Queens, NY (New York) Houses and Residents

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Houses: 817,250 (782,664 occupied: 334,894 owner occupied, 447,770 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	57%
State:	47%

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

Median contract rent in 2007: $1,007 (lower quartile is $767, upper quartile is $1,281)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $1,029

Median gross rent in Queens, NY in 2007: $1,104

Housing units in Queens with a mortgage: 122,366 (10,707 second mortgage, 9,927 home equity loan, 311 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 64,617

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $506,900 (it was $206,200 in 2000)

Queens:	$506,900
New York:	$311,000

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $320,100 - $676,700

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $577,762
Here: $577,762
State: $352,556

Townhouses or other attached units: $533,108
Here: $533,108
State: $476,263

In 2-unit structures: $584,985
Here: $584,985
State: $482,362

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $596,496
Here: $596,496
State: $552,553

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $262,529
Here: $262,529
State: $503,284

Mobile homes: $231,200
Here: $231,200
State: $40,766

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $130,656
Here: $130,656
State: $137,621

Household type by relationship

Households: 2,202,612

In family households: 1,908,043 (362,062 male householders, 180,742 female householders)
378,912 spouses, 671,176 children (639,933 natural, 13,469 adopted, 17,774 stepchildren), 53,626 grandchildren, 56,405 brothers or sisters, 44,987 parents, 91,245 other relatives, 68,888 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 294,569 (101,887 male householders (79,131 living alone)), 137,955 female householders (120,613 living alone)), 54,727 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 26,767 (14,855 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 175,682 2-persons, 130,938 3-persons, 116,400 4-persons, 64,531 5-persons, 31,430 6-persons, 23,823 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 199,744 1-person, 31,577 2-persons, 5,418 3-persons, 1,913 4-persons, 766 5-persons, 250 6-persons, 174 7-or-more-persons.

316,088 married couples with children.
116,186 single-parent households (22,017 men, 94,169 women).

46.4% of residents of Queens speak English at home.
23.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
17.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
11.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (38% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other language at home (65% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 1,028,339 (46.1%)
(45.4% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.6
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 Queens, New York:
	1 room: 4,407 2 rooms: 10,651 3 rooms: 37,894 4 rooms: 42,929 5 rooms: 60,543 6 rooms: 80,099 7 rooms: 40,154 8 rooms: 25,036 9 or more rooms: 33,181

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Queens, New York:
	1 room: 43,722 2 rooms: 69,435 3 rooms: 125,714 4 rooms: 105,597 5 rooms: 64,132 6 rooms: 27,434 7 rooms: 5,779 8 rooms: 2,745 9 or more rooms: 3,212

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 3,384
1995 to 1998: 8,689
1990 to 1994: 9,660
1980 to 1989: 28,384
1970 to 1979: 58,919
1960 to 1969: 130,750
1950 to 1959: 175,643
1940 to 1949: 161,256
1939 or earlier: 240,565

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Queens:
	no bedroom: 6,629 1 bedroom: 42,920 2 bedrooms: 85,127 3 bedrooms: 136,717 4 bedrooms: 41,946 5 or more bedrooms: 21,555

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Queens:
	no bedroom: 52,284 1 bedroom: 183,115 2 bedrooms: 145,160 3 bedrooms: 57,482 4 bedrooms: 7,119 5 or more bedrooms: 2,610

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Queens in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 64,145 1 vehicle: 151,509 2 vehicles: 92,443 3 vehicles: 20,626 4 vehicles: 4,447 5 or more vehicles: 1,724

Cars and other vehicles available in Queens in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 230,904 1 vehicle: 169,828 2 vehicles: 39,774 3 vehicles: 4,461 4 vehicles: 862 5 or more vehicles: 1,941

