18.5% of Park Slopers Have Asthma, And Other Neighborhood Statistics

Photo via Park Slope Lens

Ever wonder what kind of people make up our fine nabe?

The Center for the Study of Brooklyn has released a very interesting compilation of neighborhood reports. Park Slope is classified as part of District 6, which also includes Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Gowanus and Red Hook, so the numbers probably skew a bit differently than if they were solely focused on our slippery slope. Still, it paints an interesting profile for those who like numbers and factoids:

There are 118,000 of us, 48% male, 51% female, and 16.4 % are foreign-born.  After English and Spanish, Italian is the 3rd most spoken language at home.  Ciao.

We’re 65% white; 18% Latino; 8% Black; 5% Asian, and 3.2% “other.” 66% of our preschool spawn are in private schools, but the number of older kids attending public schools has increased significantly.  8% will drop out and 64% of us have a bachelors degree or higher. 

Our medium household income is $84,153, 6% are unemployed, 10% are in poverty including 12% of children. The top careers are: Lawyer, Manager, Designer and Teachers.  67% of us take public transportation to work, while 13% drive and 10% walk/bike.  15% of us work in arts or culture, 14.5% for non-profits and 10.7% for local govt.

There are 49,178 households. 37% of us own. 63% rent, with the avg. rent being $1,500/mo. 44% of owners spend more than 30% of their income on housing and 24% of owners pay more than 50%. For renters, 52% of us blow more than 30% of our income on rent, while 29% spend more than 50% of our income for the roofs over our heads. 

Health-wise, 18.5% of us have asthma; 14% are uninsured and 9% eat no servings of fruit or vegetables a day, which might explain how 17% of us are obese and 8.7% have diabetes.  14% of us smoke, 17% of us binge drink and 47 of us, over the course of a year, were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. 

We have 3 times the Brooklyn rate for domestic violence police responses.  70% of us voted in the last presidential election and Park Slopers donated $600,000 in recent New York elections.     

That’s just a quick snapshot.  You can compare these results with the rest of Brooklyn by cruising the full report here.