According to New York City Fact Finder, showing the average distribution of the population in the area Dumbo-Vinegar Hill-Downtown Brooklyn-Boerum between 2009 and 2013, the predominant race is White, followed by Hispanic, African American, and Asian.

The White population within this time frame was 16,231, which represents 43.3% of the total number of people living in this area.

African American is the next racial category represented in this zone in the same time frame mentioned above.

[citation needed] In 1990 the population density of Census Tract 23 that included Farragut Houses residents was 73,063.4.

[citation needed] Back in 1970 Census Tract 23 which also included Farragut Houses residents had a population density of 73,594.4 with a total of 5,232.

[citation needed] 1960 Census Tract 23 shows that this included Farragut Houses residents, who had a population density of 144,700.18 with a total of 6621 inhabitants.

[citation needed] Before Farragut Houses were built in 1952, massive demolition took place in what is today called the Vinegar Hills area.

From the working population, 38% were holding jobs in management, business, science, and arts, 26% educational services, and health care and social assistance 23% sales and office positions.

[citation needed] About 11.4% of residents living in Dumbo-Vinegar Hill-Downtown Brooklyn-Boerum had annual wages between $75,000 and $99,999 from 2009 to 2013 and 13.9% of them made $100,000-$149,999.

People with incomes greater than $200,000 comprised 8.2% of the population and 6.3% of the residents had annual wages between $150,000 and $199,999 in the same time period.