Adult Outcomes: Employment rate by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Adult Outcomes: Employment rate across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel (82.7%). Lowest: Midtown-Times Square (60.6%). New York City avg: 74.1%. Data: 2014–2015.
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Adult Outcomes: Employment rate · all 197 New York City neighborhoods · 2014–15

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New York City citywide · Adult Outcomes: Employment rate 74.1%
Highest neighborhood Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel: 82.7%
Lowest neighborhood Midtown-Times Square: 60.6%

Note: These measures follow children born 1978–1983 who grew up in each neighborhood. Adult outcomes were measured in 2014 and 2015, when they were ages 31–37. Income amounts are adjusted for inflation and shown in 2024 dollars; they describe income measured in 2014–2015. Household income includes a spouse’s income; individual income excludes it. Incarceration was measured on April 1, 2010.

Universe: Children born 1978–1983 who grew up in each mapped area · Geography: Census tract · Source: IRS tax-return and Census data compiled by Opportunity Insights for The Opportunity Atlas (2018)

Neighborhood distribution Hover or click any dot to inspect
Min 61% 25th pct 73% Median 75% 75th pct 77% Max 83%

Neighborhood ranking: Adult Outcomes: Employment rate

#1 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 82.7%+8.6 pts
#2 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 82.6%+8.6 pts
#3 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 81.8%+7.7 pts
#4 Bay Terrace-Clearview 81.5%+7.4 pts
#5 Whitestone-Beechhurst 81%+6.9 pts
#6 Oakwood-Richmondtown 80.8%+6.7 pts
#7 Morris Park 80.7%+6.7 pts
#8 Auburndale 80.7%+6.6 pts
#9 Bellerose 80.5%+6.4 pts
#10 Arden Heights-Rossville 80.4%+6.3 pts
#11 Douglaston-Little Neck 80%+6 pts
#12 Great Kills-Eltingville 80%+5.9 pts
#13 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 79.6%+5.6 pts
#14 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 79.6%+5.6 pts
#15 Queensboro Hill 79.6%+5.5 pts
#16 Rosedale 79.5%+5.4 pts
#17 Chinatown-Two Bridges 79.3%+5.2 pts
#18 Glendale 79.3%+5.2 pts
#19 Ozone Park 79.2%+5.1 pts
#20 Co-op City 79.2%+5.1 pts
#21 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 78.9%+4.9 pts
#22 Laurelton 78.7%+4.6 pts
#23 Bayside 78.7%+4.6 pts
#24 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 78.5%+4.4 pts
#25 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 78.5%+4.4 pts
#26 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 78.5%+4.4 pts
#27 Pelham Gardens 78.5%+4.4 pts
#28 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 78.4%+4.4 pts
#29 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 78.4%+4.3 pts
#30 New Dorp-Midland Beach 78.1%+4 pts
#31 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 78.1%+4 pts
#32 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 78.1%+4 pts
#33 Queens Village 78.1%+4 pts
#34 College Point 78.1%+4 pts
#35 Middle Village 78%+4 pts
#36 Cambria Heights 78%+3.9 pts
#37 Tottenville-Charleston 78%+3.9 pts
#38 Woodhaven 77.6%+3.6 pts
#39 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 77.6%+3.5 pts
#40 East Flushing 77.5%+3.5 pts
#41 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 77.5%+3.4 pts
#42 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 77.4%+3.3 pts
#43 Brooklyn Heights 77.4%+3.3 pts
#44 Maspeth 77.4%+3.3 pts
#45 Gravesend (South) 77.3%+3.2 pts
#46 Long Island City-Hunters Point 77.2%+3.1 pts
#47 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 77.1%+3.1 pts
#48 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 77.1%+3 pts
#49 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 77.1%+3 pts
#50 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 77.1%+3 pts
#51 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 77%+2.9 pts
#52 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 77%+2.9 pts
#53 Hollis 76.9%+2.8 pts
#54 Wakefield-Woodlawn 76.9%+2.8 pts
#55 Park Slope 76.7%+2.7 pts
#56 East Flatbush-Rugby 76.6%+2.5 pts
#57 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 76.6%+2.5 pts
#58 St. Albans 76.6%+2.5 pts
#59 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 76.5%+2.5 pts
#60 East Flatbush-Erasmus 76.4%+2.3 pts
#61 Dyker Heights 76.3%+2.2 pts
#62 South Ozone Park 76.2%+2.1 pts
#63 Flatlands 76.2%+2.1 pts
#64 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 76.2%+2.1 pts
#65 East Elmhurst 76.2%+2.1 pts
#66 East Flatbush-Farragut 76.1%+2.1 pts
#67 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 76.1%+2 pts
#68 Allerton 76.1%+2 pts
#69 Castle Hill-Unionport 76%+1.9 pts
#70 Sunset Park (Central) 75.9%+1.8 pts
#71 Woodside 75.9%+1.8 pts
#72 Elmhurst 75.9%+1.8 pts
#73 Prospect Heights 75.9%+1.8 pts
#74 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 75.9%+1.8 pts
#75 Lower East Side 75.8%+1.7 pts
#76 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 75.8%+1.7 pts
#77 Parkchester 75.7%+1.7 pts
#78 Williamsbridge-Olinville 75.7%+1.6 pts
#79 Cypress Hills 75.7%+1.6 pts
#80 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 75.7%+1.6 pts
#81 Bensonhurst 75.6%+1.5 pts
#82 St. George-New Brighton 75.5%+1.4 pts
