.4% 678,833 (±0.1% / ±10,675)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,964,242 (±0% / ±66,854)
2,135 Total veterans ±809 1,981 Male ±761 154 Female ±188

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