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NYC-Queens Community District 3--Jackson Heights & East Elmhurst PUMA, NY

165,110 Population
2.9 square miles 56,100.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±1.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,862 ±$2,395 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $48,847 ±$350
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$75,083 ±$9,868 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $82,095 ±$500
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

14.4% ±3.4% (23,487  ±5,776) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 14.2% 2,702,955 (±0.3% / ±50,606)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

43.3 minutes ±1.4 (3,255,215  ±304,245) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New York: 32.8 270,341,980 (±0.2 / ±2,010,778)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

56,997 ±3,750 Number of households
  • New York: 7,809,267 ±17,008
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.9 ±0.1 (163,015  ±11,555) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.4 18,954,246
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

2.7% ±1.7% (909  ±570) 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 half the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

59,733 ±3,795 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,631,232 ±832
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$573,000 ±$80,862 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

6% ±1.8% (9,801  ±3,087) 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

74.9% ±7.1% (89,267  ±5,936.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 88.3% 12,264,360 (±0.4% / ±57,263.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
26.4% ±1.9% (31,534  ±3,155.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 40.6% 5,642,907 (±0.3% / ±38,336)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

78.8% ±2.2% (120,455  ±4,821.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • more than double the rate in New York: 30.7% 5,751,878 (±0.1% / ±23,819.6)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

59.9% ±3.3% (98,948  ±8,849) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in New York: 23.1% 4,517,996
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

1% ±0.5% (1,297  ±709) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 3.6% 563,400 (±0.1% / ±10,870)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
1,297 Total veterans ±709 1,239 Male ±676 58 Female ±100

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