NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY

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2022 Population

168,027

1.22% 1-year decline

US Senator

Chuck Schumer

Democratic Party

US Senator

Kirsten Gillibrand

Democratic Party

2022 Median Age

0.239% 1-year increase

2022 Poverty Rate

6.14%

2.77% 1-year increase

2022 Median Household Income

$112,110

6.25% 1-year growth

About

In 2022, NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY had a population of 168k people with a median age of 42 and a median household income of $112,110. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY declined from 170,110 to 168,027, a −1.22% decrease and its median household income grew from $105,512 to $112,110, a 6.25% increase.

The 5 largest ethnic groups in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY are White (Non-Hispanic) (78.5%), Asian (Non-Hispanic) (6.79%), White (Hispanic) (6.51%), Two+ (Hispanic) (3.3%), and Other (Hispanic) (1.89%).

24.3% of the households in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, 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.

95.9% of the residents in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY are U.S. citizens.

Most people in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 44.8 minutes. The average car ownership in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY was 2 cars per household.

NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY borders Middlesex County (Northeast)--Carteret & North Woodbridge PUMA, NJ, Middlesex County (East Central)--Perth Amboy & Sayreville PUMA, NJ, and NYC-Staten Island Community District 2--Mid-Island PUMA, NY.

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Population & Diversity

NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY is home to a population of 168k people, from which 95.9% are citizens. As of 2022, 17.3% of NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY residents were born outside of the country (29k people).

In 2022, there were 11.6 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (132k people) in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 11.4k Asian (Non-Hispanic) and 10.9k White (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

The most common non-English languages spoken as the primary langauge in households in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY are Russian (9,722 households), Spanish (6,661 households), and Chinese (Incl. Mandarin, Cantonese) (6,069 households).

Citizenship

95.9%

2022 Citizenship

96.3%

2021 Citizenship

As of 2022, 95.9% of NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.5%. In 2021, the percentage of US citizens in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY was 96.3%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY

White (Non-Hispanic)
132k ± 3.11k
Asian (Non-Hispanic)
11.4k ± 1.3k
White (Hispanic)
10.9k ± 1.67k

11.9%

Hispanic Population

20k people

11.9% of the people in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY are hispanic (20k people).

The following chart shows the 7 races represented in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY as a share of the total population.

Foreign-Born Population

17.3%

2022 Foreign-Born Population

29k people

16.4%

2021 Foreign-Born Population

28k people

As of 2022, 17.3% of NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY residents (29k people) were born outside of the United States, which is higher than the national average of 13.6%. In 2021, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY was 16.4%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Non-English Households

Most Common Non-English Languages

Russian
9,722 households (6.11%)
Spanish
6,661 households (4.19%)
Chinese (Incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)
6,069 households (3.81%)

24.3% of the households in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language, which is higher than the national average of 21.7%. 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.

In 2022, the most common non-English language spoken in households in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY was Russian. 6.11% of the households in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY reported speaking Russian at home as the primary shared language between all members living in the household.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Vietnam
2,221 ± 341
Gulf War (1990s)
441 ± 163
Gulf War (2001-)
420 ± 152

NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 5.04 times greater than any other conflict.

Economy

The economy of NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY employs 75.4k people. The largest industries in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY are Elementary & secondary schools (9,912 people), Construction (5,598 people), and General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals (4,623 people), and the highest paying industries are Labor unions ($205,547), Administration of economic programs & space research ($156,140), and Agencies, brokerages, and other insurance related activities ($147,144).

Employment

Workforce Diversity

Measure

RACE/ETHNICITY

34,351

Women

46.6%

39,345

Men

53.4%

The workforce of NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY in 2020 was 73,696 people, with 46.6% woman, and 53.4% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY.

With the upper buttons you can see the distribution of the average salary and add a filter by race.

Occupations

75.4k

2022 Value

−1.68%

1 Year decline

± −1.68%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY declined at a rate of −1.68%, from 76.7k employees to 75.4k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY, are Elementary & middle school teachers (3,498 people), Teaching assistants (2,624 people), and Registered nurses (2,591 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in New York (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

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

75.4k

2022 Value

−1.68%

1 Year decline

± −1.68%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY declined at a rate of −1.68%, from 76.7k employees to 75.4k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY, are Elementary & secondary schools (9,912 people), Construction (5,598 people), and General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals (4,623 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY, though some of these residents may live in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$76,620

Median earning men ± $3,674

$57,540

Median earning women ± $2,635

The industries with the best median earnings for men in N/A are N/A.

