Brooklyn, NY (New York) Houses and Residents

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Houses: 930,866 (880,727 occupied: 238,290 owner occupied, 642,437 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	73%
State:	47%

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $386,378.

Median contract rent in 2007: $823 (lower quartile is $569, upper quartile is $1,095)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $857

Median gross rent in Brooklyn, NY in 2007: $907

Housing units in Brooklyn with a mortgage: 59,793 (5,098 second mortgage, 4,512 home equity loan, 183 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 29,251

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $516,864 (it was $229,200 in 2000)

Brooklyn:	$516,864
New York:	$311,000

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $280,635 - $740,221

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $621,372
Here: $621,372
State: $352,556

Townhouses or other attached units: $568,498
Here: $568,498
State: $476,263

In 2-unit structures: $638,333
Here: $638,333
State: $482,362

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $672,271
Here: $672,271
State: $552,553

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $337,336
Here: $337,336
State: $503,284

Mobile homes: $174,867
Here: $174,867
State: $40,766

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $138,056
Here: $138,056
State: $137,621

Household type by relationship

Households: 2,426,044

In family households: 2,072,260 (324,886 male householders, 263,984 female householders)
351,572 spouses, 825,516 children (789,903 natural, 17,528 adopted, 18,085 stepchildren), 73,047 grandchildren, 51,636 brothers or sisters, 40,008 parents, 77,758 other relatives, 63,853 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 353,784 (121,625 male householders (95,926 living alone)), 170,511 female householders (149,070 living alone)), 61,648 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 39,282 (15,815 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 192,893 2-persons, 146,760 3-persons, 117,881 4-persons, 67,375 5-persons, 33,006 6-persons, 30,955 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 244,996 1-person, 38,249 2-persons, 5,961 3-persons, 1,848 4-persons, 686 5-persons, 265 6-persons, 131 7-or-more-persons.

342,412 married couples with children.
219,229 single-parent households (26,770 men, 192,459 women).

53.3% of residents of Brooklyn speak English at home.
18.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
20.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (49% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
5.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (30% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 28% speak English not well, 16% don't speak English at all).
2.9% of residents speak other language at home (65% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 931,769 (37.8%)
(47.2% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.7
State:	6.3

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.6
State:	3.6

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Brooklyn, New York:
	1 room: 2,274 2 rooms: 8,164 3 rooms: 23,201 4 rooms: 35,190 5 rooms: 42,240 6 rooms: 44,640 7 rooms: 25,292 8 rooms: 18,718 9 or more rooms: 38,571

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Brooklyn, New York:
	1 room: 43,331 2 rooms: 92,584 3 rooms: 175,822 4 rooms: 184,574 5 rooms: 95,263 6 rooms: 33,647 7 rooms: 8,789 8 rooms: 3,534 9 or more rooms: 4,893

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 4,055
1995 to 1998: 11,592
1990 to 1994: 13,836
1980 to 1989: 30,099
1970 to 1979: 67,095
1960 to 1969: 123,594
1950 to 1959: 135,946
1940 to 1949: 147,189
1939 or earlier: 397,460

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Brooklyn:
	no bedroom: 3,712 1 bedroom: 29,663 2 bedrooms: 64,247 3 bedrooms: 81,628 4 bedrooms: 32,093 5 or more bedrooms: 26,947

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Brooklyn:
	no bedroom: 53,020 1 bedroom: 248,438 2 bedrooms: 235,643 3 bedrooms: 86,737 4 bedrooms: 14,175 5 or more bedrooms: 4,424

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Brooklyn in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 69,882 1 vehicle: 112,145 2 vehicles: 46,049 3 vehicles: 8,287 4 vehicles: 1,090 5 or more vehicles: 837

Cars and other vehicles available in Brooklyn in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 431,921 1 vehicle: 179,093 2 vehicles: 25,789 3 vehicles: 2,056 4 vehicles: 534 5 or more vehicles: 3,044

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in Brooklyn, NY:

Less than $10,000: 193
$10,000 to $14,999: 222
$15,000 to $19,999: 264
$20,000 to $24,999: 460
$25,000 to $29,999: 378
$30,000 to $34,999: 240
$35,000 to $39,999: 163
$40,000 to $49,999: 162
$50,000 to $59,999: 205
$60,000 to $69,999: 183
$70,000 to $79,999: 294
$80,000 to $89,999: 518
$90,000 to $99,999: 848
$100,000 to $124,999: 2791
$125,000 to $149,999: 4935
$150,000 to $174,999: 10371
$175,000 to $199,999: 13387
$200,000 to $249,999: 18495
$250,000 to $299,999: 12473
$300,000 to $399,999: 10625
$400,000 to $499,999: 4631
$500,000 to $749,999: 4029
$750,000 to $999,999: 1631
$1,000,000 or more: 1546

Brooklyn rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Brooklyn:

Less than $100: 5,157 people
$100 to $149: 7,237
$150 to $199: 15,985
$200 to $249: 18,091
$250 to $299: 15,017
$300 to $349: 13,036
$350 to $399: 12,069
$400 to $449: 14,716
$450 to $499: 13,778
$500 to $549: 17,535
$550 to $599: 24,158
$600 to $649: 28,363
$650 to $699: 37,593
$700 to $749: 37,101
$750 to $799: 33,446
$800 to $899: 88,994
$900 to $999: 75,751
$1,000 to $1,249: 108,061
$1,250 to $1,499: 32,014
$1,500 to $1,999: 22,247
$2,000 or more: 9,711
No cash rent: 12,096

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 197,205 1990 to 1994: 213,898 1985 to 1989: 155,564 1980 to 1984: 114,818 1975 to 1979: 73,243 1970 to 1974: 62,413 1970 to 1974: 46,485 1965 to 1969: 68,143

Percentage of workers working in this county: 47.9%
Number of people working at home: 20,663 (2.3% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 9807
5 to 9 minutes: 28844
10 to 14 minutes: 49278
15 to 19 minutes: 62705
20 to 24 minutes: 69823
25 to 29 minutes: 26930
30 to 34 minutes: 135866
35 to 39 minutes: 25017
40 to 44 minutes: 55730
45 to 59 minutes: 164110
60 to 89 minutes: 184007
90 or more minutes: 68247

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 202,070 (22%)
Carpooled: 72,231 (8%)
Bus or trolley bus: 93,767 (10%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 1,799 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 403,327 (45%)
Railroad: 12,169 (1%)
Ferryboat: 424 (0%)
Taxi: 6,149 (1%)
Motorcycle: 374 (0%)
Bicycle: 4,846 (1%)
Walked: 78,933 (9%)
Other means: 4,275 (0%)
Worked at home: 20,663 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 169849
$10,000 to $14,999: 74280
$15,000 to $19,999: 57424
$20,000 to $24,999: 57147
$25,000 to $29,999: 55243
$30,000 to $34,999: 51852
$35,000 to $39,999: 46696
$40,000 to $44,999: 42487
$45,000 to $49,999: 37219
$50,000 to $59,999: 64317
$60,000 to $74,999: 72645
$75,000 to $99,999: 68813
$100,000 to $124,999: 35700
$125,000 to $149,999: 18288
$150,000 to $199,999: 14663
$200,000 or more: 14383

