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NYC-Bronx Community Districts 1 & 2--Melrose, Mott Haven, Longwood, & Hunts Point PUMA, NY

141,191 Population
4.9 square miles 28,718.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 40.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$18,733 ±$2,011 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $51,002 ±$412
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$26,469 ±$2,724 Median household income
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $85,820 ±$653
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

42.6% ±5.8% (59,199  ±9,560) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 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)

41.3 minutes ±2.3 (1,726,905  ±253,076) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 33.2 279,586,620 (±0.2 / ±1,926,387)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

56,980 ±3,556 Number of households
  • New York: 7,828,074 ±18,401
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.2 (134,110  ±12,137) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,188,964
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.7% ±3.4% (2,375  ±1,237) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 4.7% 219,646 (±0.2% / ±8,685)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

60,609 ±3,626 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,676,911 ±743
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$385,200 ±$276,077 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $449,800 ±$3,718
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

7.2% ±2.2% (10,071  ±3,143.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 9.3% 1,836,837 (±0.2% / ±36,336)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

69.5% ±3.8% (62,566  ±5,476.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 88% 12,430,128 (±0.4% / ±58,727.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
16.9% ±2.5% (15,224  ±2,495.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 41.2% 5,819,065 (±0.3% / ±39,724.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

63.7% ±3.1% (91,764  ±5,297.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • more than double the rate in New York: 30.9% 5,797,240 (±0.1% / ±23,814.8)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

24.5% ±2.2% (34,640  ±4,284) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 23.3% 4,621,382
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

1.3% ±1% (1,323  ±1,058) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths 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)
1,323 Total veterans ±1,058 1,232 Male ±1,040 91 Female ±146

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