--- title: Dogs of New York, Shapes and Sizes Edition | daily.dev description: Dog size in New York City tracks income more than living space, an analysis of NYC dog license data finds. Using American Kennel Club breed weights to estimate... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/dogs-of-new-york-shapes-and-sizes-edition-ucexpxtcq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Dogs of New York, Shapes and Sizes Edition | daily.dev og:description: Dog size in New York City tracks income more than living space, an analysis of NYC dog license data finds. Using American Kennel Club breed weights to estimate... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/dogs-of-new-york-shapes-and-sizes-edition-ucexpxtcq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/UCEXpXtcq.png og:image:alt: Dogs of New York, Shapes and Sizes Edition og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Dogs of New York, Shapes and Sizes Edition **[R-bloggers](https://daily.dev/sources/rbloggers)** · 12 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Dog size in New York City tracks income more than living space, an analysis of NYC dog license data finds. Using American Kennel Club breed weights to estimate size for about 60 percent of 358,000 licensed dogs, the author built a regression across 177 ZIP codes. A ZIP code with median income of $116,000 has dogs about 17 percent heavier than one at $67,000, and each doubling of income corresponds to dogs about 22 percent heavier. Income alone explains 53 percent of the variation in dog size; floor area per home has a small negative effect once income is controlled for. Staten Island dogs run about 10 percent heavier than Manhattan's at similar income and housing levels, though the interval is wide, from about 1 to 20 percent. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Does living in a bigger house or apartment mean people own bigger dogs? Not really. Once household income is accounted for, floor area per home has a small negative effect on typical dog weight in New York City ZIP codes: moving from about 910 to 1,100 square feet per home is associated with dogs about 3 percent smaller at the same income level. Income, not space, is the strongest predictor of dog size. _Explore more data-driven breakdowns of surprising statistical findings like this on daily.dev._ ### How much does household income affect dog breed size in a city population? Each doubling of median household income corresponds to dogs that are about 22 percent heavier, based on a regression of New York City dog license data across 177 ZIP codes. Income alone accounts for about 53 percent of the variation in typical dog size, rising to 57 percent once housing measures and borough are added. _Developers digging into regression and income effects can find similar analyses on daily.dev._ ### What percentage of New York City's licensed dogs could be matched to a breed-based size estimate? About 60 percent of roughly 358,000 licensed dogs could be assigned a typical weight based on American Kennel Club breed standards. The rest lacked a usable breed size: about 22 percent were crossbreeds, 10 percent had no breed recorded, 6 percent were unstandardized designer breeds, and 1.5 percent were Poodles with no size specified. _Those working through messy real-world datasets can find similar data-cleaning writeups on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I Pitted Three AI Models Against 40 Dog Photos. 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