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 1047115

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 273567

Italian: 169922

United States or American: 90078

Russian: 87160

Jamaican: 83713

Haitian: 73132

Polish: 61018

Irish: 58064

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 45730

Guyanese: 36849

Subsaharan African:: 36382

Ukrainian: 36304

Arab:: 33120

British West Indian: 29769

African: 25169

German: 21491

West Indian: 19015

Barbadian: 17520

Hungarian: 13648

English: 13621

Greek: 12481

European: 11867

Syrian: 8114

Arab/Arabic: 7684

Israeli: 7582

Eastern European: 7517

Egyptian: 6185

Nigerian: 6000

Albanian: 5909

Romanian: 5486

French (except Basque): 5206

Norwegian: 5170

Lebanese: 4943

Turkish: 4711

Austrian: 3987

Scottish: 3784

Scotch-Irish: 3068

Belizean: 2903

British: 2860

Yugoslavian: 2647

Swedish: 2449

Lithuanian: 2230

Other Arab: 2150

Palestinian: 1980

Ghanian: 1921

Dutch: 1890

Canadian: 1867

Czechoslovakian: 1810

Armenian: 1613

French Canadian: 1569

Moroccan: 1518

Portuguese: 1428

Slovak: 1326

Czech: 1310

Other Subsaharan African: 1161

Latvian: 1036

Danish: 979

Croatian: 896

Brazilian: 867

Iranian: 856

Welsh: 769

Swiss: 714

Afghan: 580

Other West Indian: 483

Liberian: 462

Australian: 454

Northern European: 442

Bulgarian: 440

Belgian: 433

Finnish: 429

U.S. Virgin Islander: 429

Bahamian: 381

Dutch West Indian: 369

Scandinavian: 358

Cape Verdean: 338

Sudanese: 337

Senegalese: 328

Jordanian: 308

Slavic: 294

Soviet Union: 278

Maltese: 276

Macedonian: 258

South African: 254

Serbian: 239

Iraqi: 238

Sierra Leonean: 146

Ethiopian: 138

Estonian: 127

Bermudan: 123

Basque: 104

Slovene: 104

Acadian/Cajun: 90

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 80

New Zealander: 77

Celtic: 71

Carpatho Rusyn: 68

Somalian: 67

Cypriot: 61

Luxemburger: 39

Icelander: 35

Zimbabwean: 34

Pennsylvania German: 29

Ugandan: 22

Alsatian: 10

German Russian: 8

Kenyan: 5

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Jamaica (8%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (8%)
Haiti (7%)
Dominican Republic (6%)
Ukraine (6%)
Trinidad and Tobago (6%)
Russia (6%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 1227839
Northeast: 47307
Midwest: 24602
South: 112338
West: 16030

68% of Brooklyn residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 76% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in New York.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 23,076
Nursery to 4th grade: 8,307
5th and 6th grade: 25,113
7th and 8th grade: 31,587
9th grade: 22,267
10th grade: 25,273
11th grade: 23,687
12th grade, no diploma: 54,784
High school graduate (or equivalency): 179,520
Less than 1 year of college: 31,491
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 70,916
Associate degree: 36,593
Bachelor's degree: 95,341
Master's degree: 39,394
Professional school degree: 17,854
Doctorate degree: 6,856

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 30,268
Nursery to 4th grade: 12,096
5th and 6th grade: 30,905
7th and 8th grade: 41,838
9th grade: 28,325
10th grade: 29,472
11th grade: 31,735
12th grade, no diploma: 65,573
High school graduate (or equivalency): 235,348
Less than 1 year of college: 39,790
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 83,519
Associate degree: 52,137
Bachelor's degree: 106,762
Master's degree: 53,592
Professional school degree: 14,988
Doctorate degree: 4,463

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 6.1%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 6.1%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 15.7%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 13.9%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 13.2%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 19.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 7.1%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 7.2%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 12.5%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 17.9%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 9.9%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 12.7%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 12.5%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 16.6%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $47,789
Black householders: $38,342
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $32,102
Asian householders: $44,201
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $41,171
Some other race householders: $30,144
Two or more races householders: $38,840
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $32,071

Brooklyn household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Brooklyn household income for Black householders

Brooklyn household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Brooklyn household income for Asian householders

Brooklyn household income for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders

Brooklyn household income for Some other race householders

Brooklyn household income for Two or more races householders

Brooklyn household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Brooklyn marital status for males

Brooklyn marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $559,210
Black or African American householders: $391,278
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $359,672
Asian householders: $457,861
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $893,176
Some other race householders: $391,910
Two or more races householders: $438,265
Hispanic or Latino householders: $400,338

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 46,988
One, attached: 80,622
Two: 168,830
3 or 4: 159,419
5 to 9: 103,325
10 to 19: 55,451
20 to 49: 126,382
50 or more: 188,964
Mobile homes: 637
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 248

Median worth of mobile homes: $246,726

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Brooklyn:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (73%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (22%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%) Electricity (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (56%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (31%) Electricity (6%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%) Other fuel (2%) No fuel used (2%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 61,645

Here:	20.2%
New York:	14.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 30,239

Here:	18.2%
New York:	13.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 50,226

Here:	35.7%
New York:	38.2%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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