Crown Heights, NY

Census Place

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2024 Population
2,718
US Senator
Chuck Schumer
Democratic Party
US Senator
Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
51.7
12.4% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
4.88%
19.4% 1-year increase
2024 Median Household Income
$109,848
13.9% 1-year decline
2024 Median Property Value
$348,400
8.54% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
1,394
13.3% 1-year decline

About

None of the households in Crown Heights, NY reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

97.4% of the residents in Crown Heights, NY are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Crown Heights, NY was $348,400, and the homeownership rate was 85.8%.

Most people in Crown Heights, NY drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 41.3 minutes. The average car ownership in Crown Heights, NY was 2 cars per household.

United StatesNew YorkDutchess County, NYNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PADutchess County (Southwest)--Fishkill & Wappinger town PUMA, NY

Population & Diversity

Crown Heights, NY is home to a population of 2.72k people, from which 97.4% are citizens. As of 2024, 10.2% of Crown Heights, NY residents were born outside of the country (276 people).

In 2024, there were 4.92 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (1.77k people) in Crown Heights, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 359 Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) and 223 Asian (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

97.4%
2024 Citizenship
94.7%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 97.4% of Crown Heights, NY residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Crown Heights, NY was 94.7%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Crown Heights, NY
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    1.77k ± 414
  2. Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
    359 ± 292
  3. Asian (Non-Hispanic)
    223 ± 194
21.8%
Hispanic Population
592 people

In 2024, there were 4.92 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (1.77k people) in Crown Heights, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 359 Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) and 223 Asian (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

21.8% of the people in Crown Heights, NY are hispanic (592 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Crown Heights, NY as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

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Most Common Origin
  1. Dominican Republic
    493,200 ± 17,027 people
  2. China
    410,969 ± 15,575 people
  3. Jamaica
    234,174 ± 11,811 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of New York was Dominican Republic, the natal country of 493,200 New York residents, followed by China with 410,969 and Jamaica with 234,174.

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Foreign-Born Population

10.2%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
276 people
12.5%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
384 people

As of 2024, 10.2% of Crown Heights, NY residents (276 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Crown Heights, NY was 12.5%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    86 ± 84
  2. Gulf War (1990s)
    7 ± 18

Crown Heights, NY has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 12.3 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Crown Heights, NY employs 1.39k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Crown Heights, NY were Health Care & Social Assistance (321 people), Retail Trade (209 people), and Construction (174 people), and the highest paying industries were Construction ($98,433), Educational Services ($87,391), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($87,338).

Employment

Occupations

1.39k
2024 Value
± 302
−13.3%
1 Year decline
± 33.8%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Crown Heights, NY declined at a rate of −13.3%, from 1.61k employees to 1.39k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Crown Heights, NY, are Sales & Related Occupations (197 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (169 people), and Construction & Extraction Occupations (155 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Crown Heights, NY.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New York.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

1.39k
2024 Value
± 302
−13.3%
1 Year decline
± 33.8%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Crown Heights, NY declined at a rate of −13.3%, from 1.61k employees to 1.39k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Crown Heights, NY, are Health Care & Social Assistance (321 people), Retail Trade (209 people), and Construction (174 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Crown Heights, NY, though some of these residents may live in Crown Heights, NY and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$66,667
Median earning men ± $23,184
$67,600
Median earning women ± $36,345

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($115,875), Construction ($98,433), and Manufacturing ($80,909).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($86,620), Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodations & Food Services ($22,063), and Retail Trade ($11,641).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
2.74%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 9.56M people employed in New York. This represents a 2.74% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 19.7%.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Crown Heights, NY was $348,400 in 2024, which is 1.05 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $321,000 to $348,400, a 8.54% increase. The homeownership rate in Crown Heights, NY is 85.8%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Crown Heights, NY have an average commute time of 41.3 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Crown Heights, NY is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$348,400
Median Property Value 2024
±$23,144
$884
Median Property Taxes
±$186

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Crown Heights, NY the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Crown Heights, NY compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

85.8%
Homeownership
2024
67.9%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 85.8% of the housing units in Crown Heights, NY were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 87.3%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$109,848
Median Household Income
± $28,697
1.03k
Number of Households
± 238

In 2024, the median household income of the 1.03k households in Crown Heights, NY declined from $109,848 from the previous year's value of $127,569.

The following chart displays the households in Crown Heights, NY distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $200k+ range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Crown Heights, NY is from New York.
0.493
2023 Wage GINI in New York
0.494
2022 Wage GINI in New York

In 2023, the income inequality in New York was 0.493 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.0797% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for New York was higher than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in New York in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (67.6%)
  2. Carpooled (16.7%)
  3. Public Transit (9.8%)

In 2024, 67.6% of workers in Crown Heights, NY drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (16.7%) and those who used public transit to get to work (9.8%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

41.3 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Crown Heights, NY have a longer commute time (41.3 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 12.5% of the workforce in Crown Heights, NY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Crown Heights, NY distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Crown Heights, NY have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

4.88% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Crown Heights, NY (132 out of 2.71k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 65 - 74, followed by Females 65 - 74 and then Females 75+.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Crown Heights, NY is White, followed by Other and Two Or More.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

94.6% of the population of Crown Heights, NY has health coverage, with 55.9% on employee plans, 7.32% on Medicaid, 20.5% on Medicare, 11% on non-group plans, and 0% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in New York see 1,245 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,245 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1205 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 265 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 52.9% were men and 47.1% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 17.7% under 18 years, 16% between 18 and 34 years, 41% between 35 and 64 years, and 25.3% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 52.9% were men and 47.1% were women.

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Uninsured People

5.37%
Uninsured
55.9%
Employer Coverage
7.32%
Medicaid
20.5%
Medicare
11%
Non-Group
0%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Crown Heights, NY declined by 9.86% from 5.96% to 5.37%.

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