Bronx, NY (New York) Houses and Residents

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Houses: 490,659 (463,212 occupied: 90,522 owner occupied, 372,690 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	80%
State:	47%

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

Median contract rent in 2007: $764 (lower quartile is $537, upper quartile is $969)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $828

Median gross rent in Bronx, NY in 2007: $860

Housing units in Bronx with a mortgage: 23,339 (2,159 second mortgage, 2,053 home equity loan, 105 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 12,021

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $392,100 (it was $183,800 in 2000)

Bronx:	$392,100
New York:	$311,000

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $205,800 - $520,800

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $485,891
Here: $485,891
State: $352,556

Townhouses or other attached units: $444,783
Here: $444,783
State: $476,263

In 2-unit structures: $510,926
Here: $510,926
State: $482,362

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $494,386
Here: $494,386
State: $552,553

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $204,396
Here: $204,396
State: $503,284

Mobile homes: $179,601
Here: $179,601
State: $40,766

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $5,000
Here: $5,000
State: $137,621

Household type by relationship

Households: 1,285,507

In family households: 1,114,409 (140,125 male householders, 177,123 female householders)
149,523 spouses, 468,557 children (444,606 natural, 11,551 adopted, 12,400 stepchildren), 44,814 grandchildren, 28,937 brothers or sisters, 17,954 parents, 42,018 other relatives, 45,358 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 171,098 (60,956 male householders (50,802 living alone)), 85,038 female householders (75,963 living alone)), 25,104 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 47,143 (28,063 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 97,179 2-persons, 84,091 3-persons, 66,013 4-persons, 37,790 5-persons, 18,557 6-persons, 13,618 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 126,765 1-person, 16,063 2-persons, 1,912 3-persons, 653 4-persons, 283 5-persons, 173 6-persons, 145 7-or-more-persons.

144,477 married couples with children.
186,404 single-parent households (19,925 men, 166,479 women).

47.3% of residents of Bronx speak English at home.
43.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
5.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (44% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
2.1% of residents speak other language at home (64% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 385,827 (29.0%)
(39.5% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.2
State:	6.3

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.4
State:	3.6

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Bronx, New York:
	1 room: 1,242 2 rooms: 3,096 3 rooms: 12,880 4 rooms: 14,913 5 rooms: 17,954 6 rooms: 17,390 7 rooms: 7,608 8 rooms: 5,289 9 or more rooms: 10,150

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Bronx, New York:
	1 room: 33,701 2 rooms: 45,523 3 rooms: 119,236 4 rooms: 102,986 5 rooms: 51,558 6 rooms: 13,648 7 rooms: 3,202 8 rooms: 946 9 or more rooms: 1,890

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 2,571
1995 to 1998: 8,605
1990 to 1994: 12,669
1980 to 1989: 21,576
1970 to 1979: 51,740
1960 to 1969: 90,949
1950 to 1959: 87,846
1940 to 1949: 79,831
1939 or earlier: 134,872

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Bronx:
	no bedroom: 1,798 1 bedroom: 14,981 2 bedrooms: 22,614 3 bedrooms: 34,622 4 bedrooms: 8,613 5 or more bedrooms: 7,894

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Bronx:
	no bedroom: 39,727 1 bedroom: 151,654 2 bedrooms: 120,416 3 bedrooms: 52,109 4 bedrooms: 6,827 5 or more bedrooms: 1,957

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Bronx in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 24,600 1 vehicle: 40,362 2 vehicles: 20,185 3 vehicles: 4,187 4 vehicles: 854 5 or more vehicles: 334

Cars and other vehicles available in Bronx in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 260,709 1 vehicle: 92,969 2 vehicles: 15,656 3 vehicles: 1,547 4 vehicles: 276 5 or more vehicles: 1,533

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Bronx, NY:

Less than $10,000: 1540
$10,000 to $14,999: 770
$15,000 to $19,999: 770
$20,000 to $24,999: 1566
$25,000 to $29,999: 1856
$30,000 to $34,999: 1120
$35,000 to $39,999: 630
$40,000 to $49,999: 1006
$50,000 to $59,999: 886
$60,000 to $69,999: 847
$70,000 to $79,999: 870
$80,000 to $89,999: 875
$90,000 to $99,999: 840
$100,000 to $124,999: 2339
$125,000 to $149,999: 1928
$150,000 to $174,999: 2076
$175,000 to $199,999: 2070
$200,000 to $249,999: 3760
$250,000 to $299,999: 3995
$300,000 to $399,999: 17426
$400,000 to $499,999: 18915
$500,000 to $749,999: 18988
$750,000 to $999,999: 3103
$1,000,000 or more: 2346

Bronx rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Bronx:

Less than $100: 5,148 people
$100 to $149: 5,247
$150 to $199: 12,420
$200 to $249: 14,201
$250 to $299: 11,537
$300 to $349: 9,165
$350 to $399: 9,280
$400 to $449: 9,018
$450 to $499: 8,806
$500 to $549: 9,089
$550 to $599: 14,080
$600 to $649: 18,904
$650 to $699: 22,532
$700 to $749: 25,711
$750 to $799: 26,631
$800 to $899: 52,987
$900 to $999: 38,724
$1,000 to $1,249: 50,307
$1,250 to $1,499: 12,532
$1,500 to $1,999: 7,460
$2,000 or more: 2,021
No cash rent: 6,680

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 80,917 1990 to 1994: 86,749 1985 to 1989: 71,007 1980 to 1984: 48,943 1975 to 1979: 24,072 1970 to 1974: 24,688 1970 to 1974: 20,349 1965 to 1969: 29,102

Percentage of workers working in this county: 40.7%
Number of people working at home: 7,756 (1.9% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 4560
5 to 9 minutes: 14563
10 to 14 minutes: 25835
15 to 19 minutes: 33716
20 to 24 minutes: 36583
25 to 29 minutes: 12996
30 to 34 minutes: 60575
35 to 39 minutes: 9152
40 to 44 minutes: 19831
45 to 59 minutes: 70539
60 to 89 minutes: 84803
90 or more minutes: 34166

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 112,159 (27%)
Carpooled: 38,726 (9%)
Bus or trolley bus: 64,918 (16%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 669 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 143,534 (35%)
Railroad: 8,113 (2%)
Ferryboat: 106 (0%)
Taxi: 5,495 (1%)
Motorcycle: 179 (0%)
Bicycle: 987 (0%)
Walked: 30,076 (7%)
Other means: 2,357 (1%)
Worked at home: 7,756 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 109177
$10,000 to $14,999: 40001
$15,000 to $19,999: 31884
$20,000 to $24,999: 31990
$25,000 to $29,999: 31254
$30,000 to $34,999: 29705
$35,000 to $39,999: 24852
$40,000 to $44,999: 22392
$45,000 to $49,999: 17784
$50,000 to $59,999: 32324
$60,000 to $74,999: 33587
$75,000 to $99,999: 30029
$100,000 to $124,999: 13356
$125,000 to $149,999: 6262
$150,000 to $199,999: 4351
$200,000 or more: 4294

