Adult Outcomes: Incarceration rate by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Adult Outcomes: Incarceration rate across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: Claremont Village-Claremont (East) (3.7%). Lowest: Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village (0%). New York City avg: 1.3%. Data: 2014–2015.
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Adult Outcomes: Incarceration rate · all 197 New York City neighborhoods · 2014–15

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New York City citywide · Adult Outcomes: Incarceration rate 1.3%
Highest neighborhood Claremont Village-Claremont (East): 3.7%
Lowest neighborhood Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village: 0%

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)

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Min 0% 25th pct 0% Median 1% 75th pct 2% Max 4%

Neighborhood ranking: Adult Outcomes: Incarceration rate

#1 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 3.7%+2.4 pts
#2 Harlem (North) 3.5%+2.2 pts
#3 Fort Greene 3.4%+2.1 pts
#4 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 3.4%+2.1 pts
#5 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 3.3%+2.1 pts
#6 Brownsville 3.3%+2 pts
#7 Crown Heights (North) 3.1%+1.9 pts
#8 Baisley Park 3.1%+1.8 pts
#9 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 3%+1.7 pts
#10 East New York-City Line 2.9%+1.7 pts
#11 South Jamaica 2.9%+1.6 pts
#12 Tremont 2.9%+1.6 pts
#13 Ocean Hill 2.8%+1.5 pts
#14 Harlem (South) 2.8%+1.5 pts
#15 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 2.7%+1.4 pts
#16 East New York (North) 2.7%+1.4 pts
#17 Hunts Point 2.6%+1.3 pts
#18 East Harlem (North) 2.5%+1.2 pts
#19 Bushwick (East) 2.5%+1.2 pts
#20 East Harlem (South) 2.5%+1.2 pts
#21 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 2.5%+1.2 pts
#22 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 2.4%+1.1 pts
#23 East New York-New Lots 2.3%+1.1 pts
#24 Manhattanville-West Harlem 2.3%+1 pts
#25 Mott Haven-Port Morris 2.3%+1 pts
#26 Melrose 2.2%+0.9 pts
#27 Morrisania 2.2%+0.9 pts
#28 Mount Hope 2.2%+0.9 pts
#29 Highbridge 2.1%+0.9 pts
#30 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 2.1%+0.9 pts
#31 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 2.1%+0.8 pts
#32 Laurelton 2.1%+0.8 pts
#33 Coney Island-Sea Gate 2.1%+0.8 pts
#34 Co-op City 2%+0.7 pts
#35 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 2%+0.7 pts
#36 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 2%+0.7 pts
#37 St. Albans 2%+0.7 pts
#38 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 1.9%+0.7 pts
#39 Concourse-Concourse Village 1.9%+0.7 pts
#40 West Farms 1.9%+0.6 pts
#41 Belmont 1.8%+0.6 pts
#42 Williamsbridge-Olinville 1.8%+0.5 pts
#43 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 1.8%+0.5 pts
#44 Soundview-Clason Point 1.8%+0.5 pts
#45 Spring Creek-Starrett City 1.8%+0.5 pts
#46 Longwood 1.8%+0.5 pts
#47 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 1.8%+0.5 pts
#48 Fordham Heights 1.7%+0.4 pts
#49 East Flatbush-Erasmus 1.7%+0.4 pts
#50 Crown Heights (South) 1.7%+0.4 pts
#51 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 1.6%+0.4 pts
#52 Clinton Hill 1.6%+0.3 pts
#53 East Elmhurst 1.6%+0.3 pts
#54 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 1.6%+0.3 pts
#55 Crotona Park East 1.5%+0.3 pts
#56 Flatbush 1.5%+0.3 pts
#57 University Heights (North)-Fordham 1.5%+0.3 pts
#58 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 1.5%+0.3 pts
#59 Prospect Heights 1.5%+0.2 pts
#60 Canarsie 1.5%+0.2 pts
#61 Gravesend (South) 1.5%+0.2 pts
#62 St. George-New Brighton 1.5%+0.2 pts
#63 Bedford Park 1.5%+0.2 pts
#64 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 1.5%+0.2 pts
#65 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 1.5%+0.2 pts
#66 Washington Heights (South) 1.5%+0.2 pts
#67 Parkchester 1.5%+0.2 pts
#68 Cambria Heights 1.4%+0.2 pts
#69 East Williamsburg 1.4%+0.1 pts
#70 Cypress Hills 1.4%+0.1 pts
#71 Castle Hill-Unionport 1.4%+0.1 pts
#72 Allerton 1.4%+0.1 pts
#73 East Flatbush-Farragut 1.3%+0 pts
#74 Flatlands 1.3%+0 pts
#75 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 1.3%+0 pts
#76 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 1.3%0 pts
#77 East Flatbush-Rugby 1.3%-0 pts
#78 Wakefield-Woodlawn 1.3%-0 pts
#79 Norwood 1.3%-0 pts
#80 Westchester Square 1.3%-0 pts
#81 East Village 1.2%-0.1 pts
#82 North Corona 1.2%-0.1 pts
#83 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 1.2%-0.1 pts
#84 Jamaica 1.2%-0.1 pts
#85 Morningside Heights 1.1%-0.1 pts
#86 Queens Village 1.1%-0.1 pts
#87 Bushwick (West) 1.1%-0.2 pts
#88 Hollis 1.1%-0.2 pts
#89 Rosedale 1.1%-0.2 pts
#90 South Ozone Park 1.1%-0.2 pts
#91 Gramercy 1%-0.3 pts
#92 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 1%-0.3 pts
#93 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 1%-0.3 pts
#94 Pelham Gardens 0.9%-0.4 pts
