About Brooklyn
Sixty percent of the households in Brooklyn are family households. The average age of residents is thirty five years old. Brooklyn has traditionally been based on the manufacturing industry but in recent years it has shifted to a service based industry. Construction is the most common industry and health care is the second leading industry in Brooklyn, but due to the proximity of a ride from LaGuardia airport makes this the ideal place for growth.

Forty percent of Brooklyn residents hold a bachelor’s degree or higher. Public school in Brooklyn tend to have a higher rating in the western and southern parts of the borough. There are one hundred and ten private schools many of which maintain a very tight student to teacher ratio. Twenty percent of elementary to high school students in Brooklyn are currently enrolled in private schools.

The median household income in Brooklyn is forty three thousand dollars per year. This is twenty percent lower than New York’s average. Cost of living in Brooklyn is seventy five percent greater than the national average, though only three percent greater than New York’s average. The median rent is nine hundred per month. Owners with a mortgage pay an average of two thousand for a month in housing costs while owners without a mortgage average seven hundred fifty per month. Overall, housing costs in Brooklyn are eleven percent lower than the New York average.