2024 ACS PUMS
New York Census Data
A demographic, economic, and housing profile of New York, built from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2024 American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample. New York is home to 19,867,248 people across 144 PUMAs, with a median household income of $86,296 and a median age of 40.7.
19,867,248
Population
$86,296
Median HH income
41.2%
Bachelor's+
$425,000
Median home value
New York at a glance, vs. the U.S.
Every figure below is a weighted estimate from the 2024 ACS PUMS. The U.S. column is the population-weighted national average for comparison.
| Statistic | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $86,296 | $83,310 |
| Median family income | $106,601 | $102,685 |
| Mean wage (workers) | $76,683 | $66,223 |
| Median personal income (15+) | $35,534 | $35,074 |
| Poverty rate | 14.0% | 12.1% |
| Unemployment rate | 5.4% | 4.6% |
| Labor force participation (16+) | 62.9% | 64.0% |
| Mean hours worked / week | 37.2 | 37.9 |
| Mean Interest, dividends, and net rental income | $3,339 | $2,830 |
| Mean Selected monthly owner costs as a percentage of household income | 26.0% | 24.1% |
| Mean All other income | $476 | $705 |
| Mean Public assistance income | $88 | $45 |
| Mean Total person's earnings | $49,563 | $44,138 |
| Mean Income-to-poverty ratio | 320.6 | 318.7 |
| Mean Retirement income | $4,038 | $3,754 |
| Mean Self-employment income | $2,510 | $2,518 |
| Mean Supplementary Security Income | $328 | $282 |
| Mean Social Security income | $3,864 | $3,799 |
| Statistic | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 41.2% | 36.9% |
| High school diploma or higher | 88.1% | 89.9% |
| Statistic | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Management | 10.6% | 10.9% |
| Business operations | 3.7% | 3.8% |
| Financial specialists | 2.3% | 2.0% |
| Computer & math | 3.4% | 3.6% |
| Architecture & engineering | 1.8% | 2.2% |
| Science | 1.1% | 1.1% |
| Community & social service | 2.0% | 1.7% |
| Legal | 1.8% | 1.1% |
| Education instruction | 7.8% | 6.3% |
| Arts, design & media | 3.5% | 2.2% |
| Healthcare practitioners | 6.3% | 6.1% |
| Healthcare support | 5.2% | 3.4% |
| Protective service | 2.9% | 2.1% |
| Food prep & serving | 5.0% | 5.7% |
| Building & grounds cleaning | 3.5% | 3.5% |
| Personal care | 3.2% | 2.7% |
| Sales | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| Office & admin support | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| Farming, fishing & forestry | 0.2% | 0.6% |
| Construction | 4.2% | 4.6% |
| Extraction | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Installation & repair | 2.2% | 2.9% |
| Production | 3.1% | 5.1% |
| Transportation & moving | 6.4% | 7.8% |
| Military | 0.1% | 0.3% |
| Agriculture & forestry (industry) | 0.5% | 1.2% |
| Mining & oil/gas (industry) | 0.1% | 0.4% |
| Utilities (industry) | 0.6% | 0.8% |
| Construction (industry) | 5.6% | 6.7% |
| Manufacturing (industry) | 5.5% | 9.2% |
| Wholesale trade (industry) | 1.6% | 1.8% |
| Retail trade (industry) | 9.6% | 11.0% |
| Transportation & warehousing (industry) | 4.9% | 5.0% |
| Information (industry) | 2.7% | 1.8% |
| Finance & insurance (industry) | 7.1% | 6.2% |
| Professional & technical (industry) | 13.5% | 12.5% |
| Educational services (industry) | 11.6% | 9.4% |
| Health care (industry) | 13.4% | 11.3% |
| Social assistance (industry) | 3.6% | 2.3% |
| Arts & entertainment (industry) | 9.2% | 9.7% |
| Other services (industry) | 4.8% | 4.8% |
| Public administration (industry) | 4.7% | 4.6% |
| Armed forces (industry) | 0.2% | 0.7% |
| Statistic | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Uninsured | 5.0% | 8.4% |
| Private insurance | 64.1% | 66.7% |
| Public insurance | 43.9% | 37.0% |
| With a disability | 13.9% | 14.1% |
| Statistic | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Mean commute time | 33 min | 27 min |
