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THE BRAIN GAIN: How the Region’s Shifting Demographics Favor the Lower Manhattan Business District

Since 2000, Lower Manhattan has emerged as the new epicenter of the region’s vast and growing pool of high-value, knowledge workers. Educated young and mid-career adults are foregoing the suburbs in favor of the subway and PATH-connected neighborhoods of Manhattan, Brooklyn and the cities along New Jersey’s Hudson River waterfront.

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Today, Lower Manhattan is surrounded by residential communities that have an increasing share of the region’s high-value workers, while THE BRAIN GAIN: the far-off bedroom communities in Long Island, New York, and How the Region’s Shifting Demographics Connecticut have seen their shares shrink. This demographic shift has had a profound impact on the value proposition of a Lower Manhattan Favor the Lower Manhattan Business District business address – both dramatically improving the opportunity to attract the best and brightest workers to Lower Manhattan, and diminishing the allure of Midtown’s commuter rail stations. Executive Summary Who are the region’s high-value workers and where do they live? In 2012, to answer these critical questions, the Downtown Alliance Access to labor has always been among the most important factors analyzed data from the 2000 U.S. Decennial Census and the 2010 in corporate leasing decisions. This is certainly true in the financial American Community Survey for the population of the NY-NJ-CT-PA services, professional services, media, creative services, management, Combined Statistical Area (CSA), a broadly-defined region including and information sectors that drive office leasing in New York City. 30 counties. We looked at neighborhoods, or PUMAs1 to determine: Lower Manhattan was the original center of the New York City •• where people working in the fields of advertising, media, arts office market, but over the course of many decades some companies and entertainment, professional services, management, information moved away from Downtown to areas surrounding Midtown’s Grand technology, finance, insurance, and real estate live today versus 2000. Central Terminal and Penn Station. The relocations were spurred Thought of together as “creative and professional” industries, by the pursuit of high-value workers who moved out of the urban these sectors account for the vast majority of office leasing in core to bedroom communities in suburban New Jersey, Long Island, New York City. Westchester and the Hudson Valley, and Southern Connecticut. •• where college-educated adults, ages 18 to 44, live today versus 2000. Since 2000, there has been a monumental shift in the population of these This group includes recent college graduates, as well as people in high-value workers in the greater New York metro region. Extensive young and middle adulthood, many of whom are married and residential development and dramatic neighborhood revitalization in raising families and likely face the decision of whether or not to Manhattan, Brooklyn, and New Jersey’s Hudson River waterfront cities live in the suburbs. have attracted huge numbers of young, educated people. These workers – who prefer apartment living and shorter commutes via subway, PATH, The answer is loud and clear:the high-value knowledge workers ferry, bike and foot to suburban life and lengthy commutes via heavy who drive the region’s economy – the people companies want to hire – rail or car – are driving professional and creative leasing in New York increasingly live within a 30-minute commute of Lower Manhattan. City. The New York metro region’s substantial population growth among the cohorts most important to the New York City office market was driven

1 “PUMA” stands for Public Use Microdata Area, geographically contiguous census tracts grouped together in population clusters of 100,000 or more. In this study, PUMAs provide the best opportunity to link data to identifiable communities in NYC, and also approximately match one or more towns and cities in New York State, New Jersey, and Connecticut. PUMAs are referred to as “communities” in this report.

DowntownNY.com 2 THE BRAIN GAIN: Update 2015 overwhelmingly by the changes that occurred in the areas immediately The Downtown Alliance released these initial findings in 2012, surrounding the Lower Manhattan central business district. Meanwhile, using available census data reflecting the period between 2000 other areas in the 30-county region – which include the rest of New and 2010. The data illustrated huge gains in the number of creative York City, the rest of New Jersey, Long Island, Westchester and and professional workers as well as college-educated adults in the the Hudson Valley, Southern Connecticut, and Pike County in residential areas within a 30 minute commute of Lower Manhattan. Pennsylvania – contributed far less to the region’s total net growth. In Using demographic data, the Downtown Alliance successfully some cases, these areas saw a declining population of college-educated demonstrated that Lower Manhattan's superior access to high value adults age 18 to 44 and those working in creative and professional fields. workers is a key advantage for a Lower Manhattan business address. These geographic growth trends strongly suggest a shift in the Findings from the 2010 data revealed: preferences of the region’s high-value workers, who are increasingly ••The fast-growing communities and towns surrounding Lower opting out of the suburban lifestyle and emphatically favoring urban Manhattan posted large population gains among people working living. The implications for Lower Manhattan are clear: with an in creative and professional fields. extensive network of multi-modal transit, Lower Manhattan is exceptionally well-positioned to take advantage of its proximity ••Nine of the region’s ten fastest-growing communities are within to the region’s fastest-growing, talent-rich communities. Today, a 30-minute subway or PATH ride of Lower Manhattan. As a companies eager to attract the best and brightest of the region’s result, places like Park Slope, the Lower East Side, and Jersey City’s labor force have every reason to set up shop in Lower Manhattan. Newport-Grove Street area contribute more of the region’s creative and professional workforce today than Scarsdale, New York; Key Findings Fairfield, Connecticut; and Huntington, Long Island. ••At over 557,000, the 2010 population of creative and professional Growth of the region’s creative and workers living within a 30-minute commute of Lower Manhattan  professional workforce is concentrated outranked the populations of Long Island (298,000), Westchester around Lower Manhattan. and the Hudson Valley (226,000), Southern Connecticut (211,000), and the rest of New York City (457,000). Communities surrounding Lower Manhattan  ••Lower Manhattan’s 30-minute commute area was the only part of show the fastest growth of college-educated the region to grow its share of workers in creative and professional adults ages 18 to 44. fields over the last decade.  Lower Manhattan's 30-minute commute area ••The number of educated adults ages 18 to 44 within a 30-minute leads the region's growth of college-educated commute of Lower Manhattan jumped by 172,000 people, adults ages 35 to 44. skyrocketing 32% to reach over 717,000 in 2010. Contrast this with the rest of the 30-county region, which posted a net gain of only 6%.

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••This rapid growth in and around Lower Manhattan was due in large part to those in the higher-age bracket of 35 to 44 years; this population grew by 44,000, or 24% in this area. By contrast, IN THE NYC METRO REGION the more suburban areas of the region barely held onto their populations among this age group, posting a net gain of just 3,100.

••At over 717,000, the 2010 total population of college-educated 18-to-44-year-olds living within a 30-minute commute of Lower Manhattan outranked the populations of Long Island (327,000), Westchester and the Hudson Valley (247,000) and Southern Connecticut (236,000). If these growth trends continue, it will not be long before the population of educated 18-to-44-year-olds in the area surrounding Lower Manhattan outranks that found in all of Long Island, Westchester, and the Hudson Valley, and Southern Connecticut combined.

2015 UPDATE of COLLEGE- Data newly available in 2015 further validates this trend.2 A fresh EDUCATED ADULTS look at the most recently available data now shows that these trends 25% have continued and even strengthened. The population living within a 30-minute commute area has seen continued growth in college- of CREATIVE & educated workers and accelerating growth in the creative and PROFESSIONAL professional workforce. WORKERS ••More than 750,000 college-educated adults are within a 30-minute te Commute 24% nu A commute of Lower Manhattan, a 39% increase since 2000. Mi rea 0 3 ••More than a half million people working in creative and professional industries live within a 30-minute commute, an 18% live within a increase since 2000. 30-minute commute New data demonstrates that demographic shifts have continued since 2010, resulting in an increasing share of the New York City of Lower Manhattan Metropolitan Region's high-value workers living within a short subway, PATH, ferry, or bicycle commute to Lower Manhattan.

2 2015 update based on the 2013 American Community Survey—the most recent data available as of the publication of the report. 2010 and 2013 data represents American Community Survey 3-year estimates. 2000 data was made available through the decennial census. From 2010 to 2013, new PUMA boundaries were established by the Census. Assistance in comparing 2000 to 2013 data using new geographic names and boundaries was provided by Frank Donnelly, Geospatial Data Librarian and Araby Smyth, College Assistant of Newman Library, Baruch College, City University of New York. DowntownNY.com 4 THE BRAIN GAIN: Update 2015

The Region's Growth of College-Educated Adults Ages 18-44, 2015 UPDATE: Metro Area 2000-2013 College-Educated Adults, Ages 18 to 44 30-Minute Commute Area The Rest of the Region (Net Change) +214,785 +185,681

The Rest Westchester/ Long Southern The Rest of NYC of New Hudson Island Connecticut Since 2010, College-Educated Adults have Jersey Valley continued flocking to the communities in proximity to Lower Manhattan.

Key Findings +214,785 +132,944 +36,809 +19,158 +3,745 -6,975 Within a 30-minute commute of Lower Manhattan, the  (+) 5,000 People (–) 5,000 People population of college-educated adults ages 18-44, saw strong, steady growth, with the addition of more than 43,000 from 2010 to 2013. College-Educated Population Ages 18 – 44, by Geography, 2000-2013 Since 2000, the population of college-educated  30-Minute The Rest The Rest Long Southern Westchester/ adults ages 18-44 living within a 30-minute Commute of New of NYC Island Connecticut Hudson Valley Area Jersey commute of Lower Manhattan grew by 39%.  By contrast, the growth of the college-educated Total, 2013 759,115 606,344 805,508 335,482 236,506 246,471 population tapers off significantly in areas further Net Growth, +214,785 +132,944 +36,809 +19,158 +3,745 -6,975 from Lower Manhattan. In the outermost parts of the 2000-2013 region, the college-educated population was either % Growth +39% +28% +5% +6% +2% -3% stagnant or declining since 2000. 2000-2013

The result is that 25% of the region's college- Share of  Region, 25.4% 20.3% 26.9% 11.2% 7.9% 8.2% educated adults ages 18-44 now live within a 2013 30-minute commute of Lower Manhattan. Share Gain/Loss +4.4 +2.0 -2.7 -1.0 -1.1 -1.5 2000-2013

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Growth Among Creative and Professional Industries, 2015 UPDATE: Metro Area Residents by Geography, 2000-2013

Employed in Creative and Professional 100,000 90,549 90,000 Industries 80,000 70,000 60,000 The growth of the creative and professional 50,000 40,000 workforce living within a 30-minute commute of 30,000 20,000 Lower Manhattan accelerated since 2010. 10,000 2,139 290 0 -10,000 - 3,467 - 5,676 - 6,650

Key Findings 30-Minute Southern Westchester/ The Rest of The Rest Long Island Commute Connecticut Hudson Valley New Jersey of NYC Creative and professional workers have been flocking Area  to areas in and around Lower Manhattan since 2000. This trend accelerated between 2010 and Residents Employed in Creative and Professional Industries by 2013, when the data revealed that the 30-minute Geography, 2000-2013 commute area saw an influx of more than 23,000 30-Minute The The Rest Westchester/ Southern Long Commute Rest of New such workers. Hudson Valley Connecticut Island Area of NYC Jersey  Since 2000, the number of creative and professional Total, 2013 580,348 450,336 706,077 223,898 208,923 292,190 workers living within a 30-minute commute of Lower Net Growth, +90,549 -5,676 -3,467 +290 +2,139 -6,650 Manhattan has grown by 90,000 – a gain of 18.5%. 2000-2013

% Growth +18.5% -1.2% -0.5% +0.1% +1.0% -2.2% Over that same time, other parts of the region 2000-2013  experienced very modest population growth among Share of the creative and professional workforce. Long Island Region, 23.5% 18.3% 28.6% 9.1% 8.5% 11.9% and farther-out parts of New Jersey actually lost 2013 creative and professional workers. Share Gain/ Loss 2000- +3.0 -0.8 -1.1 -0.3 -0.19 -0.7 The area surrounding Lower Manhattan now 2013  accounts for nearly 24% of the regional creative and professional workforce.

