1990 U.S. Census Analysis:
New York City Vehicle Ownership (by household)
Census 1990 Supplementary Survey Summary Tables
Table: Tenure by Vehicles Available - Universe: Occupied housing units.
Summary
| Borough | % with zero vehicles |
|---|
| Total 5 Boroughs | 57% |
| Manhattan | 78% |
| Bronx | 61% |
| Brooklyn | 57% |
| Queens | 36% |
| Staten Island | 18% |
Data
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Manhattan
total
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total households 716,422
owner occupied 127,973 (17.9% of total)
% of owners
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0 vehicles 77,143 60.3%
1 vehicle 44,826 35.0%
2 vehicles 4,904 3.8%
3 vehicles 817 0.6%
4 vehicles 173 0.1%
5 or more 110 0.1%
renter occupied 588,449 (82.1% of total)
% of renters
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0 vehicles 480,519 81.7%
1 vehicle 99,818 17.0%
2 vehicles 7,186 1.2%
3 vehicles 640 0.1%
4 vehicles 99 0.0%
5 or more 187 0.0%
total with 0 vehicles 577,662 (77.8% of total)
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Bronx
total
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total households 424,112
owner occupied 75,820 (17.9% of total)
% of owners
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0 vehicles 19,949 26.3%
1 vehicle 32,607 43.0%
2 vehicles 17,588 23.2%
3 vehicles 4,545 6.0%
4 vehicles 843 1.1%
5 or more 288 0.4%
renter occupied 348,292 (82.1% of total)
% of renters
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0 vehicles 240,373 69.0%
1 vehicle 88,495 25.4%
2 vehicles 16,906 4.9%
3 vehicles 1,923 0.6%
4 vehicles 284 0.1%
5 or more 311 0.1%
total with 0 vehicles 260,322 (61.4% of total)
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Brooklyn
total
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total households 828,198
owner occupied 215,843 (26.1% of total)
% of owners
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0 vehicles 63,745 29.5%
1 vehicle 99,460 46.1%
2 vehicles 42,300 19.6%
3 vehicles 8,251 3.8%
4 vehicles 1,680 0.8%
5 or more 407 0.2%
renter occupied 612,355 (73.9% of total)
% of renters
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0 vehicles 406,072 66.3%
1 vehicle 175,121 28.6%
2 vehicles 27,514 4.5%
3 vehicles 2,988 0.5%
4 vehicles 366 0.1%
5 or more 295 0.0%
total with 0 vehicles 469,817 (56.6% of total)
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Queens
total
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total households 720,149
owner occupied 306,127 (42.5% of total)
% of owners
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0 vehicles 57,486 18.8%
1 vehicle 135,520 44.3%
2 vehicles 83,967 26.4%
3 vehicles 23,392 7.3%
4 vehicles 5,302 1.6%
5 or more 1,460 0.5%
renter occupied 414,022 (57.5% of total)
% of renters
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0 vehicles 206,216 49.8%
1 vehicle 162,467 39.2%
2 vehicles 39,476 9.5%
3 vehicles 4,730 1.1%
4 vehicles 829 0.2%
5 or more 304 0.1%
total with 0 vehicles 263,702 (36.2% of total)
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Staten Island
total
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total households 130,519
owner occupied 83,138 (63.7% of total)
% of owners
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0 vehicles 5,969 7.2%
1 vehicle 28,529 34.3%
2 vehicles 34,797 41.9%
3 vehicles 10,446 12.6%
4 vehicles 2,769 3.3%
5 or more 628 0.8%
renter occupied 47,381 (36.3% of total)
% of renters
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0 vehicles 17,745 37.5%
1 vehicle 20,466 43.2%
2 vehicles 7,955 15.8%
3 vehicles 995 2.1%
4 vehicles 193 0.4%
5 or more 27 0.1%
total with 0 vehicles 23,714 (18.2% of total)
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All 5 boroughs
total households total with 0 vehicles
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Manhattan 716,422 577,662
Bronx 424,112 260,322
Brooklyn 828,198 469,817
Queens 720,149 273,702
Staten I. 130,519 23,714
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total 2,819,400 1,605,217 (56.9% of total)
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Notes
Data are from http://homer.ssd.census.gov/cdrom/lookup
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