| Drove to work | 55.5% | 78.5% |
| Public transit to work | 24.2% | 3.7% |
| Worked from home | 11.7% | 13.3% |
| Mean Weeks worked | 30.1 | 30.9 |
| Statistic | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $425,000 | $390,221 |
| Median gross rent | $1,620 | $1,507 |
| Rent as % of income | 30.0% | 30.6% |
| Homeownership rate | 54.3% | 65.1% |
| Average household size | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| Median bedrooms | 2 | 2.9 |
| Median rooms | 5 | 5.6 |
| Median year built | 1950 | 1976 |
| Vehicles per household | 1.2 | 1.8 |
| No vehicle | 29.7% | 8.5% |
| Single-family detached | 41.3% | 62.1% |
| Broadband internet | 94.6% | 95.0% |
| Median Condominium and/or homeowners association fee | $0 | $0 |
| Median Electricity cost | $150 | $155 |
| Median Fuel cost | $1,700 | $620 |
| Median Gas cost | $100 | $71 |
| Mean Age of the householder | 53.4 | 52.5 |
| Median Mobile home costs | $1,200 | $1,348 |
| Median First mortgage payment | $1,800 | $1,568 |
| Mean Number of own children in household | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Mean Number of related children in household | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Median Monthly rent | $1,500 | $1,323 |
| Median Selected monthly owner costs | $1,708 | $1,505 |
| Median Total payment on all second and junior mortgages and home equity loans | $480 | $471 |
| Median Property taxes | $5,750 | $3,490 |
| Median Water cost | $420 | $577 |
| Statistic | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 19,867,248 | 340,110,990 |
| Average age | 40.7 | 39.8 |
| Married (15+) | 44.4% | 47.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 20.2% | 20.0% |
| Black | 13.3% | 11.7% |
| Asian | 9.4% | 6.2% |
| Mean Fire/hazard/flood insurance | $1,599 | $1,682 |
| Mean Number of persons in family | 1.9 | 2 |
New York's 144 PUMAs
A PUMA (Public Use Microdata Area) is a Census geography of roughly 100,000+ people — the finest level at which PUMS microdata is released. Explore New York's 144 PUMAs on the map below — recolor it by any measure, and click an area to open its full profile.
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Population
93,258 – 108,609
108,609 – 118,757
118,757 – 128,436
128,436 – 145,345
145,345 – 166,921
166,921 – 265,789
All PUMAs in New York
NYC-Queens Community District 12--Jamaica, St. Albans, & Hollis265,789NYC-Queens Community District 7--Flushing, Murray Hill, & Whitestone251,656NYC-Manhattan Community District 7--Upper West Side230,242NYC-Manhattan Community District 8--Upper East Side & Roosevelt Island223,896NYC-Brooklyn Community District 1--Williamsburg & Greenpoint218,984Westchester County (Southwest)--Yonkers City210,743NYC-Brooklyn Community District 12--Borough Park & Kensington210,136Albany County (Outside Albany City)209,768NYC-Manhattan Community Districts 5 & 6--Midtown, East Midtown, & Flatiron202,602NYC-Queens Community District 1--Astoria & Queensbridge198,615NYC-Brooklyn Community District 5--East New York & Cypress Hills196,155NYC-Queens Community District 13--Queens Village, Bellerose, & Rosedale194,491NYC-Staten Island Community District 1--North Shore185,479NYC-Brooklyn Community District 11--Bensonhurst & Bath Beach183,518NYC-Manhattan Community District 12--Washington Heights & Inwood182,450NYC-Brooklyn Community District 3--Bedford-Stuyvesant181,823Monroe County (South)181,735NYC-Bronx Community Districts 3 & 6--Morrisania, Tremont, Belmont, & West Farms180,195Livingston & Ontario Counties175,009NYC-Queens Community District 5--Ridgewood, Maspeth, & Middle Village174,984NYC-Bronx Community District 9--Soundview & Parkchester169,964NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore169,633Erie County (South)169,595Clinton, Franklin, Essex & Hamilton Counties166,921NYC-Queens Community District 3--Jackson