Bronx County vs Queens County

A side-by-side comparison of Bronx County and Queens County: population, income, housing, and more.

Bronx County and Queens County are counties in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Queens County has the higher population (2,330,124 vs 1,419,250 in Bronx County). Queens County has the higher median household income ($84,961 vs $49,036 in Bronx County). Queens County has the higher median home value ($699,200 vs $517,000 in Bronx County).

Population, income & housing

	Bronx County	Queens County
Population	1,419,250	2,330,124
Median age	35.6 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,036	$84,961
Median home value	$517,000	$699,200
Median gross rent	$1,436	$1,915
Housing units	553,231	903,598
Homeownership rate	20.3%	44.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bronx County	Queens County
Population	1,435,068 → 1,419,250 (-1.1%)	2,287,388 → 2,330,124 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$40,088 → $49,036 (+22.3%)	$68,666 → $84,961 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$404,700 → $517,000 (+27.7%)	$543,800 → $699,200 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,212 → $1,436 (+18.5%)	$1,583 → $1,915 (+21.0%)

Bronx County

Population

1,435,0681,419,250

Median household income

$40,088$49,036

Median home value

$404,700$517,000

Median gross rent

$1,212$1,436

Queens County

Population

2,287,3882,330,124

Median household income

$68,666$84,961

Median home value

$543,800$699,200

Median gross rent

$1,583$1,915

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bronx County	Queens County
Under 5	6.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.8%	14.2%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.3%
25 to 34	15.2%	15.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.0%
75 and over	5.9%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bronx County	Queens County
White (non-Hispanic)	8.8%	23.6%
Black or African American	29.1%	16.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	4.0%	25.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.0%	2.3%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	54.9%	27.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bronx County	Queens County
No high school diploma	24.7%	17.3%
High school graduate	28.4%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bronx County	Queens County
Drove alone	23.5%	32.1%
Carpooled	4.0%	6.1%
Public transit	53.7%	42.4%
Walked	7.6%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.9%	11.3%
Other means	2.6%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bronx County	Queens County
1-unit, detached	6.5%	19.1%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	30.0%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	9.1%
20 or more units	60.6%	32.4%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Bronx County	Queens County
Poverty rate	26.9%	12.2%
Average household size	2.57	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	44	43
Median year structure built	1954	1953