DowntownNY.com 6 THE BRAIN GAIN: Update 2015 Growth of the Region’s High-Value Knowledge Workforce within a One-Seat Ride The trends are even more impressive when looking at the population directly connected to Lower Manhattan by a one-seat ride via subway, ferry or PATH. 10 5 ••More than 1/3 of the region's creative and professional workers are within a one-seat ride. 7 ••Over 38% of the region's college-educated adults 1 4 ages 18-44 have a direct transit connection to 3 2 Lower Manhattan. 8 6 9

College-Educated Adults Creative and Professional within One-Seat Ride Workers within One-Seat Ride

Total, 2013 1,144,657 864,246

Net Growth, +102,627 +320,294 12 Subway Lines 2000-2013 % Growth +38.9% +13.5 2000-2013 6 Ferry Stops & Share of Region, 12 Routes 38.2% 35.1% 2013

Share Gain/Loss 2 PATH routes to NJ +6.4 +3.2 2000-2013

The findings are clear. Now well into the second decade of the new millennium, strong demographic trends are proving their staying power and further cementing Lower Manhattan as the epicenter of a high-value workforce.

7 The result of the dramatic population growth in and around Lower Findings: Metro-Area Residents Employed Manhattan means that today, places like Park Slope, the Lower East Side, and the Newport section of Jersey City contribute more of the region’s in Creative and Professional Industries creative and professional workforce than Scarsdale, New York; Fairfield, Connecticut; and Huntington, Long Island.3 Between 2000 and 2010, there “Nine of the region’s was a dramatic increase in the top 10 fastest-growing number of people employed in populations of creative the creative and professional fields living within a 30-minute walk, and professional subway, PATH, ferry, bus or workers live in areas bike ride of Lower Manhattan. within a 30-minute subway or PATH ride While half of the region’s of Lower Manhattan.” 155 communities gained some population of creative and professional workers, most of the growth was found in the urban core, and in particular, in the areas surrounding Lower Manhattan. In fact, among the communities with Newport-Grove Street, JC East Village, LES the biggest gains of residents working in creative and professional fields, 9 of the top 10 were within a 30-minute subway or PATH ride of Lower Manhattan.2

Not only did the communities surrounding Lower Manhattan gain the greatest number of net new residents employed in the creative and professional industries, they also exhibited some of the fastest growth rates in the region. For example, Jersey City’s Newport-Grove Street area, from which commuters can reach the World Trade Center PATH station in 7 minutes, gained 10,670 net additional residents working in creative and professional fields, a 60% increase over 2000. Another example is Williamsburg-Greenpoint, a 21-minute commute to Lower Manhattan, which added 10,400 residents in creative and professional fields, an astounding 86% increase in just ten years. The PUMA including Lower Manhattan, TriBeCa and the West Village was also among the top Williamsburg-Greenpoint Lower Manhattan gainers, adding nearly 6,000 net new residents working in these fields.

2 The area within a 30-minute commute of Lower Manhattan includes PUMAs that are substantially within a 30-minute transit ride of Lower Manhattan by public transportation. The Downtown Alliance used www.mta.info and http://www.panynj.gov/path/ to establish travel times. 3 See appendix table B, compare 2010 rankings of PUMA #3604005 (Park Slope/Cobble Hill /Red Hook), PUMA #3603809 (East Village/Lower East Side/Chinatown), PUMA #3400601(Newport/Grove Street/Jersey City Heights) to rankings for PUMA #0902200 (Trumbull/Fairfield), PUMA #3603503(White Plains/Scarsdale/Hastings-on-Hudson) and PUMA #3604301 (Huntington/Melville, LI). DowntownNY.com 5 Growth of the Region’s Creative and Professional Workforce Is Concentrated Around Lower Manhattan

The Region's Top 10 Communities with the Greatest Net Increase of Residents Employed in Creative and Professional Fields, 2000 - 2010*

Transit Ride Percent Net Increase Time to Lower Rank Name Change 2000-2010 Manhattan 10 2000–2010 (in minutes)

Newport / Grove Street / 5 1 Jersey City Heights 10,670 60 % 15 (PUMA #3400601)

Williamsburg/Greenpoint 2 10,433 (PUMA #3604001) 86 % 21 7 1 4 East Village / Lower East Side 3 2 3 /Chinatown 6,556 27 % 8 (PUMA #3603809) 8 Lower Manhattan / Tribeca / 6 9 4 West Village 5,958 13 % 6 (PUMA #3603810)

Harlem Net Change Throughout the Region by 5 5,877 75 % 28 (PUMA #3603803) Community, 2000-2010

Park Slope / Cobble Hill / 6 Red Hook 5,674 22 % 14 (PUMA #3604005)

Chelsea / Garment District / 7 Times Square 5,461 13 % 9 (PUMA #3603807)

Downtown Brooklyn 8 5,147 (PUMA #3603807) 24 % 8

Prospect Heights 9 5,134 Absolute Change in Creative, (PUMA #3604004) 48 % 20 Professional Workers Decline 0 to -6,600

Washington Heights Slow Growth 1 to 2,700 10 4,825 (PUMA #3603801) 30 % 35 Fast Growth 2,700 to 10,700

* This table compares data from table P049:Sex by Industry for the Employed Civilization Population 16 Years and Over available from the 2000 Census and compares it to table C24030: Sex By Industry for the Civilian Employed 6 Population 16 Years and Over available from the 2010 American Community Survey 3-year estimates. The Downtown Alliance used www.mta.info and http://www.panynj.gov/path/ to establish commute times using a subway station as the point of origin.

Legend Aggregate PercentChange Decline 21% to 0 Slow Growth 0.1% to 8.4% Medium Growth 8.4% to 20% 4 Fast Growth 20% to 86% Miles 0 3.75 7.5 15 None of These Statements were True in 2000

Comparisons of Population Changes in Select PUMAs, 2000 - 2010*

Residents Employed in the Finance, Insurance and Real Estate Sector

There are more FIRE sector East Village/Lower East Side/ White Plains/Scarsdale/ Chinatown (NYC) Hastings-on-Hudson (NY) workers living in the East Village- Rank Among Rank Among Population Population Lower East Side-Chinatown Region's PUMA's Region's PUMA's than there are in White Plains/ 2000 5,978 65 9,784 12 Scarsdale/Hastings-on-Hudson. 2010 9,649 16 9,325 18

Net Change +3,671 N/A - 459 N/A 2000-2010

Resident Employed in Professional Services Sector, Including Legal, Accounting, Architectural, and Engineering Services There are more Professional Newport/Grove Street/ Huntington/Melville (LI) Services workers living in Jersey City Heights (NJ) New Jersey’s Newport-Grove Rank Among Region's Rank Among Region's Population Population Street area and Jersey City PUMA's PUMA's Heights than in Huntington 2000 5,534 49 9,787 8 and Melville, Long Island. 2010 11,400 11 10,775 12 Net Change + 5,866 N/A + 988 N/A 2000-2010

Residents Employed in Information Sector, Including Communications and Data Processing There are more Information Greenwich/Darien/New Canaan Williamsburg/Greenpoint (NYC) Sector workers living in (CT) Greenpoint and Williamsburg Rank Among Region's Rank Among Region's Population Population than there are in Greenwich, PUMA's PUMA's Darien, and New Canaan, 2000 2,863 62 6,678 8 Connecticut. 2010 4,957 10 4,097 11 Net Change + 2,094 N/A - 2,581 N/A 2000-2010

* These tables were prepared comparing data from table P049: Sex by Industry for the Employed Civilization Population 16 Years and Over available from the 2000 Census and comparing it to table C24030: Sex By Industry for the 7 Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and Over available from the 2010 American Community Survey 3-year estimates. The combined impact of these profound community-level changes has The area within a 30-minute subway or PATH commute of Lower been the increasing concentration of the region’s creative and professional Manhattan saw far and away the greatest net gain in the number of workforce in the subway- and PATH-connected areas that surround residents working in creative and professional fields, a total of 67,000 Lower Manhattan, while areas that rely on heavy rail, intercity bus, and new residents, or 14%. Contrast this to rest of the region, which saw automobile connections have seen their share of the region’s office-using a fraction of the net growth—just 12,000 new residents working employees shrink. in creative and professional fields, or less than 1% growth.

