In the language of numbers: how much New Yorkers earn and spend
'04.03.2020'
Source: zen.yandex.ru
The author of the channel "In the West" on the site Yandex Zen compared how much they earn and how much they spend the inhabitants of the largest city in America. Referring to an official source Census.govHe shared entertaining statistics.
The population of New York is 8,5 million people - this is a cross between Moscow and St. Petersburg. The median family income per year before tax is $ 61; in the Bronx, where the poor New Yorkers live, - $ 39 thousand, while in Manhattan - $ 85 thousand.
The average monthly salary in the Big Apple after paying taxes for half of the families is up to $ 3. Thus, if all family members work, each of them receives about $ 800 thousand.
Moreover, renting an apartment for a family is about the same.
“The poor have to spend more than half of the family budget on an apartment,” the author noted. “Even residents of wealthy Manhattan, with their average family income of $ 5, are a bit taut.”
On the subject: The minimum wage will increase in 2020 in New York
A New Yorker spends about 41 minutes to get to work.
“That is, people are most likely to live in the same area where they work, and the situation“ to live in cheap outskirts and work in a prestigious place ”is not typical,” the author explained.
Some statistics
According to official figures, only 33% of New Yorkers live in their own housing, two-thirds rent it.
Most homeowners pay a mortgage. As a result, the total cost of own apartment per month is $ 2.
“That is, it doesn’t matter for a rental or a mortgage, but you will have to fork out equally for tenants and owners,” the author writes.
According to official statistics, the figures for New York are as follows:
- 19% of New Yorkers live below the poverty line;
- 10% cannot afford medical insurance;
- 37% of the inhabitants of the Big Apple are people born abroad;
- 37% have a higher education, including 61% among Manhattan residents;
- 47% of Manhattan residents are white, childless, and born in the United States;
- In the poor Bronx of whites, only 9%; here families bring up more children, and people with higher education are three times less than in Manhattan;
- 13% of New Yorkers do not have computers;
- 21% of city residents do not have access to the Internet.