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

Less than $10,000: 607
$10,000 to $14,999: 304
$15,000 to $19,999: 304
$20,000 to $24,999: 314
$25,000 to $29,999: 428
$30,000 to $34,999: 428
$35,000 to $39,999: 411
$40,000 to $49,999: 845
$50,000 to $59,999: 1328
$60,000 to $69,999: 1472
$70,000 to $79,999: 1825
$80,000 to $89,999: 2055
$90,000 to $99,999: 2122
$100,000 to $124,999: 5637
$125,000 to $149,999: 7184
$150,000 to $174,999: 7928
$175,000 to $199,999: 7599
$200,000 to $249,999: 12720
$250,000 to $299,999: 9392
$300,000 to $399,999: 37230
$400,000 to $499,999: 63950
$500,000 to $749,999: 107304
$750,000 to $999,999: 41462
$1,000,000 or more: 22048

Queens rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Queens:

Less than $100: 1,891 people
$100 to $149: 1,618
$150 to $199: 4,201
$200 to $249: 4,744
$250 to $299: 4,305
$300 to $349: 3,506
$350 to $399: 3,817
$400 to $449: 4,523
$450 to $499: 4,861
$500 to $549: 4,531
$550 to $599: 9,660
$600 to $649: 11,417
$650 to $699: 12,656
$700 to $749: 22,407
$750 to $799: 18,787
$800 to $899: 47,433
$900 to $999: 53,931
$1,000 to $1,249: 124,402
$1,250 to $1,499: 53,491
$1,500 to $1,999: 35,815
$2,000 or more: 9,196
No cash rent: 10,252

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 219,492 1990 to 1994: 209,802 1985 to 1989: 176,413 1980 to 1984: 134,309 1975 to 1979: 73,542 1970 to 1974: 74,596 1970 to 1974: 57,213 1965 to 1969: 82,972

Percentage of workers working in this county: 39.5%
Number of people working at home: 16,673 (1.8% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 8788
5 to 9 minutes: 29545
10 to 14 minutes: 55158
15 to 19 minutes: 71810
20 to 24 minutes: 81111
25 to 29 minutes: 30347
30 to 34 minutes: 149708
35 to 39 minutes: 23322
40 to 44 minutes: 56550
45 to 59 minutes: 152102
60 to 89 minutes: 182420
90 or more minutes: 74175

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 319,187 (34%)
Carpooled: 95,329 (10%)
Bus or trolley bus: 93,186 (10%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 1,543 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 319,225 (34%)
Railroad: 20,845 (2%)
Ferryboat: 143 (0%)
Taxi: 6,235 (1%)
Motorcycle: 384 (0%)
Bicycle: 2,417 (0%)
Walked: 52,776 (6%)
Other means: 3,766 (0%)
Worked at home: 16,673 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 86268
$10,000 to $14,999: 47850
$15,000 to $19,999: 43787
$20,000 to $24,999: 46978
$25,000 to $29,999: 46502
$30,000 to $34,999: 48111
$35,000 to $39,999: 45853
$40,000 to $44,999: 43009
$45,000 to $49,999: 37801
$50,000 to $59,999: 70580
$60,000 to $74,999: 85183
$75,000 to $99,999: 85146
$100,000 to $124,999: 45609
$125,000 to $149,999: 21706
$150,000 to $199,999: 16365
$200,000 or more: 11898