Growth Among Creative and Professional Industries, The Metro-North Railroad- and car-dependent counties of Westchester/ by Geography, 2000-20104 Hudson Valley and Southern Connecticut only gained 7,000 net new residents working in these industries, and the New Jersey Transit- and car-dependent parts of New Jersey saw a net increase of just under 80,000 3,900. Long Island Rail Road- and car-dependent Long Island experi- 66,920 70,000 enced a net loss of 480 residents. And, in fact as of 2010 the area within 60,000 a 30-minute commute of Lower Manhattan outranked Long Island, 50,000 Westchester/Hudson Valley, Southern Connecticut, and the rest of New 40,000 York City in its share of the region’s creative and professional workers, 30,000 and was the only area within the region to grow its share over the last 20,000 3,867 972 2,741 4,274 decade. 10,000 -480 0 -10,000 Findings: Metro-Area College-Educated 30-Minute The Rest of The Rest Westchester/ Southern Long Island Commute New Jersey of NYC Hudson Valley Connecticut Adults, Ages 18 to 44 Area The population trends seen among workers in creative and professional Residents Employed in Creative and Professional Industries, 4 fields are mirrored by the trends seen among the region’s population by Geography, 2000-2010 of college-educated adults ages 18 to 44. While 110 of the region’s 155 communities5 gained some population among this group, most of the 30-Minute The Rest The Rest Westchester/ Southern Long Commute of New growth was found in the urban areas, and particularly in the areas of NYC Hudson Valley Connecticut Island Area Jersey surrounding Lower Manhattan. Total, 2010 557,450 712,680 456,984 226,369 211,058 298,360 Among the towns and communities that experienced the greatest net Net Growth, +66,920 +3,867 +972 +2,741 +4,274 -480 2000-2010 gains in population of college-educated adults ages 18 to 44, 8 of the top

% Growth 10 were within a 30-minute subway or PATH ride of Lower Manhattan. +13.6% +0.5% +0.2% +1.2% +2.1% -0.2% 2000-2010 Not only did the communities surrounding Lower Manhattan see the Share of Region, 22.6% 28.9% 18.5% 9.2% 8.6% 12.1% greatest net increase in this population, they also exhibited some of the 2010 fastest growth rates in the region. New Jersey’s Newport-Grove Street Share Gain/Loss +2.1 -0.8 -0.6 -0.2 -0.1 -0.4 2000-2010 area, from which commuters can reach the World Trade Center PATH station in 7 minutes, gained more than 19,500 college-educated adults

4 These tables were prepared comparing data from table P049: Sex by Industry for the Employed Civilization Population 16 Years and Over available from the 2000 Census and comparing it to table C24030: Sex By Industry for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and Over available from the 2010 American Community Survey 3-year estimates. 5 Communities, or PUMAs. DowntownNY.com 8 Communities Surrounding Lower Manhattan Show the Fastest Growth of College-Educated Adults Ages 18 to 44

The Region's Top 10 Communities with the Greatest Net Increase of College-Educated Adults Ages 18 to 44, 2000-2010*

Transit Ride Percent Net Increase Time to Lower Rank Name Change 9 2000-2010 Manhattan 2000–2010 (in minutes) 5 Newport / Grove Street / 1 Jersey City Heights 19,548 88 % 15 (PUMA #3400601) 6 Williamsburg / Greenpoint 2 18,031 10 (PUMA #3604001) 133 % 21 1 4 7 2 Downtown Brooklyn 3 3 14,577 (PUMA #3604004) 60 % 8 8

Lower Manhattan / Tribeca / 4 West Village 13,627 28 % 6 (PUMA #3603810) Net Change Throughout the Region Harlem 5 13,226 (PUMA #3603803) 187 % 28 by Community, 2000-2010

Astoria / Ditmars / Steinway 6 12,648 (PUMA #3604101) 44 % 33

East Village / Lower East Side 7 10,812 (PUMA #3603809) 38 % 8

Park Slope / Cobble Hill / 8 Red Hook 10,435 33 % 14 (PUMA #3604005) Absolute Change in College, Washington Heights Educated Adults, Ages 18-44 9 9,982 (PUMA #3603801) 53 % 35 Decline 0 to -5,800 Slow Growth 1 to 5,1000 Murray Hill / Stuyvesant Town 10 / Midtown East 9,961 17 % 11 Fast Growth 5,100 to 19,600 (PUMA #3603808)

* This table was prepared comparing data from table PCT025: Sex by Age by Educational Attainment for the Population 18 Years and Over available from the 2000 Census and comparing it to table S1501: Educational Attainment avail- 9 able from the 2010 American Community Survey 3-year estimates.

Legend 25-44 with Bachelors + PERCH Decline 20% to 0 Slow Growth 0.1% to 33.9% Medium Growth 34% to 99.9% 4 Fast Growth 100% to 200% Miles CoastlineDetail 0 5 10 20 ages 18 to 44, an 88% increase The combined impact of these profound community-level changes has over 2000. Again Williamsburg been the increasing concentration of the region’s college-educated adults “Between 2000 and Greenpoint contributed huge ages 18 to 44 in the subway- and PATH-connected areas that surround and 2010, the gains, adding over 18,000 people Lower Manhattan – while areas that rely on heavy rail, intercity bus, population of 35 to 44 in this group, a phenomenal 133% and automobile connections have seen their share of this population year olds living within increase. The PUMA including cohort decline. a 30-minute commute Lower Manhattan, TriBeCa and the West Village also posted a siz- The area within a 30-minute commute of Lower Manhattan saw far and of Lower Manhattan able increase, adding over 13,600 away the greatest growth: a total net gain of over 172,000 new college- grew by 24%.” college-educated adults ages 18 to educated adults ages 18 to 44 – a profound 32% increase over 2000. 44 over the 10-year period. Compare this to the rest of the region, which grew only 6%.

The bulk of the growth in and Residents Employed in Creative and Professional Industries, Growth of College-Educated around Lower Manhattan was seen by Geography, 2000-20106 Adults in 30-Minute Commute Area, Ages 18-446 not among recent college graduates, but rather among adults ages 30-Minute Commute Area Rest of Region Total Region 25 to 34. That population grew by 101,000 in communities surround- Ages 18 -24 ing Lower Manhattan between 2000 62,088 180,425 242,513 2000 and 2010. This growth out- 2010 88,606 231,053 319,659 paced the rest of the region, which Net Change 26,518 50,628 77,146 Ages 35-44 +44,300 saw a net increase of approximately % Change 43.0% 28.1% 31.8% 75,000 college-educated 25 to 34 Ages 25 - 34 Ages 25-34 +101,300 year olds over this same period. 2000 297,828 847,342 1,145,170 Ages 18-24 2010 399,124 922,338 1,321,462 +26,500 In fact, as the analysis moves up Net Change 101,296 74,996 176,292 along the age scale, population % Change 34.0% 8.9% 15.4% growth trends increasingly favor Ages 35 - 44 the urban core over the heavy 2000 185,285 1,018,526 1,203,811 rail and car-dependent parts of 2010 229,557 1,021,656 1,251,213 the region. Among college-educated 35 to 44 year olds, the area sur- Net Change 44,272 3,130 47,402 rounding Lower Manhattan made huge gains relative to the rest of New % Change 23.9% 0.3% 3.9% Jersey, Long Island, Westchester/Hudson Valley and Southern Connect- TOTAL – Ages 18-44 icut. In past decades, this cohort was expected to move to the suburbs 2000 545,201 2,046,293 2,591,494 as they married and started families. Between 2000 and 2010, however, 2010 717,287 2,175,047 2,892,334 the region’s mid-thirty to mid-forty year olds defied convention, as the Net Change 172,086 128,754 300,840 college-educated population of 35 to 44 year olds grew by 44,000 in % Change 31.6% 6.3% 11.6% urban communities within a 30-minute commute of Lower Manhattan, an increase of nearly 24%.

6 This table was prepared comparing data from table PCT025: Sex by Age by Educational Attainment for the Population 18 Years and Over available from the 2000 Census and comparing it to table S1501: Educational Attainment available from the 2010 American Community Survey 3-year estimates. DowntownNY.com 10 This gain dwarfs the trend seen across the rest of the 30-county region, Growth Among the College-Educated Population Ages 18 – 44, which had net growth of just over 3,100 college-educated 35 to 44 year by Geography, 2000-20107 olds, suggesting a dramatic shift in preferences among that age group; away from suburban migration and emphatically in favor of urban living. 200,000 172,086 180,000 160,000 These growth trends have reconfigured the landscape of the region’s 140,000 98,133 college-educated population in early-and middle-adulthood, as they 120,000 100,000 begin and advance their careers. As of 2010, the area within a 30-minute 80,000 commute of Lower Manhattan contributed over 717,000 college-educated 60,000 10,336 40,000 23,282 2,908 -6,315 20,000 The Region's Growth of College-Educated Adults Ages 35-44, 0 2000-20107 -10,000

30-Minute The Rest The Rest of Long Southern Westchester/ 30-Minute Commute Area The Rest of the Region (Net Change) Commute of NYC New Jersey Island Connecticut Hudson +44,300 +3,100 Area Valley

The Rest Westchester/ The Rest of Long Southern of New Hudson NYC Island Connecticut Jersey Valley College-Educated Population Ages 18 – 44, by Geography, 2000-20107

30-Minute The Rest The Rest Long Southern Westchester/ Commute of New of NYC Island Connecticut Hudson Valley Area Jersey

Total, 2010 717,287 571,533 791,110 326,660 235,669 247,131

+44, 300 +17,025 +1,235 -3,735 -4,172 -7,369 Net Growth, +172,086 +98,133 +23,282 +10,336 +2,908 -6,315 2000-2010 (+) 1,000 People (–) 1,000 People % Growth +31.6% +20.7% +3.0% +3.3% +1.2% -2.5% 2000-2010 adults aged 18 to 44, or 25% of the entire 30-county region. This is Share of more than the 17% share for Westchester/Hudson Valley and Southern Region, 24.8% 19.8% 27.4% 11.3% 8.1% 8.5% Connecticut, and more than the 11% share for all of Long Island. In fact, 2010 if these growth trends continue, it will not be long before the area sur- Share rounding Lower Manhattan outranks all of Long Island, Westchester/ Gain/Loss +3.8 +1.5 -2.3 -0.9 -0.8 -1.2 Hudson Valley and Southern Connecticut combined. 2000-2010

7 See footnote6 DowntownNY.com 11 Lower Manhattan's 30-minute Commute Area Leads the Region's Growth of College-Educated Adults Ages 35-44

Westchester/ Hudson Valley Southern -7,369 Connecticut Eastern PA -5% -4,172 +146 -3% 10%

Long Island -3,735 -2% New Jersey + 1,235 Area Within a 30-Minute Commute of Lower Manhattan 0.3% The Rest of NYC +17,025 9% +44,272 24%

