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]
All we can go on is what the server tells us, 11:09. At the same time as you’re checking from 3 computers, there may be three housemates all reading from one computer…
Speak for yourself – I am no yuppie. As I responded in the survey, I am very very very curious about the ethnic and political affiliation percentages as well. Interesting stuff on the survey though.
College educated Clinton Hill co-op owner!
how do you know you get 100000 unique visitors? i visit from at leat 3 computers. maybe only 33000 unique visitors?
Hal,
Mr. B is NOT saying 52% of 100,000. He’s saying 52% of the 882 respondents. With atleast ONE Abstention! Just a sample size. He then indicates he gets upwards of 100,000 visitors to the sight per month.
Don’t confuse the two.
I dunno about looking on this site being analogous to checking stock portfolio.I look to find out what is going on in community… development, renovations, conversions, issues and discussions of quality of life, problems of being homeowner, etc, etc ,etc.
Also (not necessarily reflective of brownstoner readership) – but turnover of houses is very very slow – # of houses sold per year vs. size of housing stock. I would venture to guess average # of years current owners have owned houses in brownstone brooklyn is very high compared to USA in general.
The survey is likely for the benfeit of advertisers, so it makes sense that BS would want to extrapolate. I am sure there’s a more scientific way to do it though…
No surprise here.
We’re all a bunch of overeducated yuppies who have foregone spirituality and replaced it with the veneration of property. Hoo-rah!
That was me at 10:12.
“52 percent of the 100,000 or so unique readers who visit the site every month are male and 48 percent are female”
I’m no expert in statistics or polling, but it does appear to me that he is applying his results to the larger group.
Brownstone Dreamin’,
Many of those owners are still there, it’s just that the low-rates home equity loan boom of the last several years prompted many to cash some equity out of their house (for a 2nd home, renovations, kids/grandkids’ tuition, vacation travel, retirement income, whatever the case may be).
So, those folks are no longer debt-free, as they took on a home equity loan or line of credit. But many that haven’t yet sold to new arrivals still live in their homes.
So, they aren’t gone. Just no longer debt free.
You can note this activity by sharking individual properties. There are satisfaction of mortgage notes, then after that you will see new loan/debt encumberances of various types.
hth