2000 Census

Find Out About Your Community

One of every six Americans filled out the Census Bureau's "long form" and answered questions about their jobs, incomes, homes, education, ancestry, citizenship and more. Search the results for a profile of New York communities.

For more community information, visit our archive of 2000 Census news stories.

Housing costs and values
	How much do New Yorkers pay each month in mortgage costs? What does it cost to rent a home?
Enter name of city, county, town or community


What's the average value of homes in each county or community? How many people say their home is worth more than $1 million?
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• Compare Long Island communities:
Age and types of homes | Heating, plumbing and vehicles

Earnings and income
	What's the median household income in each community? How many households make less than $25,000, and how many make more than $200,000?
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• Compare Long Island communities:
Per capita income | Median household income
• Compare New York City boroughs:
Earnings and income

New residents
	How many residents moved into their communities between 1995 and 2000? Where did they move from?
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• Compare Long Island communities:
Lived in same house as in 1995 | Moved within their county

Travel to work
	How do New Yorkers travel to work -- drive alone, carpool, take mass transit? What's the average commute?
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• Compare Long Island communities:
Drive alone to work | Average commute
• Compare New York City boroughs:
Commuting to work

Place of birth and citizenship
	How many residents are native born? How many are naturalized citizens or non-citizens?
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