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M M X 9 25 Chinatown 15 Franklin X Street 90 1 B B 51 Conclusions 51 J M 103 M M B 20 M M 6 M 51 1 15 =Z M M X M M A Decade of Dramatic Demographic Change 1 M 9 15 20 25 22 X 25 M TriBeCa 15 has a Profound Impact on the Value Proposition 1 = 2 = =A M M 103 22 3 C= 4 M 15 =E 5 of a Lower Manhattan Business Address M 1 = M 6 6

M X Chambers St 20 M 25 M J 22 22 High-value knowledge workers are opting out of the suburban M Chambers Brooklyn Bridge 9 M Street City Hall 15 Battery M lifestyle in Long Island, Westchester and the Hudson Valley, and 22 Park Chambers City Hall X Street M 25 Southern Connecticut, diminishing the need for businesses to be City 22 X 25 M X M B 25 15 51 X close to commuter rail stations. Instead, these workers increasingly 22 90 X X 4 25 90 Park 5 M Place favor urban living and shorter commutes via subway, PATH, ferry, 22 M 1 bike and foot, in communities that surround the Lower Manhattan 20

=A M 15 2= business district. Ferries to/from: =C M B 3 M X 103 51 • Port Imperial 22 25 M X World Trade (Weehawken) 20 90 Fulton St • Hoboken Center • Jersey City PATH E Lower Manhattan –the area south of Chambers Street—is (Colgate) Station World Fulton St Broadway • Liberty State Park Fulton St exceptionally well-positioned to reach these fast-growing, • Belford Financial Nassau St A • NY Water Taxi Center Cortlandt C talent-rich communities thanks to an extensive bi-state, multi- (various stops) St C Seaport = modal transit network consisting of twelve subway lines, thirty 4 Pier 17 =5 bus routes, the PATH to New Jersey, six ferry landings, bikeways, R W J= =2 and walk-to-work options. That network already serves more M =3 M Battery 9 =Z M M 9 A Park 20 M M C than 91 million riders annually, and it will soon take a dramatic 9 1 Financial M City 15 Greenwich M X 6 District 90 step forward with the completion of Fulton Center in 2014, and South Wall St 5 Wall St 2 the World Trade Center Transportation Hub in 2015. Rector St Rector R Broad St St Since 2005, over 360 companies have chosen to relocate to 4= =2 =3 Manhattan south of Chambers Street, including Condé Nast, = Pier 11 5

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M N • Liberty Harbor 20 Bowling W 2 3 X Green • Port Liberté Daily News, Omnicom, and WilmerHale. These businesses have 90 • Atlantic Highlands (Seastreak) • Highlands (Seastreak) capitalized on the area’s transit network to take advantage of the • NY Water Taxi (various stops) M Whitehall 20 Street M South Ferry 9 population shift that has drawn talented workers closer to M 15 X Lower Manhattan. 90

M M 15 6 M Ferry to/from: 1 Today, companies eager to attract the region’s best and brightest • Statue of Liberty/ Ellis Island M workers have every reason to set up shop in Lower Manhattan. Staten Island Ferry Terminal South Ferry to/from: Ferry 1 • Governor’s Island 4 5

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Special thanks to Frank Donnelly, Geospatial Data Librarian and Araby Smyth, College Assistant of Newman Library, Baruch College, City University of New York. DowntownNY.com 1 of expertise and training. They provide services like legal advice, ac- APPENDIX A: counting, architectural and engineering services, computer services, Methodology and Definitions consulting, research, and advertising; •• “Arts, Entertainment & Recreation,” or establishments that operate Data Source facilities or provide services to meet cultural, entertainment, and recreational interests. They produce live performances, manage This study compares population and socioeconomic data from the 2000 facilities of historic, cultural, or educational interest, and provide Decennial Census to 2010 American Community Survey (ACS). Prior to services for recreational activities, hobbies, and leisure; 2010, the Census Bureau only collected this detailed socioeconomic data, such as educational attainment and employment, every ten years through •• “Management,” or establishments that own a controlling interest in the long form, a detailed questionnaire given to a random sample of the companies, influence management decisions, and undertake strate- population. Beginning in 2010, the Census Bureau discontinued use of gic planning of companies; the long form and instead collects detailed socioeconomic information annually through the ACS, which is also a detailed survey administered •• “Information,” or establishments that provide communications ser- to a random population sample. ACS data is compiled in one-, three-, vices, distribution of information, and data processing. The industry and five-year estimates. The Downtown Alliance used the 2010 ACS includes publishing (traditional and web-based), motion picture and three-year estimate, which was the most recent data available at the sound recording, broadcasting (traditional and web-based), tele- PUMA level as of the release of this report. The 2010 ACS data is also communications, and web-search portals. the first ACS data set that applies survey results to the updated and most accurate population count from the 2010 Census. Complete definitions of industries are available at www.bls.gov.

Demographic Groups 2. College-Educated Adults, Ages 18 to 44 The Downtown Alliance analyzed current U.S. Census data for two This demographic is defined as people ages 18 to 44 with a Bachelor’s distinct demographic groups that represent desirable workers in degree or higher. It includes people in the earlier stages of their career industries that drive leasing. The data sets selected show the number as well as people who might have begun moving to the suburbs in past of people employed by place of residence. generations.

1. Residents Employed in Creative and Professional Industries Geographic Definitions The Downtown Alliance collected current census data for residents who work in The Downtown Alliance used the New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ- knowledge-based, office-using industries. They are the industries that fuel office CT-PA Consolidated Statistical Area (CSA), defined by the U.S. Census leasing, and people who work in these industries are referred to as “creative and Bureau in the Office of Management and Budget, * as “the region.” The professional people” in this report. They are as follows. CSA is made up of the following 30 counties in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. •• “FIRE,” or establishments in Finance, Insurance and Real Estate; ••New York City: New York County (Manhattan), Kings County •• “Professional Services,” or establishments that provide professional, (Brooklyn), Queens County, Bronx County, and Richmond County scientific, and technical services to clients, requiring a high degree (Staten Island);

* A definition of all the areas within the CSA is available at http://www.census.gov/population/metro/files/lists/2009/List6.txt DowntownNY.com A1 ••Westchester and the Hudson Valley: Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, according to one or two of the communities or towns that fall within the Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Ulster, and Dutchess counties in New PUMA. See Appendix B for a list of all PUMAs in the CSA with the name York State; assigned by the Downtown Alliance and the corresponding county. The area within a 30-minute commute of Lower Manhattan represents ••New Jersey: Bergen, Essex, Passaic, Hudson, Morris, Union, the urban core most proximate to Lower Manhattan. This area includes Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset, Sussex, Hunterdon, Mercer and the following geographies in and around New York City: Ocean counties;

•• Southern Connecticut: Fairfield, New Haven and Litchfield counties; ••Manhattan including Lower Manhattan, Chelsea, the West Village, the Garment District, the East Village, Lower East Side, Midtown, ••Northeastern Pennsylvania: Pike County Murray Hill, Upper West Side, Upper East Side, Harlem, East Har- lem, and Morningside Heights;

The Downtown Alliance collected and analyzed census data for this re- ••Brooklyn including Downtown Brooklyn, Park Slope, Cobble Hill, gion on the geography of Primary Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs), which Carroll Gardens, Boerum Hill, Prospect Heights, Red Hook, Fort are statistical geographic areas defined by the census with a minimum Greene, Crown Heights, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Williamsburg, and population size of 100,000 people. There are 155 PUMAs in the region, Greenpoint; or the CSA. In this report, the Downtown Alliance refers to PUMAs as communities. •• St. George in Staten Island;

All but two of the region’s PUMAs are smaller than counties, except the ••Long Island City in Queens; and two containing Pike and Ulster counties that are encompassed in larger PUMAs that extend beyond the CSA boundaries. In these cases, the ••New Jersey waterfront areas including Hoboken, Weehawken, Jersey Downtown Alliance analyzed data at the county level, rather than the City, and Newport-Grove Street. PUMA level, to conform to the CSA. The 30-minute commute area includes PUMAs that are substantially PUMAs are geographically smaller in high-density areas than they are within a 30-minute trip of Lower Manhattan by public transportation. in suburban areas. In New York City (the most dense area in the region) The Downtown Alliance used www.mta.info and http://www.panynj.gov/ PUMAs generally correspond to communities, like the Upper East Side, path/ to establish commute times using a station as the point of origin or a combination of communities like the Meatpacking District-West and a subway station in Lower Manhattan as the destination. Village-TriBeCa-Lower Manhattan. In areas of medium density, PUMAs correspond to individual cities like Stamford, Connecticut, or a com- The following chart shows the origins within each PUMA and the stop bination of cities and towns adjacent to each other, such as Hoboken- in Lower Manhattan that determined the trip time for the communities Weehawken-Union City. In suburban areas, a PUMA may be comprised identified in the 30-minute commute area. of several towns, villages, and townships. Thus, in an effort to be descrip- tive and concise, the Downtown Alliance assigned names to PUMAs

DowntownNY.com A2 Community (PUMA) PUMA Origin Destination Trip Time

Bedford Stuyvesant/Tompkins Park 3604003 Kingston Throop Ave. - C Fulton St. 16

Chelsea/Garment District/Times Square 3603807 34 St. Penn Station - A/C/E/1/2/3 Park Place 9

Downtown Brooklyn 3604004 Nevins St. - 2/3/4/5 Wall St. 8

East Harlem 3603804 116 St. -4/6 Fulton St. 29

East Village/Lower East Side/Chinatown 3603809 14th St. Union Square Station- 4/5 Fulton St. 8

Williamsburg/Greenpoint 3604001 Lorimer St. - L Fulton St. 21

Harlem 3603803 135 St. - 2/3 Park Place 28

Newport/Grove Street/Jersey City Heights 3400601 Grove St. - Path WTC 15

Lower Manhattan/TriBeCa/West Village 3603810 Spring St. - A/C/E Fulton St. 6

Murray Hill/Stuyvesant Town/Midtown East 3603808 33rd St. - 4/6 Fulton St. 11

Park Slope/Cobble Hill/Red Hook 3604005 Grand Army Plaza - 2/3/4 Wall St. 14

Prospect Heights 3604006 Nostrand Ave. -2/3/4/5 Wall St. 20

South Crown Heights 3604011 Sterling St. - 2/5 Wall St. 19

Hoboken/Weehawken/Union City 3400702 Hoboken PATH WTC 10

Upper East Side 3603805 77 St. - 4/6 Fulton St. 19

Upper West Side 3603806 86 St. - 1/2 Park Place 19

St. George 3603903 Staten Island Ferry Terminal South Ferry 25

Long Island City 3604109 33 St. - 7 Fulton St. 28

Jersey City 3400602 Journal Square WTC 12

Morningside Heights/Hamilton Heights - bordering 3603802 125th St. -A/B/C/D Fulton St. 24 Hudson River

DowntownNY.com A3 APPENDIX B: PUMAs in the NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area

The following is a list of all PUMAs in the CSA with its corresponding county and the name assigned by the Downtown Alliance. For a complete list of the places that fall within each PUMA, visit www2.census.gov/census2000/datasets/PUMS/FivePercent. Maps of the boundaries of PUMAs within states are also available at http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/puma/puma2k/.