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 778508

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 90685

Italian: 62842

Jamaican: 58855

Subsaharan African:: 35263

Irish: 33608

United States or American: 32520

African: 20346

West Indian: 11059

German: 10131

Guyanese: 9144

British West Indian: 8520

Russian: 8224

Albanian: 7002

Polish: 6779

Ghanian: 6203

Nigerian: 4442

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 4400

Greek: 3884

English: 2908

Arab:: 2803

Haitian: 2531

Other Subsaharan African: 2273

Yugoslavian: 2128

Hungarian: 2059

Barbadian: 1962

Ukrainian: 1889

French (except Basque): 1779

Austrian: 1613

Belizean: 1416

U.S. Virgin Islander: 1320

Arab/Arabic: 1292

Romanian: 1081

Eastern European: 1038

European: 957

Scottish: 846

British: 790

Scotch-Irish: 702

Israeli: 628

Ethiopian: 590

Portuguese: 549

Bulgarian: 542

Senegalese: 535

Armenian: 457

Swedish: 454

Dutch: 448

French Canadian: 441

Egyptian: 438

Canadian: 412

Norwegian: 400

Macedonian: 372

Brazilian: 350

Lithuanian: 342

Czechoslovakian: 309

Other Arab: 294

Turkish: 291

Czech: 248

Liberian: 245

Lebanese: 231

Sierra Leonean: 229

Bahamian: 218

Iranian: 217

Slovak: 211

Croatian: 194

Moroccan: 186

Danish: 174

Latvian: 172

Dutch West Indian: 170

Palestinian: 164

Jordanian: 159

Sudanese: 155

Belgian: 147

Other West Indian: 132

Finnish: 117

Serbian: 110

Bermudan: 102

Australian: 100

Somalian: 98

Swiss: 96

Cape Verdean: 95

Welsh: 93

Slavic: 92

Maltese: 66

Estonian: 63

Acadian/Cajun: 53

Scandinavian: 44

Icelander: 38

New Zealander: 37

Celtic: 31

Cypriot: 29

German Russian: 27

South African: 26

Afghan: 25

Syrian: 25

Kenyan: 21

Slovene: 19

Iraqi: 14

Northern European: 11

Luxemburger: 8

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 6

Zairian: 5

Soviet Union: 4

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

Dominican Republic (32%)
Jamaica (13%)
Mexico (5%)
Guyana (4%)
Ecuador (4%)
Other Caribbean (4%)
Honduras (3%)

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

This state: 713090
Northeast: 23711
Midwest: 6555
South: 61176
West: 3708

65% of Bronx residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in New York.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 12,967
Nursery to 4th grade: 5,455
5th and 6th grade: 14,941
7th and 8th grade: 19,639
9th grade: 17,087
10th grade: 14,935
11th grade: 18,843
12th grade, no diploma: 29,398
High school graduate (or equivalency): 93,409
Less than 1 year of college: 17,617
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 38,410
Associate degree: 15,376
Bachelor's degree: 29,323
Master's degree: 11,435
Professional school degree: 5,929
Doctorate degree: 2,740

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 17,216
Nursery to 4th grade: 9,415
5th and 6th grade: 19,892
7th and 8th grade: 25,860
9th grade: 20,005
10th grade: 18,898
11th grade: 22,255
12th grade, no diploma: 32,880
High school graduate (or equivalency): 111,837
Less than 1 year of college: 23,080
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 51,056
Associate degree: 27,917
Bachelor's degree: 40,531
Master's degree: 19,007
Professional school degree: 5,518
Doctorate degree: 1,921

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 7.6%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 7.3%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 15.5%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 14.8%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 22.7%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 22.7%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 5.7%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 9.8%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 15.6%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 20.5%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 14.8%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 17.4%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 15.4%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 18.7%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $50,257
Black householders: $36,107
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $26,414
Asian householders: $51,067
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $20,585
Some other race householders: $27,175
Two or more races householders: $32,188
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $27,076

Bronx household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Bronx household income for Black householders

Bronx household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Bronx household income for Asian householders

Bronx household income for Some other race householders

Bronx household income for Two or more races householders

Bronx household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Bronx marital status for males

Bronx marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $431,565
Black or African American householders: $390,393
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $389,540
Asian householders: $407,033
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $337,700
Some other race householders: $392,526
Two or more races householders: $395,086
Hispanic or Latino householders: $392,100

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 28,429
One, attached: 26,572
Two: 41,304
3 or 4: 36,345
5 to 9: 19,249
10 to 19: 30,998
20 to 49: 124,680
50 or more: 182,568
Mobile homes: 333
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 181

Median worth of mobile homes: $103,848

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Bronx:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (52%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (37%) Electricity (6%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%) Other fuel (1%) No fuel used (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (41%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (40%) Electricity (11%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%) Other fuel (3%) No fuel used (2%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 26,911

Here:	14.1%
New York:	14.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 15,241

Here:	16.1%
New York:	13.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 27,103

Here:	38.3%
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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