Roosevelt Avenue in Perspective With New York City

The median household income and poverty levels of the areas surrounding Roosevelt Avenue is compared with that of the entire New York City.

Median household income by race of the areas surrounding Roosevelt Avenue organized by neighborhood and compared to the entire New York City. (based on 2007-2011 ACS 5-year estimates via socialexplorer.com)

Here, we see that the median income levels of Asians in all three neighborhoods are actually below the New York City levels. We see an opposite effect for the Hispanic population where the Hispanics living in Jackson Heights, Corona and Elmhurst have higher income levels than all of New York City.

Poverty Levels by Race of the areas surrounding Roosevelt Avenue organized by neighborhood and compared to the entire New York City. (based on 2007-2011 ACS 5-year estimates via socialexplorer.com)

This graph shows the percentage of a specific race that is under the poverty level in 2010. One very interesting thing to note is that although 23.2% (Elmhurst) and 32.1% (Corona) of the Asian population is under the poverty line, only 18.3% of all New York City Asians are under the poverty line. The opposite effect is seen within the Hispanic population where the percentage of the Hispanic population of Jackson Heights, Corona and Elmhurst below the poverty line is actually lower than the percentage of Hispanic population under the poverty line in all of New York City.