PUMA PUMA Names Counties Total Population in 2010 Area Within a 30-Minute Commute to Lower Manhattan

3400702 Hoboken/Weehawken/Union City Hudson 127,129 3400602 Jersey City Hudson 113,100 3400601 Newport/Grove Street/Jersey City Heights Hudson 132,169 3604003 Bedford Stuyvesant/Tompkins Park Kings 133,499 3604004 Downtown Brooklyn Kings 119,724 3604005 Park Slope/Cobble Hill/Red Hook Kings 117,508 3604006 Prospect Heights Kings 120,910 3604011 South Crown Heights Kings 106,990 3604001 Greenpoint/Williamsburg Kings 143,092 3603807 Chelsea/Garment District/Times Square New York 138,578 3603804 East Harlem New York 119,450 3603809 East Village/Lower East Side/Chinatown New York 162,018 3603803 Harlem New York 123,620 3603810 Lower Manhattan /Meatpacking /West Village New York 142,350 3603802 Morningside Heights/Hamilton Heights - bordering Hudson River New York 130,309 3603808 Murray Hill/Stuyvesant Town/Midtown East New York 148,507 3603805 Upper East Side New York 219,278 3603806 Upper West Side New York 196,996 3604109 Long Island City/Sunnyside/Maspeth Queens 127,061 3603903 St. George Richmond 173,439 Connecticut

0900100 Litchfield/Torrington/New Milford Litchfield 190,010 0901400 Oxford/Naugatuck New Haven 131,434

DowntownNY.com B1 PUMA PUMA Names Counties Total Population in 2010

0901500 Wallingford New Haven 129,846 0901600 Woodbridge/Hamden New Haven 124,846 0901700 Milford New Haven 122,004 0901800 North Branford/Madison New Haven 112,207 0901900 Waterbury New Haven 110,167 0902000 New Haven New Haven 129,375 0902100 Danbury/New Fairfield Fairfield 193,041 0902200 Fairfield/Trumbull Fairfield 212,201 0902300 Greenwich/Darien/New Canaan Fairfield 240,631 0902400 Bridgeport Fairfield 143,356 0902500 Stamford Fairfield 121,757 New Jersey, excluding PUMAs that make up the area within a 30-minute commute of Lower Manhattan 3400301 Teaneck/Hackensack Bergen 117,613 3400302 Rutherford Bergen 115,246 3400303 Fort Lee/Edgewater Bergen 135,608 3400304 Paramus/Fair Lawn Bergen 199,878 3400305 Bergenfield/Tenafly Bergen 181,538 3400306 Ramsey/Mahwah/Pound Ridge Bergen 150,846 3400400 Paterson Passaic 145,894 3400501 Clifton/Passaic Passaic 152,793 3400502 West Milford/Wanaque Passaic 199,781 3400701 West New York/Secaucus/North Bergen Hudson 136,352 3400703 Bayonne Hudson 119,050 3400800 Clinton/Lambertville/Flemington Hunterdon 128,395 3400901 Monroe Township/Old Bridge Middlesex 171,001 3400902 East Brunswick/South Brunswick Middlesex 180,712 3400903 New Brunswick/Highland Park/Piscataway Middlesex 144,047 3400904 Metuchen/Edison Middlesex 136,589 3400905 Woodbridge/Perth Amboy Middlesex 172,607 3401001 Bridgewater/Bedminster Somerset 150,786 3401002 Hillsborough/Franklin Township Somerset 170,752 3401101 Spring Lake/Neptune Township Monmouth 110,800 3401102 Freehold/Manalapan Monmouth 160,249

DowntownNY.com B2 PUMA PUMA Names Counties Total Population in 2010

3401103 Colts Neck/Long Branch Monmouth 120,379 3401104 Holmdel/Red Bank Monmouth 126,157 3401105 Marlboro/Hazlet Monmouth 111,580 3401201 Jackson/Little Egg Harbor/Ocean Township Ocean 224,825 3401202 Toms River Ocean 158,647 3401203 Point Pleasant/Lakewood Ocean 189,932 3401301 Newark Essex 153,515 3401302 Newark Essex 122,384 3401401 Nutley/Bloomfield Essex 119,444 3401402 East Orange/South Orange Essex 110,984 3401403 Montclair Essex 131,336 3401404 Short Hills Essex 143,782 3401501 Pequannock/Rockaway Morris 129,931 3401502 Washington Township/Mount Olive Morris 128,652 3401503 Boonton/East Hanover Morris 114,247 3401504 Morristown/Chatham Morris 118,213 3401600 Sparta/Newton Sussex 149,653 3401800 Elizabeth Union 123,953 3401901 Roselle Park/Linden Union 159,335 3401902 Westfield/Rahway Union 121,783 3401903 Scotch Plains/Plainfield Union 127,470 3402301 Trenton/Hamilton Mercer 206,626 3402302 West Windsor/Princeton Mercer 158,806 Westchester and the Hudson Valley (NY)

3603201 Hyde Park/Rhinebeck Dutchess 127,569 3603202 Fiskilll/Hopewell Junction Dutchess 169,341 3603301 Cornwall/Montgomery Orange 119,135 3603302 Goshen/Middletown Orange 123,321 3603303 Warwick/Woodbury Orange 129,422 3603400 Yonkers Westchester 195,351 3603501 Chappaqua/Pound Ridge Westchester 129,244 3603502 Ossining Westchester 145,685 3603503 White Plains/Scarsdale/Hastings on Hudson Westchester 161,487

DowntownNY.com B3 PUMA PUMA Names Counties Total Population in 2010

3603504 Mamaroneck Westchester 117,422 3603505 New Rochelle/Eastchester Westchester 188,091 3603506 Carmel/Mahopac Putnam 106,423 3603601 Nanuet/West Nyack Rockland 132,265 3603602 Suffern/Stony Point Rockland 176,484 Ulster County Ulster County Ulster 182,749 New York City, excluding PUMAs that make up the area within a 30-minute commute of Lower Manhattan

3603701 Riverdale Bronx 108,643 3603702 Wakefield/Edenwald Bronx 141,846 3603703 Pelham Bay Bronx 111,369 3603704 Pelham Gardens Bronx 125,298 3603705 Fairmont - Claremont Village Bronx 153,122 3603706 Fordham Bronx 123,312 3603707 West Bronx Bronx 137,299 3603708 Southwest Bronx/Yankee Stadium Bronx 139,688 3603709 Southcentral Bronx/Castle Hill Bronx 182,869 3603710 South Bronx/Hunts Point/Melrose Bronx 152,023 3603801 Washington Heights/Fort George New York 204,611 3603901 South Shore Richmond 157,384 3603902 Richmond Richmond 135,853 3604002 Bushwick Kings 132,154 3604007 Brownsville Kings 112,536 3604008 East New York/Cypress Hills Kings 151,073 3604009 Canarsie/Flatlands Kings 201,587 3604010 East Flatbush Kings 140,549 3604012 Sunset Park/Greenwood Kings 148,675 3604013 Bay Ridge/Dyker Heights Kings 127,125 3604014 Borough Park Kings 162,231 3604015 Midwood/Ditmas Park Kings 160,781 3604016 Sheepshead Bay Kings 136,964 3604017 Bensonhurst Kings 167,537 3604018 Coney Island/Brighton Beach Kings 102,549

DowntownNY.com B4 PUMA PUMA Names Counties Total Population in 2010

3604101 Astoria/Ditmars Steinway Queens 168,450 3604102 Jackson Heights/East Corona/East Elmhurst Queens 178,098 3604103 Flushing Queens 251,278 3604104 Bayside Queens 118,499 3604105 Rosedale Queens 198,420 3604106 Jamaica Hills/Kew Gardens Hills Queens 145,270 3604107 Corona/Elmshurst Queens 139,771 3604108 Forest Hills/Rego Park Queens 112,546 3604110 Glendale/Riverwood/Fresh Pond Queens 169,544 3604111 Woodhaven/Richmond Hill Queens 142,323 3604112 Jamaica/St. Albans Queens 218,125 3604113 Howard Beach/South Ozone Park Queens 130,486 3604114 Rockaway/Far Rockaway Queens 115,006 Long Island

3604201 Great Neck/Manhasset/Old Westbury Nassau 111,414 3604202 Brookville/Woodbury/Syosset/Glen Cove Nassau 117,418 3604203 Hicksville/Plainview Nassau 105,247 3604204 North Hyde Park/Mineola Nassau 113,290 3604205 Garden City/Franklin Square Nassau 116,016 3604206 Hempstead/Uniondale Nassau 142,264 3604207 Levittown Nassau 112,565 3604208 Massapequa Nassau 96,352 3604209 Bellmore/Merrick Nassau 103,201 3604210 Baldwin/Rockville Centre Nassau 105,704 3604211 Valley Stream/Malvern Nassau 106,191 3604212 Cedarhurst/East Rockaway Nassau 103,159 3604301 Huntington/Cold Spring Harbor/Melville Suffolk 202,283 3604302 Smithtown/St. James Suffolk 117,684 3604303 East Setauket/Stony Brook/Rocky Point/Port Jefferson Suffolk 116,854 3604304 Stony Brook/Port Jefferson Suffolk 135,998 3604305 Shirley/Brookhaven/Mastic Beach Suffolk 132,547 3604306 Medford/East Patchogue Suffolk 118,724 3604307 Centereach/Selden Suffolk 110,730

DowntownNY.com B5 PUMA PUMA Names Counties Total Population in 2010

3604308 Bohemia/Ronkonkoma Suffolk 107,340 3604309 Brentwood/Central Islip Suffolk 121,929 3604310 Islip Suffolk 110,347 3604311 Babylon Suffolk 102,145 3604312 Copiague Amityville Suffolk 110,705 Pennsylvania Pike County3* Pike County Pike 57,580

* Pike and Ulster counties—are encompassed in larger PUMAs that extend beyond the CSA boundaries. In these cases, the Downtown Alliance analyzed data at the county level, rather than the PUMA level, to conform to the CSA.

