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

172,804 Population
2.9 square miles 58,937.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±1.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 40.2 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,319 ±$3,536 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $48,847 ±$350
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$61,527 ±$2,758 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $82,095 ±$500
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

19% ±3.5% (32,140  ±6,329) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 14.2% 2,702,955 (±0.3% / ±50,606)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

40.1 minutes ±2.4 (3,108,400  ±350,648) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 32.8 270,341,980 (±0.2 / ±2,010,778)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

75,378 ±3,930 Number of households
  • New York: 7,809,267 ±17,008
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.2 ±0.1 (168,867  ±12,323) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.4 † 18,954,246 (±71.1 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

2.3% ±1.9% (1,085  ±898) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in New York: 4.9% 223,651 (±0.2% / ±9,540)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

81,958 ±3,941 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,631,232 ±832
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$531,700 ±$92,119 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New York: $420,200 ±$4,220
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

10.7% ±2.2% (18,404  ±3,946.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 9.6% 1,865,276 (±0.2% / ±35,369.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

78.3% ±3.6% (105,284  ±8,090.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 88.3% 12,264,360 (±0.4% / ±57,263.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
39.7% ±3.2% (53,466  ±5,411.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 40.6% 5,642,907 (±0.3% / ±38,336)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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)

42.9% ±4.4% (74,175  ±9,267) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double 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)

1.2% ±0.5% (1,781  ±754) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 3.6% 563,400 (±0.1% / ±10,870)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
1,781 Total veterans ±754 1,712 Male ±750 69 Female ±119

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