Life in the Middle
Neighborhoods at New York City's $51,865 median household income.
Bedford
Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Median Household Income
$52,253 ±$12,260Education
38.4%
HS degree±7.9%
HS degree±7.9%
43.3%
college degree±7.9%
college degree±7.9%
Avg commute time
41.8 minutes ±2.8minRace
-
1.4% Asian
-
83.3% Black
-
8.9% Hispanic
-
9.1% White
Woodlawn-Wakefield
Bronx
Bronx
Median Household Income
$51,223 ±$2,759Education
50.1%
HS degree±7.1%
HS degree±7.1%
32%
college degree±6.7%
college degree±6.7%
Avg commute time
43.6 minutes ±3.7minRace
-
6.8% Asian
-
63.5% Black
-
20.7% Hispanic
-
11.2% White
Central Harlem
Manhattan
Manhattan
Median Household Income
$52,679 ±$6,627Education
27.9%
HS degree±8.1%
HS degree±8.1%
46.7%
college degree±8.1%
college degree±8.1%
Avg commute time
34.2 minutes ±4.8minRace
-
5.8% Asian
-
52.1% Black
-
32.6% Hispanic
-
20.7% White
North Corona
Queens
Queens
Median Household Income
$52,633 ±$6,054Education
54.6%
HS degree±8.9%
HS degree±8.9%
5.1%
college degree±2.8%
college degree±2.8%
Avg commute time
45.6 minutes ±5.5minRace
-
5% Asian
-
10.2% Black
-
84.6% Hispanic
-
26.7% White
Grasmere-Arrochar-
Ft. Wadsworth
Staten Island
Ft. Wadsworth
Staten Island
Median Household Income
$51,196 ±$6,887Education
46.5%
HS degree±9%
HS degree±9%
29.8%
college degree±7.7%
college degree±7.7%
Avg commute time
40.2 minutes ±6.9minRace
-
8.8% Asian
-
11.4% Black
-
20.9% Hispanic
-
69.2% White
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the statisticsLiving at the Median
Dec 17 2013
By Janet Babin
The U.S. Census Bureau has
released the latest data on median household income in New York City.
WNYC wants to know who inhabits the middle of that pile of numbers, and
what it feels like to survive there.
The city's median income is $51,865- that's across the five boroughs.
In Manhattan it's closer to $70,000 and in the Bronx it's around
$34,000.Our series, Life in the Middle, considers five census tracts, one in each borough.
WNYC will examine the texture of these median neighborhoods. We're out to find the thread of tension and joy that connects the people living in the middle, and what distinguishes the way they live on a little more than $50,000. For many in the middle, that paycheck doesn't feel like much. Especially in a city where construction cranes dot the sky and luxury high rises demand record prices. But they make it work.
During the campaign, de Blasio spoke of a tale of two cities, a city that has three times as many millionaires as Los Angeles, but also where one in five New Yorkers lives in poverty.
The richer some of the city's residents become, the more skewed the mean income becomes. Imagine a graph that charts income levels from left to right, with those on the right making the most money.
"The people who are sort of going towards the right that are well off, they never feel like they are well off because the people to their immediate right are much better off than they are, and that’s why you’re seeing so many people considering themselves middle class," said Cathy O'Neil, a data scientist at Johnson Research Labs. She also writes the blog mathbabe.
In contrast, the median represents those who are in the middle of the income road.
Credits
Story by Janet Babin / WNYC
Built by John Keefe, Evan Hensleigh, Jenny Ye, Louise Ma / WNYC
Data from 2008-2012 ACS 5-year estimates and Race Data from 2010 Census. Educational attainment refers to the population 25 years and over. In the US Census, people are allowed to identify as more than one race.
Story by Janet Babin / WNYC
Built by John Keefe, Evan Hensleigh, Jenny Ye, Louise Ma / WNYC
Data from 2008-2012 ACS 5-year estimates and Race Data from 2010 Census. Educational attainment refers to the population 25 years and over. In the US Census, people are allowed to identify as more than one race.
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