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Key Findings
Port Richmond, Stapleton &
Mariner’s Harbor
(Staten Island)
Human Development Index Score
Port Richmond, Stapleton & Mariner’s Harbor’s Human
Development Index value is 5.52 out of a possible
total of 10. This score is similar to the NYC’s average
value of 5.54 and well below the Bay Ridge & Dyker
Heights (Brooklyn) value of 6.31, New Springville &
South Beach score 6.54 and Tottenville, Great Kills &
Annadale (Staten Island) score 6.53.
Income & Occupation
The median personal earnings of Port Richmond, Sta-
pleton & Mariner’s Harbor residents are approximate
$2000 higher than NYC average and $1000 higher
than Bay Ridge & Dyker Heights. In terms of occupa-
tional categories, 35 percent have jobs in manage-
ment, business, science and the arts; 25 percent in
the service sector; 21 percent work in sales and office;
9.5 percent in production, transportation and material
moving; and 9 percent have jobs in natural resources,
construction and maintenance.
Health
Port Richmond’s residents can expect to live to an
average age of 78.2 years – three years shorter than
Bay Ridge & Dyker Heights’ life expectancy of 81.5 and
2 years shorter than the NYC average of 80.6.
Education
In Port Richmond, Stapleton & Mariner’s Harbor, nearly
half of the adults over the age of 25 completed high
school and some college, compared to 44.7 percent
NYC’s average. The rate of adults who completed a
bachelor’s degree is only 17.1 percent, well below
the NYC’s average 21.1 percent. Failing to complete
high school or a bachelor’s degree is associated with
a variety of poor outcomes, the most obvious being
economic burden.
Risks to Children
In Port Richmond, Stapleton & Mariner’s Harbor, the
number of children under 18 living with incomes
below poverty, 12588, is twice that of Bay Ridge &
Dyker Heights. The youth disconnection rate is 21.4
percent and 13.2 single mothers living with children.
Port Richmond, Stapleton & Mariner’s Harbor faces a
relatively high rate of youth ages 16 to 24 who are nei-
ther working nor in school, also known as disconnected
youth, compared to NYC average of 15.8 percent.
The rate of child abuse in Port Richmond, Stapleton
& Mariner’s Harbor is 36 percent, slightly lower than
NYC average of 37.7 percent. The total number of foster
care placements is 175 (by borough of origin) well
above the NYC average of 67. Port Richmond, Stapleton
& Mariner’s Harbor has a higher rate of children living
with a single parent, and 10 percent of residents living
in a dilapidated building and the high housing burden,
as a result many children growing in families with
limited resources.