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state house district

New York 85th State House District

Office (updates table and map)

President margin by year

Place winner margin

1916–2024 · D minus R

Full record · 1916 → 2024

2024

Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab

The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.

People and households

Who lives here

Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.

Race · ethnicity · ancestry

Communities and origins

Dominican28.2%4.6%0.7%

Puerto Rican19.3%5.1%1.8%

Mexican6.9%2.5%11.3%

Ecuadorian2.5%1.6%—

Honduran1.7%0.3%0.3%

Cuban0.7%—0.7%

Colombian0.7%0.9%0.4%

Guatemalan0.6%0.5%0.5%

African American†19.9%8.0%9.9%

Jamaican4.5%1.6%0.4%

African2.9%0.6%0.5%

Ghanaian1.6%——

West Indian1.0%0.4%—

Guyanese0.9%0.7%—

Nigerian0.7%0.2%0.2%

Haitian0.5%0.9%0.3%

Asian Indian0.7%1.9%1.4%

Bangladeshi0.6%0.6%—

Chinese0.3%3.6%1.3%

Filipino0.2%0.6%0.9%

American3.3%4.2%5.3%

Italian2.4%10.9%4.8%

Irish1.6%10.5%9.4%

German0.9%8.6%12.5%

Russian0.5%1.2%—

English0.4%5.6%9.5%

Polish0.3%3.9%2.2%

French0.3%1.3%1.6%

Aztec13.1%——

Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.

Age and life stage

Measure	NY HD 85	New York	United States
Median age	34.3	39.9	39.1
Age 18–24	9.5%	9.0%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	14.6%	18.0%	17.2%

Household economy

Measure	NY HD 85	New York	United States
Median household income	$43,267	$85,974	$84,427
Poverty rate	30.9%	14.0%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	22.4%	40.0%	35.6%

Housing and tenure

Measure	NY HD 85	New York	United States
Owner-occupied homes	15.2%	54.3%	65.2%
Renter-occupied homes	84.8%	45.7%	34.8%
Median home value	$587,200	$423,800	$332,700
Median gross rent (monthly)	$1,289	$1,621	$1,413
Renters paying 30%+ of income	58.5%	52.1%	51.1%
Vacant housing units	5.1%	10.0%	10.1%

Getting to work

Measure	NY HD 85	New York	United States
Mean commute	43.5 min	32.6 min	26.4 min
Commutes 60 minutes or more	32.1%	16.8%	8.6%
Drives alone to work	25.8%	48.8%	68.8%
Takes public transit	52.9%	21.6%	3.2%
Works from home	6.9%	14.9%	15.1%

Languages at home

Measure	NY HD 85	New York	United States
Speaks a non-English language at home	57.0%	30.9%	22.3%
Spanish	45.1%	14.8%	13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)	1.8%	1.5%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	3.5%	4.0%	2.0%
Other languages	4.3%	1.3%	0.8%

Religious landscape

Measure	NY HD 85	New York	United States
Catholic	—	30.8%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	—	5.1%	16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted	—	48.7%	51.5%

Origins and service

Measure	NY HD 85	New York	United States
Foreign-born residents	30.1%	22.8%	14.1%
Naturalized citizens	14.2%	13.6%	7.4%
Not U.S. citizens	15.8%	9.2%	6.8%
Veterans (18+)	2.1%	3.7%	6.2%
Income inequality (Gini)	0.502	0.517	0.483

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations · American Community Survey 2024 — housing and tenure (B25003, B25002, B25077, B25064, B25070), commuting (B08013, B08303, B08301), origins and service (B05002, B21001, B19083).

President results by year

Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries

HarrisDemocratic75.2%22,529TrumpRepublican24.1%7,222OtherAll other candidates0.7%202

D+51.1

Lead: 15,307
Total: 29,953
vs nation: D+52.6

modeled Census-place estimatereview required

BidenDemocratic86.8%30,760TrumpRepublican12.6%4,465OtherAll other candidates0.6%199

D+74.2

Lead: 26,295
Total: 35,424
vs nation: D+69.8