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 1093699

Italian: 168443

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 129996

Irish: 91506

United States or American: 61794

Jamaican: 52598

Polish: 48481

German: 48405

Guyanese: 45200

Russian: 44168

Greek: 43192

Haitian: 33795

Subsaharan African:: 20742

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 18350

Arab:: 14748

West Indian: 13876

African: 12849

Romanian: 12549

English: 11031

Ukrainian: 8838

Hungarian: 8402

Croatian: 7770

Austrian: 6949

French (except Basque): 6491

Yugoslavian: 6104

Brazilian: 5945

Egyptian: 5536

Albanian: 5178

Armenian: 5090

Israeli: 4838

Barbadian: 4596

European: 4563

Nigerian: 4378

Afghan: 4364

British West Indian: 4330

Portuguese: 3763

Iranian: 3729

Eastern European: 3526

Turkish: 3217

Scotch-Irish: 3172

Scottish: 3108

Lithuanian: 2895

Arab/Arabic: 2672

Czech: 2330

Czechoslovakian: 2195

British: 2188

Bulgarian: 1980

Other Arab: 1977

Moroccan: 1851

Dutch: 1692

Swedish: 1622

Norwegian: 1492

Lebanese: 1485

French Canadian: 1465

Slovak: 1417

Canadian: 1311

Maltese: 1293

Serbian: 1192

Cypriot: 1012

Swiss: 936

Belizean: 924

Other Subsaharan African: 872

Ghanian: 853

Danish: 609

Slavic: 597

Latvian: 584

Ethiopian: 501

Liberian: 481

Belgian: 467

Macedonian: 461

U.S. Virgin Islander: 457

Welsh: 435

Finnish: 430

Other West Indian: 421

Palestinian: 375

Syrian: 374

Bahamian: 339

Slovene: 294

Sudanese: 278

Iraqi: 267

Estonian: 219

Jordanian: 211

Northern European: 198

Dutch West Indian: 196

Celtic: 195

Australian: 181

Scandinavian: 169

Soviet Union: 151

Sierra Leonean: 147

Basque: 117

Bermudan: 114

South African: 98

Cape Verdean: 72

Pennsylvania German: 68

New Zealander: 61

Alsatian: 58

Icelander: 54

Ugandan: 52

Senegalese: 51

Kenyan: 48

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 48

Luxemburger: 39

Somalian: 34

German Russian: 32

Acadian/Cajun: 29

Zimbabwean: 19

Zairian: 9

Carpatho Rusyn: 7

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

China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (7%)
Guyana (7%)
Ecuador (6%)
Colombia (6%)
Dominican Republic (6%)
Korea (5%)
India (5%)

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

This state: 1014682
Northeast: 35986
Midwest: 14250
South: 74568
West: 10496

67% of Queens 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, 77% lived in New York.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 18,024
Nursery to 4th grade: 6,773
5th and 6th grade: 24,726
7th and 8th grade: 25,100
9th grade: 17,946
10th grade: 19,082
11th grade: 17,836
12th grade, no diploma: 48,800
High school graduate (or equivalency): 185,006
Less than 1 year of college: 35,149
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 84,436
Associate degree: 37,962
Bachelor's degree: 112,714
Master's degree: 42,748
Professional school degree: 19,256
Doctorate degree: 6,506

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 23,772
Nursery to 4th grade: 10,243
5th and 6th grade: 28,833
7th and 8th grade: 32,751
9th grade: 20,526
10th grade: 21,008
11th grade: 19,464
12th grade, no diploma: 52,297
High school graduate (or equivalency): 233,375
Less than 1 year of college: 40,802
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 89,301
Associate degree: 49,418
Bachelor's degree: 115,705
Master's degree: 50,924
Professional school degree: 14,999
Doctorate degree: 4,020

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 5.8%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 5.4%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 11.9%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 9.3%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 12.3%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 14.7%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 5.1%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 6.6%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 7.8%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 12.9%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 8.4%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 9.8%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 8.1%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 12.3%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $56,689
Black householders: $55,148
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $37,444
Asian householders: $53,918
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $53,322
Some other race householders: $49,274
Two or more races householders: $50,766
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $47,706

Queens household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Queens household income for Black householders

Queens household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Queens household income for Asian householders

Queens household income for Some other race householders

Queens household income for Two or more races householders

Queens household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Queens marital status for males

Queens marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $617,277
Black or African American householders: $427,742
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $449,621
Asian householders: $578,436
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $372,677
Some other race householders: $489,691
Two or more races householders: $481,825
Hispanic or Latino householders: $509,358

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 172,135
One, attached: 79,812
Two: 156,709
3 or 4: 85,466
5 to 9: 45,750
10 to 19: 28,160
20 to 49: 77,145
50 or more: 171,120
Mobile homes: 632
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 321

Median worth of mobile homes: $267,911

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Queens:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (66%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (29%) Electricity (2%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (54%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (33%) Electricity (8%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%) Other fuel (1%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 40,455

Here:	17.3%
New York:	14.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 20,257

Here:	16.1%
New York:	13.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 43,694

Here:	33.6%
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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