The industries with the best median earnings for women in N/A are N/A.

Employment by Industry Sector

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

Y-Axis

2.27%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 4.24M people employed in New Jersey. This represents a 2.27% 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 16.5%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in New Jersey.

Civics

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in New York went to Joseph R Biden Jr. with 60.4% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (37.5%), followed by Other (0.813%).

Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand are the senators currently representing the state of New York. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

New York is currently represented by 26 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

Voting results are not available for NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY. Showing the available data for New York.

2020 Election Results

Joseph R Biden Jr. (60.4%)
Democratic Party
Donald J. Trump (37.5%)
Republican Party
Other (0.813%)
Alliance, American Solidarity, Becoming One Nation, Constitution, Independent, Other, Party For Socialism And Liberation, Prohibition, and The Birthday Party

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in New York went to Joseph R Biden Jr. with 60.4% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (37.5%), followed by Other (0.813%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in New York for each registered party from 1976 to 2020.

Senator Elections

US Senators from New York

Senatorial voting results are only available at the state level. Showing data for New York.

Chuck Schumer

Senator from New York

Assumed office on January 3, 1999

Kirsten Gillibrand

Senator from New York

Assumed office on January 26, 2009
Appointed to the seat following the resignation of Hillary Clinton, who had become Secretary of State.

Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand are the senators currently representing New York.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in New York over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from New York

New York is currently represented by 26 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for New York have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

Completions

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

Measure

In 2022, 0.856% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 1.06% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population of NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY in false were N/A.

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

People in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY have an average commute time of 44.8 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Median household income in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY is $112,110. In 2022, the PUMA with the highest Median Household Income in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY was NYC-Manhattan Community Districts 1 & 2--Financial District & Greenwich Village PUMA, NY with a value of $171,480, followed by Nassau County (Central)--Hempstead Town (East Central) PUMA, NY and Westchester County (Northeast) PUMA, NY, with respective values of $168,423 and $167,513.

Rent vs Own

79.3%

Homeownership

2022

64.7%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2022

In 2022, 79.3% of the housing units in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 80%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Income by Location

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Race/Ethnicity

Highest Median Household Income (Total)

In 2022, the PUMA with the highest Median Household Income (Total) in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY was NYC-Manhattan Community Districts 1 & 2--Financial District & Greenwich Village PUMA, NY with a value of $171,480, followed by Nassau County (Central)--Hempstead Town (East Central) PUMA, NY and Westchester County (Northeast) PUMA, NY, with respective values of $168,423 and $167,513.

The following map shows all of the PUMAs in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$112,110

Median Household Income

± $6,450

58.3k

Number of Households

± 2,180

In 2022, the median household income of the 58.3k households in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY grew to $112,110 from the previous year's value of $105,512.

The following chart displays the households in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, 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.

Wage Distribution

0.415

2022 Wage GINI in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY

0.407

2021 Wage GINI in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY

In 2022, the income inequality in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY was 0.415 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 1.99% growth from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2022

Drove Alone (61.3%)
Public Transit (19.9%)
Worked At Home (9.06%)

In 2022, 61.3% of workers in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY drove alone to work, followed by those who used public transit to get to work (19.9%) and those who worked at home (9.06%).

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.

Commute Time

44.8 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY have a longer commute time (44.8 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.7 minutes). Additionally, 14.5% of the workforce in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

6.14% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY (10.3k out of 168k 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 Females 55 - 64, followed by Females 65 - 74 and then Males 55 - 64.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY is White, followed by Hispanic and Asian.

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.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Health

97.6% of the population of NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY has health coverage, with 63.8% on employee plans, 10.2% on Medicaid, 14.6% on Medicare, 8.82% on non-group plans, and 0.18% on military or VA plans.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2022, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 22.5% under 18 years, 19.1% between 18 and 34 years, 40.9% between 35 and 64 years, and 17.5% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.6% were men and 50.4% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

2.42%

Uninsured

63.8%

Employer Coverage

10.2%

Medicaid

14.6%

Medicare

8.82%

Non-Group

0.18%

Military or VA

Between 2021 and 2022, the percent of uninsured citizens in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY declined by 4.75% from 2.54% to 2.42%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in NYC-Staten Island Community District 3--South Shore PUMA, NY changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.