Heights & East Elmhurst165,614Oneida County (Central)--Greater Utica & Rome Cities165,092Suffolk County (East)164,538NYC-Queens Community District 4--Elmhurst & Corona164,189Onondaga County (Central)--Syracuse City (Outer)162,869Schenectady County--Schenectady City162,192Rensselaer County--Troy City160,801NYC-Manhattan Community Districts 1 & 2--Financial District & Greenwich Village160,190NYC-Manhattan Community District 3--Lower East Side & Chinatown159,867Chenango, Delaware Counties & Broome County outside Greater Binghamton City157,232Erie County (West Central)--Buffalo City (East)156,387Orange County (Southeast)154,015Nassau County (Central)--Hempstead Town (North Central)--Meadowbrook Corridor152,459NYC-Bronx Community District 12--Wakefield, Williamsbridge, & Eastchester152,264Westchester County (Northwest)151,844Westchester County (Southeast)--White Plains & Rye City150,702Erie County (Central)149,440Ulster County (East)148,934NYC-Queens Community District 8--Fresh Meadows, Hillcrest, & Briarwood148,540NYC-Brooklyn Community District 14--Flatbush & Midwood148,133Dutchess County (Southwest)--Fishkill & Wappinger town147,832Wayne & Seneca & Yates Counties147,221Onondaga County (Central)--Syracuse City145,940Suffolk County (South Central)--Brookhaven Town (South)145,345NYC-Brooklyn Community District 15--Sheepshead Bay & Gravesend (East)143,272NYC-Staten Island Community District 2--Mid-Island143,130NYC-Brooklyn Community District 18--Canarsie & Flatlands141,944NYC-Bronx Community Districts 1 & 2--Melrose, Mott Haven, Longwood, & Hunts Point141,153Jefferson & Lewis Counties139,878NYC-Bronx Community District 4--Highbridge & Concourse138,611NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene138,107Westchester County (Northeast)137,033Genesee, Orleans & Wyoming Counties136,379Suffolk County (Central)--Islip Town (Northwest)136,204Monroe County (East)134,689Putnam County & Southern Dutchess County134,516NYC-Brooklyn Community District 6--Park Slope & Carroll Gardens134,400NYC-Bronx Community District 10--Co-op City & Throgs Neck133,392NYC-Manhattan Community District 11--East Harlem133,370NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside132,330Erie County (North Central)131,447Orange County (Northwest)130,183NYC-Brooklyn Community District 17--East Flatbush129,946Broome County (West Central)--Greater Binghamton City & Greater Johnson City Village129,835NYC-Queens Community District 9--Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill, & Woodhaven129,691NYC-Queens Community District 14--The Rockaways128,733NYC-Bronx Community District 5--Morris Heights & Mount Hope128,490NYC-Brooklyn Community District 10--Bay Ridge & Dyker Heights128,436Orange County (Northeast)--Greater Newburgh City128,065Rockland County (West)--Spring Valley, Suffern Villages & Monsey128,025Saratoga County (Outer)125,732NYC-Queens Community District 10--South Ozone Park & Howard Beach125,420Onondaga County (North)125,306Westchester County (South Central West)--New Rochelle City125,276Warren & Washington Counties125,053NYC-Manhattan Community District 10--Harlem124,958Chautauqua County124,248NYC-Bronx Community District 11--Pelham Parkway & Morris Park123,363Monroe County (Central)--Greece & Gates Towns123,305Cattaraugus & Allegany Counties122,829NYC-Bronx Community District 7--Fordham, Bedford Park, & Norwood122,535NYC-Manhattan Community District 4--Chelsea & Hell's Kitchen122,222NYC-Queens Community District 6--Forest Hills & Rego Park121,337Tioga (South), Chemung (South) & Steuben (East) Counties--Elmira & Corning Cities120,781Erie County (West Central)--Buffalo City (West)120,487NYC-Manhattan Community District 9--Morningside Heights & Hamilton Heights120,076Erie County (Northeast)120,040Westchester County (South Central East)--Mount Vernon City119,805NYC-Brooklyn Community District 8--Crown Heights (North)119,608Nassau