DowntownNY.com B6 APPENDIX C: Gains and Losses in Creative and Professional Workers by PUMA

Rank PUMA PUMA Name Study Area Net Change 2000 Total 2010 Total % Change

30-Minute Commute 1 3400601 Newport/Grove Street/Jersey City Heights 10,670 17,939 28,609 59% Area 30-Minute Commute 2 3604001 Greenpoint/Williamsburg 10,433 12,098 22,531 86% Area 30-Minute Commute 3 3603809 East Village/Lower East Side/Chinatown 6,556 24,310 30,866 27% Area Lower Manhattan/Meatpacking/West 30-Minute Commute 4 3603810 5,958 45,984 51,942 13% Village Area 30-Minute Commute 5 3603803 Harlem 5,877 7,831 13,708 75% Area 30-Minute Commute 6 3604005 Park Slope/Cobble Hill/Red Hook 5,674 25,688 31,362 22% Area 30-Minute Commute 7 3603807 Chelsea/Garment District/Times Square 5,461 41,828 47,289 13% Area 30-Minute Commute 8 3604004 Downtown Brooklyn 5,147 21,379 26,526 24% Area 30-Minute Commute 9 3604006 Prospect Heights 5,134 10,708 15,842 48% Area 10 3603801 Washington Heights/Fort George NYC 4,825 16,055 20,880 30% 30-Minute Commute 11 3603808 Murray Hill/Stuyvesant Town/Midtown East 4,242 50,482 54,724 8% Area 12 3604002 Bushwick NYC 4,140 4,948 9,088 84% 13 3604101 Astoria/Ditmars Steinway NYC 4,034 21,822 25,856 18% 30-Minute Commute 14 3604003 Bedford Stuyvesant/ 3,593 6,713 10,306 54% Area 30-Minute Commute 15 3400702 Hoboken/Weehawken/Union City 3,115 20,750 23,865 15% Area 30-Minute Commute 16 3604109 Long Island City/Sunnyside/Maspeth 3,108 13,281 16,389 23% Area 17 3401201 Jackson/Little Egg Harbor/Ocean Township NJ 2,467 14,250 16,717 17%

DowntownNY.com C1 Rank PUMA PUMA Name Study Area Net Change 2000 Total 2010 Total % Change

30-Minute Commute 18 3603804 East Harlem 2,440 7,477 9,917 33% Area 19 0901400 Oxford/Naugatuck Connecticut 2,296 10,846 13,142 21% 20 3400304 Paramus/Fair Lawn NJ 2,287 21,630 23,917 11% 30-Minute Commute 21 3400602 Jersey City 2,271 9,210 11,481 25% Area 22 3604012 Sunset Park/Greenwood NYC 2,246 10,305 12,551 22% Morningside Heights/Hamilton Heights - 30-Minute Commute 23 3603802 2,178 13,205 15,383 16% bordering Hudson River Area 24 3604202 Brookville/Woodbury/Syosset/Glen Cove LI 2,056 15,525 17,581 13% 25 3400902 East Brunswick/South Brunswick NJ 2,004 26,256 28,260 8% 26 3604304 Stony Brook/Port Jefferson LI 1,775 11,999 13,774 15% 27 3604311 Babylon LI 1,616 9,266 10,882 17% 28 3400901 Monroe Township/Old Bridge NJ 1,592 18,138 19,730 9% 29 3603705 Fairmont - Claremont Village NYC 1,440 5,304 6,744 27% 30 Litchfield/Torrington/New Milford Connecticut 1,428 16,097 17,525 9% 31 3401102 Freehold/Manalapan NJ 1,398 18,341 19,739 8% 32 3603502 Ossining Hudson Valley NY 1,397 17,606 19,003 8% 33 3604305 Shirley/Brookhaven/Mastic Beach LI 1,388 8,590 9,978 16% 34 3603202 Fishkill/Hopewell Junction Hudson Valley NY 1,321 12,671 13,992 10% East Setauket/Stony Brook/Rocky Point/ 35 3604303 LI 1,320 9,928 11,248 13% Port Jefferson 36 3400501 Clifton/Passaic NJ 1,318 10,362 11,680 13% 37 3603701 Riverdale NYC 1,314 10,388 11,702 13% 38 0901600 Woodbridge/Hamden Connecticut 1,257 11,012 12,269 11% 39 3603709 Southcentral Bronx/Castle Hill NYC 1,235 10,710 11,945 12% 40 3603302 Goshen/Middletown Hudson Valley NY 1,091 7,056 8,147 15% 41 3603303 Warwick/Woodbury Hudson Valley NY 1,051 9,661 10,712 11% 42 3402302 West Windsor/Princeton NJ 1,041 21,214 22,255 5% 43 3401600 Sparta/Newton NJ 1,038 14,717 15,755 7% 44 3604114 Rockaway/Far Rockaway NYC 1,021 6,922 7,943 15% Ulster 45 Ulster County Hudson Valley NY 1,015 12,679 13,694 8% County 46 3604008 East New York/Cypress Hills NYC 989 6,795 7,784 15%

DowntownNY.com C2 Rank PUMA PUMA Name Study Area Net Change 2000 Total 2010 Total % Change 47 3401503 Boonton/East Hanover NJ 895 16,906 17,801 5% 48 3400303 Fort Lee/Edgewater NJ 876 16,705 17,581 5% 49 3603506 Carmel/Mahopac Hudson Valley NY 853 11,919 12,772 7% 50 3603708 Southwest Bronx/Yankee Stadium NYC 815 5,370 6,185 15% 51 3603710 South Bronx/Hunts Point/Melrose NYC 795 4,188 4,983 19% 52 3400305 Bergenfield/Tenafly NJ 794 23,034 23,828 3% 53 3603201 Hyde Park/Rhinebeck Hudson Valley NY 722 9,776 10,498 7% 54 3603602 Suffern/Stony Point Hudson Valley NY 711 13,119 13,830 5% 55 Pike County Pike County PA 707 3,222 3,929 22% 56 3401203 Point Pleasant/Lakewood NJ 682 12,049 12,731 6% 57 3400701 West New York/Secaucus/North Bergen NJ 680 11,720 12,400 6% 58 0902100 Danbury/New Fairfield Connecticut 656 22,328 22,984 3% 59 3400703 Bayonne NJ 650 10,041 10,691 6% 60 3604302 Smithtown/St. James LI 647 12,858 13,505 5% 61 3401501 Pequannock/Rockaway NJ 618 15,017 15,635 4% 62 3604108 Forest Hills/Rego Park NYC 591 18,411 19,002 3% 63 3400904 Metuchen/Edison NJ 543 19,301 19,844 3% 64 3604203 Hicksville/Plainview LI 520 13,059 13,579 4% 65 3604015 Midwood/Ditmas Park NYC 516 13,356 13,872 4% 66 3603301 Cornwall/Montgomery Hudson Valley NY 488 7,476 7,964 7% 67 0901900 Waterbury Connecticut 431 5,566 5,997 8% 68 3401502 Washington Township/Mount Olive NJ 418 17,649 18,067 2% 69 3401302 Newark NJ 381 5,986 6,367 6% 70 3604201 Great Neck/Manhasset/Old Westbury LI 332 17,079 17,411 2% 71 3603703 Pelham Bay NYC 291 10,569 10,860 3% 72 3401104 Holmdel/Red Bank NJ 276 19,574 19,850 1% 73 3604301 Huntington/Cold Spring Harbor LI 266 26,707 26,973 1% 74 3400306 Ramsey/Mahwah/Pound Ridge NJ 240 23,459 23,699 1% 75 3604310 Islip LI 210 9,993 10,203 2%

DowntownNY.com C3 Rank PUMA PUMA Name Study Area Net Change 2000 Total 2010 Total % Change 76 0902200 Fairfield/Trumbull Connecticut 192 26,157 26,349 1% 77 3401301 Newark NJ 187 5,963 6,150 3% 78 0902000 New Haven Connecticut 153 7,493 7,646 2% 79 3603707 West Bronx NYC 133 5,415 5,548 2% 80 3604007 Brownsville NYC 118 4,817 4,935 2% 81 3401202 Toms River NJ 115 11,999 12,114 1% 82 3603505 New Rochelle/Eastchester Hudson Valley NY 61 22,420 22,481 0% 83 3604207 Levittown LI 7 12,834 12,841 0% 84 3401504 Morristown/Chatham NJ 5 20,290 20,295 0% 85 3401105 Marlboro/Hazlet NJ 2 14,888 14,890 0% 86 3604111 Woodhaven/Richmond Hill NYC (42) 11,959 11,917 -0.4% 87 3603706 Fordham NYC (66) 7,029 6,963 -0.9% 88 0902400 Bridgeport Connecticut (81) 8,359 8,278 -1.0% 89 3604103 Flushing NYC (81) 24,333 24,252 -0.3% 30-Minute Commute 90 3604011 South Crown Heights (82) 7,737 7,655 -1.1% Area 91 3603400 Yonkers Hudson Valley NY (86) 17,999 17,913 -0.5% 92 3400400 Paterson NJ (89) 5,448 5,359 -1.6% 93 0901700 Milford Connecticut (110) 11,632 11,522 -0.9% 94 3400301 Teaneck/Hackensack NJ (140) 14,471 14,331 -1.0% 95 3604018 Coney Island/Brighton Beach NYC (165) 7,801 7,636 -2.1% 96 3604014 Borough Park NYC (171) 9,872 9,701 -1.7% 97 0901500 Wallingford Connecticut (184) 11,446 11,262 -1.6% 98 3604312 Copiague Amityville LI (193) 9,614 9,421 -2.0% 99 3400502 West Milford/Wanaque NJ (198) 22,067 21,869 -0.9% 100 3604110 Glendale/Riverwood/Fresh Pond NYC (202) 15,116 14,914 -1.3% 101 0901800 North Branford/Madison Connecticut (235) 11,517 11,282 -2.0% 102 3604204 North Hyde Park/Mineola LI (238) 12,496 12,258 -1.9% 103 3400800 Clinton/Lambertville/Flemington NJ (299) 17,315 17,016 -1.7%

