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NYC-Brooklyn Community District 5--East New York & Cypress Hills PUMA, NY

196,582 Population
6 square miles 32,739.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 40.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$28,621 ±$1,951 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $51,002 ±$412
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$51,265 ±$4,912 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $85,820 ±$653
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

21.7% ±3.2% (42,399  ±6,908) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 14% 2,704,799 (±0.3% / ±50,713)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

49.1 minutes ±1.9 (3,664,625  ±374,329) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in New York: 33.2 279,586,620 (±0.2 / ±1,926,387)
  • nearly double the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

69,589 ±3,484 Number of households
  • New York: 7,828,074 ±18,401
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.8 ±0.2 (192,915  ±14,076) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,188,964
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.9% ±1.4% (1,430  ±722) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 4.7% 219,646 (±0.2% / ±8,685)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

82,391 ±4,023 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,676,911 ±743
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$640,500 ±$37,098 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New York: $449,800 ±$3,718
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

5.6% ±1.8% (10,906  ±3,507.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 9.3% 1,836,837 (±0.2% / ±36,336)
  • about half the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

80.8% ±7.5% (106,622  ±6,921.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 88% 12,430,128 (±0.4% / ±58,727.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
17.9% ±1.8% (23,581  ±2,866.7) 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)

43.1% ±2.9% (80,230  ±5,632.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 30.9% 5,797,240 (±0.1% / ±23,814.8)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

38.7% ±3% (76,033  ±8,019) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 23.3% 4,621,382
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

1.1% ±0.4% (1,610  ±677) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third 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)
1,610 Total veterans ±677 1,323 Male ±640 287 Female ±265

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