County (West Central)--North Hempstead Town (South)119,399Suffolk County (North Central)--Brookhaven Town (North)118,863Oswego County118,757Nassau County (West Central)--Hempstead Town (Northwest)118,752Nassau County (Northwest)--North Hempstead Town (North)118,303Nassau County (Northeast)--Oyster Bay Town (North) & Glen Cove City117,159NYC-Brooklyn Community District 13--Coney Island & Brighton Beach116,927Steuben (outside Corning City), Schuyler, Chemung (North) & Tioga (North) Counties116,719Suffolk County (Northwest)--Smithtown Town116,528Dutchess County (North & East)115,932Nassau County (Central)--Hempstead Town (Northeast)115,819Suffolk County (Central)--Brookhaven Town (Central)115,155NYC-Brooklyn Community District 7--Sunset Park & Windsor Terrace115,106Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest)115,077NYC-Queens Community District 11--Auburndale, Bayside, & Douglaston115,027Saratoga County (South & Central)114,869Sullivan & Ulster (West) Counties114,531Nassau County (West Central)--Hempstead Town (West Central)113,287Suffolk County (Central)--Brookhaven Town (West Central)113,217Madison & Cortland Counties112,724Rockland County (South)--Orangetown, Clarkstown (South) & Ramapo (Southeast) Towns112,568Nassau County (South Central)--Hempstead Town (Southeast)112,553NYC-Brooklyn Community District 16--Ocean Hill & Brownsville110,813Westchester County (Central)110,757Albany County (East Central)--Albany City109,971Cayuga & Onondaga (South) Counties109,957Niagara County (North & East)108,609Otsego, Schoharie, Oneida (South) & Herkimer (South) Counties108,237Rockland County (North)--New City & Congers108,006NYC-Brooklyn Community District 4--Bushwick107,503Nassau County (Southwest)--Hempstead Town (Southwest) & Long Beach City107,247Nassau County (Central)--Hempstead Town (East Central)106,808Columbia & Greene Counties106,693St. Lawrence County106,270Tompkins County105,698Nassau County (East Central)--Oyster Bay Town (Central)105,651Herkimer (North & Central) & Oneida (Outer) Counties105,461Suffolk County (Southwest)--Islip Town (South)105,085Nassau County (Southeast)--Oyster Bay Town (South)104,995Monroe County (North & West)104,988Erie County (Northwest)103,847Suffolk County (Southwest)--Babylon Town (Southeast)103,472Suffolk County (Northwest)--Huntington Town (North)103,218Monroe County (Central)--Rochester City (West)103,200Monroe County (Central)--Rochester City (East)103,078Fulton & Montgomery Counties101,663Suffolk County (Northwest)--Huntington Town (South)101,559Niagara County (Southwest)--Greater Niagara Falls & North Tonawanda Area100,652Suffolk County (Central)--Islip Town (East)97,946NYC-Bronx Community District 8--Riverdale, Kingsbridge, & Marble Hill95,671NYC-Brooklyn Community District 9--Crown Heights (South)93,258
New York Census data — FAQ
What is the population of New York?+
According to the 2024 American Community Survey (ACS), New York has a population of 19,867,248 people, represented across 144 PUMAs (Public Use Microdata Areas).
What is the median household income in New York?+
The median household income in New York is $86,296 based on the 2024 ACS PUMS, compared with a U.S. figure of $83,310.
How educated is New York?+
41.2% of New York residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher, versus 36.9% nationally, per the 2024 ACS.
Where does this New York data come from?+
These figures are derived from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2024 ACS Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) — a de-identified, statistically weighted sample of individual records. PUMSdata is an independent product and is not affiliated with the Census Bureau.
New — housing construction: Building permits in New York — monthly residential permits for every county, metro area, and city, single-family vs. multifamily, from the Census Building Permits Survey.