Brownstoner Reader Survey Results
As promised, we’ve got the results of the reader survey that ran from last Friday morning through Monday afternoon. Based on the 882 responses (out of the 100,000 or so people who visit the site every month), 52 percent of readers are male and 48 percent are female (with at least one abstension). Exactly half…
As promised, we’ve got the results of the reader survey that ran from last Friday morning through Monday afternoon. Based on the 882 responses (out of the 100,000 or so people who visit the site every month), 52 percent of readers are male and 48 percent are female (with at least one abstension). Exactly half are in their Thirties, two-thirds have household incomes in excess of $100,000 and more than 95 percent have a college degree or higher (we expect to see fewer typos going forward!). In terms of geography, 85 percent of readers live in Brooklyn, with the greatest numbers hailing from Park Slope, Clinton Hill and Carroll Gardens, in that order. Of the two-thirds of respondents who own their own home, 57 percent own a house, 26 percent own a co-op and 17 percent own a condo. It’s also a conservative bunch: 71 percent have a fixed-rate mortgage, 19 percent a variable and 10 percent are debt-free. Lastly, more than 60 percent of renters plan to buy a place within the next two years (less than 4 percent plan on never owning). Anything surprising to you in those numbers?
Time for the Brownstoner Readership Survey [Brownstoner]
doesn’t the visitor counter tally ISP addresses- in which case wouldn’t that number be hits, rahter than unique visitors?
Sorry- I only see them as pets. Obviously you have other interests- CACC will be arriving at your front door shortly to pick you up. Hope you get adopted before the 7 day waiting period.
Brownstoner, surely you don’t get 100,000 unique visitors each month, do you? Is it a total of 100,000 hits a month?
The results seem in line with the blogs. No surprises. And it doesn’t surprise me that 10% are debt free. There are families in my area that have owned their properties for generations.
Interestingly, the percentages barely budged after the first hundred or so responses so not sure leaving it up for an entire month would have accomplished much. Maybe more of the infrequent readers would have participated, but they are less likely to anyway, since they presumably are less invested in the site and its community.
I’m not looking into this as pure statistical representation. I think it’s nothing more than a rather large “Focus Group”.
Sorry to disappoint. the Miss America Pageant people won’t let me wear my banner because of copyright issues, and they take the tiara back when the next person wins. I don’t do nude without that banner. However I’m sure any one of my cats will be more than happy to pose (even action shots!)totally in the buff for that. we all do what we can. 🙂
“It appears all the owners from the 70’s, 80’s and, even, early 90’s are long gone.”
This is very different from my experience, living in PS, Caroll Gardens and WT. It is _still_ the case, especially in CG and WT that most (like 70%) of the people on the block have lived here over 20 years, with many many over 50 years (2nd, 3rd generations).
On my block in WT you can probably count on one hand the number of new owners in the last 10 years. It just goes to show you that all the talk of bronestone brooklyn being “just rich people” or other similiar stereotypes doesn’t match with reality.
Would it include “action” shots? Fisting?