DowntownNY.com C4 Rank PUMA PUMA Name Study Area Net Change 2000 Total 2010 Total % Change 104 3401103 Colts Neck/Long Branch NJ (335) 14,294 13,959 -2.3% 105 0902500 Stamford Connecticut (372) 19,169 18,797 -1.9% 106 3400905 Woodbridge/Perth Amboy NJ (382) 15,624 15,242 -2.4% 107 3401800 Elizabeth NJ (394) 5,873 5,479 -6.7% 108 3604309 Brentwood/Central Islip LI (418) 7,131 6,713 -5.9% 109 3401401 Nutley/Bloomfield NJ (420) 14,650 14,230 -2.9% Jackson Heights/East Corona/East Elm- 110 3604102 NYC (432) 12,427 11,995 -3.5% hurst 111 3401903 Scotch Plains/Plainfield NJ (487) 17,834 17,347 -2.7% 112 3604209 Bellmore/Merrick LI (622) 14,493 13,871 -4.3% 113 3604308 Bohemia/Ronkonkoma LI (628) 10,605 9,977 -5.9% 114 3604211 Valley Stream/Malvern LI (653) 12,290 11,637 -5.3% 115 3603704 Pelham Gardens NYC (681) 9,031 8,350 -7.5% 116 3604016 Sheepshead Bay NYC (684) 14,110 13,426 -4.8% 117 3604306 Medford/East Patchogue LI (687) 9,986 9,299 -6.9% 118 3401403 Montclair NJ (765) 22,864 22,099 -3.3% 119 3604208 Massapequa LI (771) 12,550 11,779 -6.1% 120 3401404 Short Hills NJ (884) 18,639 17,755 -4.7% 121 3401002 Hillsborough/Franklin Township NJ (919) 24,559 23,640 -3.7% 122 3400302 Rutherford NJ (920) 13,877 12,957 -6.6% 123 3604107 Corona/Elmshurst NYC (933) 9,536 8,603 -9.8% 124 3604205 Garden City/Franklin Square LI (936) 14,361 13,425 -6.5% 125 3401901 Roselle Park/Linden NJ (963) 14,642 13,679 -6.6% 126 3604105 Rosedale NYC (1,010) 18,376 17,366 -5.5% 127 3401101 Spring Lake/Neptune Township NJ (1,016) 12,296 11,280 -8.3% 128 3603902 Richmond NYC (1,067) 14,546 13,479 -7.3% White Plains/Scarsdale/Hastings on 129 3603503 Hudson Valley NY (1,089) 26,278 25,189 -4.1% Hudson 130 3603504 Mamaroneck Hudson Valley NY (1,140) 17,604 16,464 -6.5% 131 0902300 Greenwich/Darien/New Canaan Connecticut (1,157) 45,162 44,005 -2.6%

DowntownNY.com C5 Rank PUMA PUMA Name Study Area Net Change 2000 Total 2010 Total % Change

132 3604210 Baldwin/Rockville Centre LI (1,177) 13,665 12,488 -8.6% 133 3402301 Trenton/Hamilton NJ (1,201) 16,770 15,569 -7.2% 134 3604212 Cedarhurst/East Rockaway LI (1,202) 13,272 12,070 -9.1% 135 3604113 Howard Beach/South Ozone Park NYC (1,210) 11,028 9,818 -11.0% 136 3604104 Bayside NYC (1,274) 15,111 13,837 -8.4% 137 3604307 Centereach/Selden LI (1,362) 9,945 8,583 -13.7% 138 3603501 Chappaqua/Pound Ridge Hudson Valley NY (1,426) 21,318 19,892 -6.7% 139 3401902 Westfield/Rahway NJ (1,454) 17,626 16,172 -8.2% 140 3604013 Bay Ridge/Dyker Heights NYC (1,562) 14,917 13,355 -10.5% 141 3604106 Jamaica Hills/Kew Gardens Hills NYC (1,709) 16,130 14,421 -10.6% 142 3604206 Hempstead/Uniondale LI (1,730) 10,594 8,864 -16.3% 143 3401001 Bridgewater/Bedminster NJ (1,782) 24,116 22,334 -7.4% 144 3603901 South Shore NYC (1,827) 19,875 18,048 -9.2% 145 3604017 Bensonhurst NYC (1,853) 15,746 13,893 -11.8% 146 3604009 Canarsie/Flatlands NYC (1,873) 17,503 15,630 -10.7% 147 3604010 East Flatbush NYC (1,932) 10,534 8,602 -18.3% 148 3400903 New Brunswick/Highland Park/Piscataway NJ (1,979) 15,761 13,782 -12.6% 149 3401402 East Orange/South Orange NJ (2,013) 10,598 8,585 -19.0% 150 3603702 Wakefield/Edenwald NYC (2,078) 9,935 7,857 -20.9% 151 3603601 Nanuet/West Nyack Hudson Valley NY (2,228) 16,046 13,818 -13.9% 30-Minute Commute 152 3603903 Staten Island (2,303) 16,767 14,464 -13.7% Area 153 3604112 Jamaica/St. Albans NYC (2,679) 15,722 13,043 -17.0% 30-Minute Commute 154 3603806 Upper West Side (5,934) 63,319 57,385 -9.4% Area 30-Minute Commute 155 3603805 Upper East Side (6,618) 73,824 67,206 -9.0% Area

DowntownNY.com C6 APPENDIX D: Gains and Losses in Population, Ages 18 to 44 with a Bachelor’s Degree or Higher, by PUMA 2000-2010

Rank PUMA PUMA Name Study Area Net Change 2000 Total 2010 Total % Change

30-Minute Commute 1 3400601 Newport/Grove Street/Jersey City Heights 19,548 22,283 41,831 88% Area 30-Minute Commute 2 3604001 Williamsburg/Greenpoint 18,031 13,551 31,582 133% Area 30-Minute Commute 3 3604004 Downtown Brooklyn 14,577 24,466 39,043 60% Area 30-Minute Commute 4 3603810 Lower Manhattan /TriBeCa/West Village 13,627 49,003 62,630 28% Area 30-Minute Commute 5 3603803 Harlem 13,226 7,072 20,298 187% Area 6 3604101 Astoria/Ditmars Steinway NYC 12,648 28,759 41,407 44% 30-Minute Commute 7 3603809 East Village/Lower East Side/Chinatown 10,812 28,593 39,405 38% Area 30-Minute Commute 8 3604005 Park Slope/Cobble Hill/Red Hook 10,435 31,635 42,070 33% Area 9 3603801 Washington Heights/Fort George NYC 9,982 18,871 28,853 53% 30-Minute Commute 10 3603808 Murray Hill/Stuyvesant Town/Midtown East 9,961 57,353 67,314 17% Area 30-Minute Commute 11 3604006 Prospect Heights 9,550 10,850 20,400 88% Area 30-Minute Commute 12 3603807 Chelsea/Garment District/Times Square 9,282 45,295 54,577 20% Area 30-Minute Commute 13 3603804 East Harlem 8,292 7,075 15,367 117% Area 30-Minute Commute 14 3400702 Hoboken/Weehawken/Union City 8,202 25,759 33,961 32% Area 30-Minute Commute 15 3604003 Bedford Stuyvesant/Tompkins Park 8,176 4,873 13,049 168% Area Morningside Heights/Hamilton Heights - 30-Minute Commute 16 3603802 7,199 19,115 26,314 38% bordering Hudson River Area 17 3604002 Bushwick NYC 6,882 3,351 10,233 205%

DowntownNY.com D1 Rank PUMA PUMA Name Study Area Net Change 2000 Total 2010 Total % Change

18 3604012 Sunset Park/Greenwood NYC 6,732 10,781 17,513 62% 30-Minute Commute 19 3604109 Long Island City/Sunnyside/Maspeth 6,651 16,940 23,591 39% Area 30-Minute Commute 20 3604011 South Crown Heights 5,055 5,998 11,053 84% Area 21 3401203 Point Pleasant/Lakewood NJ 5,008 11,319 16,327 44% 22 3401201 Jackson/Little Egg Harbor/Ocean Township NJ 4,691 11,840 16,531 40% 23 3400901 Monroe Township/Old Bridge NJ 4,600 16,102 20,702 29% 24 3604112 Jamaica/St. Albans NYC 4,377 11,969 16,346 37% 25 3603901 South Shore NYC 4,277 14,485 18,762 30% 26 0902000 New Haven Connecticut 4,272 15,034 19,306 28% 27 3604015 Midwood/Ditmas Park NYC 4,085 13,734 17,819 30% 28 3604105 Rosedale NYC 3,958 18,738 22,696 21% 29 3603709 Southcentral Bronx/Castle Hill NYC 3,794 8,447 12,241 45% 30 3604009 Canarsie/Flatlands NYC 3,694 17,484 21,178 21% 30-Minute Commute 31 3603903 Staten Island 3,677 13,646 17,323 27% Area 32 3400701 West New York/Secaucus/North Bergen NJ 3,399 12,572 15,971 27% 33 3603902 Richmond/Great Kills NYC 3,392 12,486 15,878 27% 34 3400303 Fort Lee/Edgewater NJ 3,241 21,756 24,997 15% 35 3400302 Rutherford NJ 3,205 14,197 17,402 23% 36 3604013 Bay Ridge/Dyker Heights NYC 3,037 18,184 21,221 17% 37 3400904 Metuchen/Edison NJ 2,899 24,389 27,288 12% 38 3604111 Forest Park/Woodhaven NYC 2,849 11,666 14,515 24% 39 3604305 Shirley/Brookhaven/Mastic Beach LI 2,849 8,016 10,865 36% 40 3400501 Clifton/Passaic NJ 2,806 11,484 14,290 24% 41 3604307 Centereach/Selden LI 2,788 9,033 11,821 31% 42 3604306 Medford/East Patchogue LI 2,680 9,411 12,091 28% 43 3604110 Glendale/Riverwood/Fresh Pond NYC 2,653 13,165 15,818 20% 44 0901600 Woodbridge/Hamden Connecticut 2,551 13,377 15,928 19% 45 3400905 Woodbridge/Perth Amboy NJ 2,460 16,391 18,851 15% 46 3400903 New Brunswick/Highland Park/Piscataway NJ 2,329 19,400 21,729 12% 47 3603302 Goshen/Middletown Hudson Valley NY 2,307 6,804 9,111 34%