#95 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 0.9%-0.4 pts
#96 Williamsburg 0.9%-0.4 pts
#97 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 0.9%-0.4 pts
#98 Hell's Kitchen 0.9%-0.4 pts
#99 Washington Heights (North) 0.9%-0.4 pts
#100 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 0.9%-0.4 pts
#101 Port Richmond 0.8%-0.5 pts
#102 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 0.8%-0.5 pts
#103 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 0.7%-0.5 pts
#104 Brighton Beach 0.7%-0.5 pts
#105 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 0.7%-0.5 pts
#106 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 0.7%-0.6 pts
#107 Park Slope 0.7%-0.6 pts
#108 Sunset Park (West) 0.7%-0.6 pts
#109 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 0.7%-0.6 pts
#110 Corona 0.7%-0.6 pts
#111 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 0.7%-0.6 pts
#112 South Richmond Hill 0.7%-0.6 pts
#113 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 0.7%-0.6 pts
#114 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 0.7%-0.6 pts
#115 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 0.7%-0.6 pts
#116 Lower East Side 0.6%-0.6 pts
#117 Upper West Side (Central) 0.6%-0.6 pts
#118 Inwood 0.6%-0.7 pts
#119 Sunset Park (Central) 0.6%-0.7 pts
#120 College Point 0.6%-0.7 pts
#121 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 0.6%-0.7 pts
#122 Woodhaven 0.6%-0.7 pts
#123 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 0.5%-0.7 pts
#124 Kensington 0.5%-0.8 pts
#125 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 0.5%-0.8 pts
#126 Richmond Hill 0.5%-0.8 pts
#127 Greenpoint 0.5%-0.8 pts
#128 Sunnyside 0.5%-0.8 pts
#129 Ridgewood 0.5%-0.8 pts
#130 Arden Heights-Rossville 0.5%-0.8 pts
#131 Ozone Park 0.5%-0.8 pts
#132 New Dorp-Midland Beach 0.5%-0.8 pts
#133 Gravesend (West) 0.5%-0.8 pts
#134 Financial District-Battery Park City 0.5%-0.8 pts
#135 Brooklyn Heights 0.4%-0.9 pts
#136 Flushing-Willets Point 0.4%-0.9 pts
#137 West Village 0.4%-0.9 pts
#138 East Flushing 0.4%-0.9 pts
#139 Ozone Park (North) 0.4%-0.9 pts
#140 Queensboro Hill 0.4%-0.9 pts
#141 Bay Ridge 0.4%-0.9 pts
#142 Maspeth 0.4%-0.9 pts
#143 Dyker Heights 0.4%-0.9 pts
#144 Kew Gardens Hills 0.3%-0.9 pts
#145 Tribeca-Civic Center 0.3%-1 pts
#146 Glendale 0.3%-1 pts
#147 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 0.3%-1 pts
#148 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 0.3%-1 pts
#149 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 0.3%-1 pts
#150 Chinatown-Two Bridges 0.3%-1 pts
#151 Upper East Side-Yorkville 0.3%-1 pts
#152 Jackson Heights 0.3%-1 pts
#153 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 0.3%-1 pts
#154 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 0.3%-1 pts
#155 Midwood 0.3%-1 pts
#156 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 0.3%-1 pts
#157 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 0.3%-1 pts
#158 Elmhurst 0.3%-1 pts
#159 Bellerose 0.3%-1 pts
#160 Long Island City-Hunters Point 0.2%-1.1 pts
#161 Bensonhurst 0.2%-1.1 pts
#162 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 0.2%-1.1 pts
#163 Rego Park 0.2%-1.1 pts
#164 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 0.2%-1.1 pts
#165 Morris Park 0.2%-1.1 pts
#166 Forest Hills 0.2%-1.1 pts
#167 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 0.2%-1.1 pts
#168 Astoria (Central) 0.2%-1.1 pts
#169 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 0.2%-1.1 pts
#170 Woodside 0.2%-1.1 pts
#171 Whitestone-Beechhurst 0.2%-1.1 pts
#172 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 0.2%-1.1 pts
#173 Great Kills-Eltingville 0.2%-1.1 pts
#174 Middle Village 0.2%-1.1 pts
#175 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 0.2%-1.1 pts
#176 Kew Gardens 0.2%-1.1 pts
#177 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 0.2%-1.1 pts
#178 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 0.2%-1.1 pts
#179 Madison 0.2%-1.1 pts
#180 Greenwich Village 0.1%-1.1 pts
#181 Midtown-Times Square 0.1%-1.1 pts
#182 Bath Beach 0.1%-1.2 pts
#183 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 0.1%-1.2 pts
#184 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 0.1%-1.2 pts
#185 Bayside 0.1%-1.2 pts
#186 Douglaston-Little Neck 0.1%-1.2 pts
#187 Oakwood-Richmondtown 0.1%-1.2 pts
#188 Borough Park 0.1%-1.2 pts
#189 South Williamsburg 0.1%-1.2 pts
#190 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 0.1%-1.2 pts
#191 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 0.1%-1.2 pts
#192 Tottenville-Charleston 0.1%-1.2 pts
#193 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 0%-1.3 pts
#194 Auburndale 0%-1.3 pts
#195 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 0%-1.3 pts
#196 Bay Terrace-Clearview 0%-1.3 pts
#197 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 0%-1.3 pts
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