#83 Canarsie 75.5%+1.4 pts
#84 Sunset Park (West) 75.4%+1.3 pts
#85 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 75.4%+1.3 pts
#86 Port Richmond 75.4%+1.3 pts
#87 Ozone Park (North) 75.4%+1.3 pts
#88 Baisley Park 75.3%+1.3 pts
#89 Spring Creek-Starrett City 75.2%+1.1 pts
#90 Richmond Hill 75.1%+1.1 pts
#91 Rego Park 75.1%+1 pts
#92 Clinton Hill 74.9%+0.8 pts
#93 Flushing-Willets Point 74.8%+0.7 pts
#94 Flatbush 74.8%+0.7 pts
#95 Bay Ridge 74.7%+0.6 pts
#96 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 74.7%+0.6 pts
#97 Gramercy 74.7%+0.6 pts
#98 Bath Beach 74.6%+0.5 pts
#99 Coney Island-Sea Gate 74.6%+0.5 pts
#100 East Village 74.6%+0.5 pts
#101 East Williamsburg 74.6%+0.5 pts
#102 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 74.6%+0.5 pts
#103 Jackson Heights 74.6%+0.5 pts
#104 Corona 74.4%+0.3 pts
#105 Gravesend (West) 74.4%+0.3 pts
#106 Morningside Heights 74.3%+0.2 pts
#107 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 74.3%+0.2 pts
#108 Madison 74.2%+0.1 pts
#109 Ridgewood 74.1%+0 pts
#110 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 74.1%-0 pts
#111 Soundview-Clason Point 74.1%-0 pts
#112 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 74%-0.1 pts
#113 Bedford Park 74%-0.1 pts
#114 Forest Hills 73.9%-0.1 pts
#115 Norwood 73.9%-0.2 pts
#116 Sunnyside 73.8%-0.3 pts
#117 Crown Heights (North) 73.8%-0.3 pts
#118 Upper West Side (Central) 73.8%-0.3 pts
#119 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 73.7%-0.4 pts
#120 East New York-New Lots 73.7%-0.4 pts
#121 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 73.6%-0.4 pts
#122 Jamaica 73.6%-0.4 pts
#123 Westchester Square 73.6%-0.5 pts
#124 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 73.6%-0.5 pts
#125 East Harlem (South) 73.6%-0.5 pts
#126 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 73.5%-0.6 pts
#127 East New York-City Line 73.5%-0.6 pts
#128 Hunts Point 73.5%-0.6 pts
#129 Morrisania 73.5%-0.6 pts
#130 Inwood 73.5%-0.6 pts
#131 Bushwick (East) 73.3%-0.8 pts
#132 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 73.3%-0.8 pts
#133 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 73.3%-0.8 pts
#134 Brownsville 73.2%-0.9 pts
#135 Kew Gardens 73.1%-1 pts
#136 South Jamaica 73%-1 pts
#137 Tribeca-Civic Center 73%-1.1 pts
#138 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 73%-1.1 pts
#139 Tremont 73%-1.1 pts
#140 Longwood 72.9%-1.2 pts
#141 East New York (North) 72.9%-1.2 pts
#142 North Corona 72.9%-1.2 pts
#143 Concourse-Concourse Village 72.9%-1.2 pts
#144 Hell's Kitchen 72.9%-1.2 pts
#145 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 72.7%-1.4 pts
#146 South Richmond Hill 72.7%-1.4 pts
#147 Washington Heights (North) 72.6%-1.5 pts
#148 West Farms 72.6%-1.5 pts
#149 Fort Greene 72.5%-1.6 pts
#150 Ocean Hill 72.5%-1.6 pts
#151 Bushwick (West) 72.4%-1.6 pts
#152 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 72.4%-1.6 pts
#153 Mount Hope 72.4%-1.6 pts
#154 Crotona Park East 72.4%-1.7 pts
#155 Washington Heights (South) 72.4%-1.7 pts
#156 University Heights (North)-Fordham 72.3%-1.8 pts
#157 East Harlem (North) 72.1%-2 pts
#158 Upper East Side-Yorkville 72%-2 pts
#159 Manhattanville-West Harlem 72%-2.1 pts
#160 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 72%-2.1 pts
#161 Mott Haven-Port Morris 71.9%-2.1 pts
#162 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 71.9%-2.2 pts
#163 Melrose 71.9%-2.2 pts
#164 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 71.8%-2.2 pts
#165 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 71.8%-2.3 pts
#166 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 71.8%-2.3 pts
#167 Kew Gardens Hills 71.8%-2.3 pts
#168 Greenwich Village 71.6%-2.5 pts
#169 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 71.6%-2.5 pts
#170 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 71.5%-2.6 pts
#171 Financial District-Battery Park City 71.5%-2.6 pts
#172 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 71.4%-2.6 pts
#173 Belmont 71%-3.1 pts
#174 Kensington 70.9%-3.1 pts
#175 Fordham Heights 70.9%-3.2 pts
#176 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 70.8%-3.3 pts
#177 Greenpoint 70.8%-3.3 pts
#178 Crown Heights (South) 70.7%-3.4 pts
#179 Highbridge 70.7%-3.4 pts
#180 Harlem (North) 70.6%-3.5 pts
#181 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 70.1%-3.9 pts
#182 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 70%-4.1 pts
#183 West Village 70%-4.1 pts
#184 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 69.8%-4.3 pts
#185 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 69.7%-4.4 pts
#186 Harlem (South) 69.4%-4.6 pts
#187 Williamsburg 69.1%-5 pts
#188 Astoria (Central) 68.9%-5.2 pts
#189 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 68.8%-5.3 pts
#190 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 68.3%-5.7 pts
#191 Midwood 67.8%-6.3 pts
#192 Brighton Beach 67.2%-6.9 pts
#193 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 66.7%-7.4 pts
#194 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 65.2%-8.8 pts
#195 South Williamsburg 63.8%-10.3 pts
#196 Borough Park 61.4%-12.7 pts
#197 Midtown-Times Square 60.6%-13.5 pts
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