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NYC-Brooklyn Community District 16--Ocean Hill & Brownsville PUMA, NY

96,217 Population
1.9 square miles 50,793.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$28,567 ±$4,313 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $48,847 ±$350
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$41,876 ±$5,370 Median household income
  • about half the amount in New York: $82,095 ±$500
  • about half the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

32.4% ±5.7% (30,956  ±6,291) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in New York: 14.2% 2,702,955 (±0.3% / ±50,606)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

45.5 minutes ±1.6 (1,611,560  ±108,303) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

39,930 ±3,282 Number of households
  • New York: 7,809,267 ±17,008
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.2 (91,145  ±9,822) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.4 18,954,246
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.3% ±2.7% (1,313  ±864) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 4.9% 223,651 (±0.2% / ±9,540)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

42,323 ±3,344 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,631,232 ±832
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$570,500 ±$86,310 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New York: $420,200 ±$4,220
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

5.9% ±2.1% (5,556  ±2,060.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 9.6% 1,865,276 (±0.2% / ±35,369.7)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

83.1% ±3.9% (55,061  ±5,375.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than 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)
25.2% ±3.8% (16,712  ±2,873.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 40.6% 5,642,907 (±0.3% / ±38,336)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

25.3% ±4.4% (23,648  ±4,227.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 30.7% 5,751,878 (±0.1% / ±23,819.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

31.9% ±3.9% (30,698  ±4,899) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 23.1% 4,517,996
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

1.7% ±1% (1,233  ±739) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in New York: 3.6% 563,400 (±0.1% / ±10,870)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
1,233 Total veterans ±739 720 Male ±454 513 Female ±571

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