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NYC-Manhattan Community District 12--Washington Heights & Inwood PUMA, NY

202,678 Population
2.9 square miles 69,126.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 40 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$38,251 ±$2,954 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $47,421 ±$340
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$59,898 ±$7,986 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $79,557 ±$722
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

20.1% ±4.4% (39,990  ±9,189) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 14.3% 2,734,819 (±0.3% / ±62,913)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

42 minutes ±2.1 (3,484,805  ±381,404) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 33 265,264,500 (±0.1 / ±1,772,432)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

82,694 ±4,856 Number of households
  • New York: 7,774,308 ±19,481
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.4 ±0.1 (199,137  ±14,526) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,062,964
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

3.2% ±1.6% (1,495  ±769) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 5.1% 232,961 (±0.2% / ±8,582)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

87,031 ±4,651 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,585,784 ±494
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$557,000 ±$56,746 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New York: $400,400 ±$3,138
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

12.7% ±3.3% (25,512  ±6,774) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,027,524 (±0.2% / ±37,462)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

77% ±1% (112,210  ±8,185.9) 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)
42.3% ±2.8% (61,632  ±6,067.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 40% 5,556,561 (±0.3% / ±40,658.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

68.2% ±2.5% (138,602  ±6,359.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • more than double the rate in New York: 30.6% 5,774,554 (±0.1% / ±23,623.3)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,860,570 (±0.1% / ±,196,548.1)

43.7% ±4% (88,607  ±10,271) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 22.7% 4,459,752
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

0.9% ±0.5% (1,445  ±804) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 3.7% 580,856 (±0.1% / ±12,582)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
1,445 Total veterans ±804 1,445 Male ±804 N/A Female ±217

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