DowntownNY.com D2 Rank PUMA PUMA Name Study Area Net Change 2000 Total 2010 Total % Change

48 3604113 Howard Beach/South Ozone Park NYC 2,239 8,411 10,650 27% 49 3401102 Freehold/Manalapan NJ 2,151 18,528 20,679 12% 50 3400703 Bayonne NJ 2,105 11,569 13,674 18% 30-Minute Commute 51 3400602 Jersey City 2,086 9,665 11,751 22% Area 52 3603708 Southwest Bronx/Yankee Stadium NYC 2,047 3,890 5,937 53% 53 3604103 Flushing NYC 2,033 30,231 32,264 7% 54 3604114 Rockaway/Far Rockaway NYC 2,010 7,233 9,243 28% 55 3604014 Borough Park NYC 2,000 11,198 13,198 18% 56 3401202 Toms River NJ 1,916 9,750 11,666 20% 57 0901900 Waterbury Connecticut 1,890 5,587 7,477 34% 58 3603701 Riverdale NYC 1,873 13,279 15,152 14% 59 3603707 West Bronx NYC 1,869 3,858 5,727 48% 60 0901500 Wallingford Connecticut 1,835 11,225 13,060 16% 61 3604211 Valley Stream/Malvern LI 1,783 12,093 13,876 15% 62 3603602 Suffern/Stony Point Hudson Valley NY 1,687 15,225 16,912 11% 63 3603710 South Bronx/Hunts Point/Melrose NYC 1,613 2,615 4,228 62% 64 0902400 Bridgeport Connecticut 1,577 7,103 8,680 22% 65 3401301 Newark NJ 1,575 5,783 7,358 27% 66 3603303 Warwick/Woodbury Hudson Valley NY 1,563 11,486 13,049 14% 67 3604106 Jamaica Hills/Kew Gardens Hills NYC 1,554 21,206 22,760 7% 68 3604304 Stony Brook/Port Jefferson LI 1,549 11,036 12,585 14% 69 3604007 Brownsville NYC 1,524 2,937 4,461 52% 70 3604309 Brentwood/Central Islip LI 1,500 5,980 7,480 25% 71 3401302 Newark NJ 1,475 4,206 5,681 35% 72 3604010 East Flatbush NYC 1,375 9,125 10,500 15% 73 3401105 Marlboro/Hazlet NJ 1,360 13,335 14,695 10% 74 3603301 Cornwall/Montgomery Hudson Valley NY 1,352 8,348 9,700 16% Ulster 75 Ulster County Hudson Valley NY 1,343 14,185 15,528 9% County East Setauket/Stony Brook/Rocky Point/ 76 3604303 LI 1,318 14,625 15,943 9% Port Jefferson 77 3604008 East New York/Cypress Hills NYC 1,314 5,276 6,590 25%

DowntownNY.com D3 Rank PUMA PUMA Name Study Area Net Change 2000 Total 2010 Total % Change 78 3603705 Fairmont - Claremont Village NYC 1,303 4,125 5,428 32% 79 3603702 Wakefield/Edenwald NYC 1,285 9,214 10,499 14% 80 3604104 Bayside NYC 1,225 18,098 19,323 7% 81 3400902 East Brunswick/South Brunswick NJ 1,190 32,431 33,621 4% 82 3603703 Pelham Bay NYC 1,171 9,881 11,052 12% 83 3400301 Teaneck/Hackensack NJ 1,152 16,891 18,043 7% 84 3400400 Paterson NJ 1,110 4,858 5,968 23% 85 3603202 Fiskilll/Hopewell Junction Hudson Valley NY 1,081 15,835 16,916 7% 86 3604016 Sheepshead Bay NYC 1,066 15,983 17,049 7% 87 0901700 Milford Connecticut 1,053 13,147 14,200 8% 88 0901400 Oxford/Naugatuck Connecticut 991 14,194 15,185 7% 89 3401401 Nutley/Bloomfield NJ 963 16,779 17,742 6% 90 3401901 Roselle Park/Linden NJ 899 13,983 14,882 6% 91 3604311 Babylon LI 898 9,054 9,952 10% 92 3603400 Yonkers Hudson Valley NY 819 19,859 20,678 4% 93 3604204 North Hyde Park/Mineola LI 804 14,610 15,414 6% Jackson Heights/East Corona/East 94 3604102 NYC 785 13,180 13,965 6% Elmhurst 95 3604203 Hicksville/Plainview LI 743 14,163 14,906 5% 96 3604108 Forest Hills/Rego Park NYC 734 24,101 24,835 3% 97 3604312 Copiague Amityville LI 664 8,001 8,665 8% 98 3400304 Paramus/Fair Lawn NJ 550 24,368 24,918 2% 99 3603704 Pelham Gardens NYC 493 11,960 12,453 4% 100 3604205 Garden City/Franklin Square LI 416 13,998 14,414 3% 101 Pike County Pike County PA 410 2,534 2,944 16% 102 3604310 Islip LI 308 10,714 11,022 3% 103 3604206 Hempstead/Uniondale LI 236 8,673 8,909 3% 104 3402301 Trenton/Hamilton NJ 183 16,510 16,693 1% 105 3402302 West Windsor/Princeton NJ 178 27,460 27,638 1% 106 3400305 Bergenfield/Tenafly NJ 166 27,649 27,815 1% 107 0902500 Stamford Connecticut 89 20,667 20,756 0% 108 3604308 Bohemia/Ronkonkoma LI 51 12,251 12,302 0% 109 0900100 Litchfield/Torrington/New Milford Connecticut 19 16,217 16,236 0%

DowntownNY.com D4 Rank PUMA PUMA Name Study Area Net Change 2000 Total 2010 Total % Change

110 3604210 Baldwin/Rockville Centre LI 13 14,206 14,219 0% 111 3400502 West Milford/Wanaque NJ (10) 23,987 23,977 0% 112 3401002 Hillsborough/Franklin Township NJ (53) 28,986 28,933 0% 113 3604302 Smithtown/St. James LI (89) 15,969 15,880 -1% 114 3401501 Pequannock/Rockaway NJ (104) 16,086 15,982 -1% 115 3603706 Fordham NYC (117) 7,435 7,318 -2% 116 3604207 Levittown LI (170) 12,514 12,344 -1% 117 3401402 East Orange/South Orange NJ (204) 9,182 8,978 -2% 118 3604202 Brookville/Woodbury/Syosset/Glen Cove LI (229) 17,835 17,606 -1% 119 3604107 Corona/Elmshurst NYC (256) 12,691 12,435 -2% 120 3603201 Hyde Park/Rhinebeck Hudson Valley NY (417) 11,166 10,749 -4% 121 3604201 Great Neck/Manhasset/Old Westbury LI (488) 19,144 18,656 -3% 122 0902200 Fairfield/Trumbull Connecticut (490) 29,440 28,950 -2% 123 3604208 Massapequa LI (519) 12,477 11,958 -4% 124 3401600 Sparta/Newton NJ (556) 13,408 12,852 -4% 125 3604209 Bellmore/Merrick LI (611) 15,189 14,578 -4% 126 3401800 Elizabeth NJ (619) 6,285 5,666 -10% 127 3401104 Holmdel/Red Bank NJ (908) 18,239 17,331 -5% 128 3603502 Ossining Hudson Valley NY (940) 20,779 19,839 -5% 129 3604212 Cedarhurst/East Rockaway LI (1,046) 15,994 14,948 -7% 130 3401503 Boonton/East Hanover NJ (1,085) 20,337 19,252 -5% 131 3401504 Morristown/Chatham NJ (1,175) 23,018 21,843 -5% 132 3604018 Coney Island/Brighton Beach NYC (1,228) 8,486 7,258 -14% 133 0901800 North Branford/Madison Connecticut (1,321) 13,664 12,343 -10% 134 3401103 Colts Neck/Long Branch NJ (1,413) 15,266 13,853 -9% 135 3401101 Spring Lake/Neptune Township NJ (1,427) 12,136 10,709 -12% 136 3401902 Westfield/Rahway NJ (1,472) 19,237 17,765 -8% 137 3400800 Clinton/Lambertville/Flemington NJ (1,529) 18,612 17,083 -8% 138 3603506 Carmel/Mahopac Hudson Valley NY (1,754) 13,480 11,726 -13% 139 3401404 Short Hills NJ (1,764) 19,365 17,601 -9% 140 3603601 Nanuet/West Nyack Hudson Valley NY (1,791) 20,686 18,895 -9% White Plains/Scarsdale/Hastings on 141 3603503 Hudson Valley NY (1,836) 28,752 26,916 -6% Hudson

DowntownNY.com D5 Rank PUMA PUMA Name Study Area Net Change 2000 Total 2010 Total % Change

142 3401403 Montclair NJ (2,039) 24,970 22,931 -8% 143 3604017 Bensonhurst NYC (2,139) 16,867 14,728 -13% 144 3401502 Washington Township/Mount Olive NJ (2,583) 21,086 18,503 -12% 145 3603504 Mamaroneck Hudson Valley NY (2,654) 19,368 16,714 -14% 30-Minute Commute 146 3603805 Upper East Side (2,754) 84,881 82,127 -3% Area 147 3400306 Ramsey/Mahwah/Pound Ridge NJ (2,969) 27,971 25,002 -11% 148 3401903 Scotch Plains/Plainfield NJ (2,982) 19,265 16,283 -15% 149 3603501 Chappaqua/Pound Ridge Hudson Valley NY (3,279) 22,430 19,151 -15% 30-Minute Commute 150 3603806 Upper West Side (3,547) 67,148 63,601 -5% Area 151 0902100 Danbury/New Fairfield Connecticut (3,745) 27,734 23,989 -14% 152 3603505 New Rochelle/Eastchester Hudson Valley NY (3,796) 25,043 21,247 -15% 153 3604301 Huntington/Cold Spring Harbor LI (5,112) 31,338 26,226 -16% 154 3401001 Bridgewater/Bedminster NJ (5,437) 26,842 21,405 -20% 155 0902300 Greenwich/Darien/New Canaan Connecticut (5,813) 45,372 39,559 -13%

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