Meet the typical New Yorker: A rent-burdened 30-something who earns $80,000 a year
New Yorkers have a higher-than-average household income, but a soaring cost of living. LeoPatrizi/Getty Images NYC population data shows the median ages, incomes, and occupations of residents. The typical New Yorker is young and feeling crushed by the steep cost of living. It's more common in NYC to live alone or with roommates than the national average. There's much to debate about what makes a real New Yorker. Maybe it's being born in the five boroughs. Or it could be knowing the subway routes without a map, being an all-weather Knicks fan , and braving the demoralizing walk to a laundromat in the rain. But, really, the most typical NYC experience is being a 30-something with an above-average salary and an eye-watering rent bill. Business Insider looked at the data. The average Big Apple resident is in their 30s Often, to be a New Yorker is to be a millennial. Data from a NYC Planning analysis of the American Community Survey shows that the city's median age is 38,...
