Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY

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2022 Population

116,717

1.12% 1-year growth

US Senator

Chuck Schumer

Democratic Party

US Senator

Kirsten Gillibrand

Democratic Party

2022 Median Age

40.3

0.983% 1-year decrease

2022 Poverty Rate

8.71%

11.5% 1-year decrease

2022 Median Household Income

$109,467

9.79% 1-year growth

About

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY are White (Non-Hispanic) (40.4%), Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (23.1%), Other (Hispanic) (11.9%), Two+ (Hispanic) (7.86%), and White (Hispanic) (7.06%).

31.3% of the households in Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) 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.

91.1% of the residents in Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY are U.S. citizens.

Most people in Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 31.6 minutes. The average car ownership in Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY was 2 cars per household.

Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY borders Nassau County (East Central)--Oyster Bay Town (Central) PUMA, NY, Nassau County (Southeast)--Oyster Bay Town (South) PUMA, NY, Suffolk County (Northwest)--Huntington Town (South) PUMA, NY, Suffolk County (Central)--Islip Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY, Suffolk County (Southwest)--Islip Town (South) PUMA, NY, and Suffolk County (Southwest)--Babylon Town (Southeast) PUMA, NY.

United States New York

Economy

The economy of Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY employs 61.4k people. The largest industries in Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY are Elementary & secondary schools (4,311 people), General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals (3,995 people), and Construction (3,652 people), and the highest paying industries are Nondepository credit & related activities ($201,426), Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments ($157,512), and Hardware, & plumbing & heating equipment, & supplies merchant wholesalers ($149,960).

Employment

Workforce Diversity

Measure

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Women

N/A%

N/A

Men

N/A%

The workforce of Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY in 2020 was N/A people, with N/A% woman, and N/A% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY.

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

Occupations

61.4k

2022 Value

5.23%

1 Year growth

± 5.23%

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY, are Registered nurses (1,657 people), Cashiers (1,561 people), and Elementary & middle school teachers (1,392 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) 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

61.4k

2022 Value

5.23%

1 Year growth

± 5.23%

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY, are Elementary & secondary schools (4,311 people), General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals (3,995 people), and Construction (3,652 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY, though some of these residents may live in Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Employment by Industry Sector

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

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%.

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

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 Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) 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

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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

In 2022, universities in Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY awarded 289 degrees. The student population of Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY in 2022 is skewed towards men, with 282 male students and 17 female students.

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 false, 0% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 0% of women were in the same situation.

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

Educational Attainment

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population of Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) 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 Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY have an average commute time of 31.6 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Median household income in Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY is $109,467. In 2022, the PUMA with the highest Median Household Income in Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) 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.

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 Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) 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 Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) 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.

$109,467

Median Household Income

± $5,965

N/A

Number of Households

± 0

The following chart displays the households in Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) 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

0.437

2022 Wage GINI in Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY

0.429

2021 Wage GINI in Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY

In 2022, the income inequality in Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY was 0.437 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 1.65% growth from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2022

Drove Alone (70.2%)
Public Transit (9.15%)
Carpooled (7.77%)

In 2022, 70.2% of workers in Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY drove alone to work, followed by those who used public transit to get to work (9.15%) and those who carpooled to work (7.77%).

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

31.6 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY have a longer commute time (31.6 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.7 minutes). Additionally, 6.89% of the workforce in Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) 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 Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

8.71% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY (9.96k out of 114k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of N/A%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 35 - 44, followed by Females 25 - 34 and then Females 55 - 64.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY is White, followed by Hispanic and Black.

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

95.1% of the population of Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY has health coverage, with 54.3% on employee plans, 17.4% on Medicaid, 10.8% on Medicare, 11.7% on non-group plans, and 0.798% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in New York see 1174 patients per year on average, which represents a 0.508% decrease from the previous year (1180 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1218 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 299 patients per year.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

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1,174 to 1

Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in New York

Primary care physicians in New York see an average of 1,174 patients per year. This represents a 0.508% decrease from the previous year (1,180 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in New York in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

Health Care Diversity

In N/A, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in .

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.

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

Uninsured People

4.94%

Uninsured

54.3%

Employer Coverage

17.4%

Medicaid

10.8%

Medicare

11.7%

Non-Group

0.798%

Military or VA

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Suffolk County (West Central)--Babylon Town (Northwest) PUMA, NY changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.