Adult Outcomes: Share reaching the top 20% of household income by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Adult Outcomes: Share reaching the top 20% of household income across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill (53.9%). Lowest: Harlem (South) (4.3%). New York City avg: 18.5%. Data: 2014–2015.
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Adult Outcomes: Share reaching the top 20% of household income · all 197 New York City neighborhoods · 2014–15

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New York City citywide · Adult Outcomes: Share reaching the top 20% of household income 18.5%
Highest neighborhood Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill: 53.9%
Lowest neighborhood Harlem (South): 4.3%

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 4% 25th pct 10% Median 18% 75th pct 34% Max 54%

Neighborhood ranking: Adult Outcomes: Share reaching the top 20% of household income

#1 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 53.9%+35.4 pts
#2 Bay Terrace-Clearview 47.3%+28.8 pts
#3 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 46.1%+27.6 pts
#4 Whitestone-Beechhurst 46.1%+27.6 pts
#5 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 45.5%+27 pts
#6 Douglaston-Little Neck 45%+26.5 pts
#7 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 45%+26.5 pts
#8 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 44.7%+26.2 pts
#9 Great Kills-Eltingville 44.6%+26.1 pts
#10 Auburndale 44.4%+25.9 pts
#11 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 44.3%+25.9 pts
#12 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 43.8%+25.3 pts
#13 Arden Heights-Rossville 43.1%+24.6 pts
#14 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 43%+24.6 pts
#15 Oakwood-Richmondtown 42.9%+24.4 pts
#16 Bellerose 42.7%+24.3 pts
#17 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 42.2%+23.8 pts
#18 Tottenville-Charleston 41.4%+23 pts
#19 Bayside 40.9%+22.5 pts
#20 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 40.8%+22.3 pts
#21 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 40.8%+22.3 pts
#22 Madison 40.7%+22.3 pts
#23 Brooklyn Heights 40.5%+22.1 pts
#24 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 40.1%+21.6 pts
#25 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 39.8%+21.3 pts
#26 Greenwich Village 39.2%+20.7 pts
#27 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 38.1%+19.6 pts
#28 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 37.8%+19.3 pts
#29 Middle Village 37.6%+19.1 pts
#30 Forest Hills 37.5%+19 pts
#31 Queensboro Hill 37.2%+18.8 pts
#32 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 37.2%+18.7 pts
#33 Upper East Side-Yorkville 37.2%+18.7 pts
#34 Financial District-Battery Park City 36.6%+18.1 pts
#35 Rego Park 36.5%+18 pts
#36 New Dorp-Midland Beach 36.2%+17.7 pts
#37 Gramercy 35.8%+17.3 pts
#38 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 35.4%+16.9 pts
#39 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 34.8%+16.3 pts
#40 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 34.8%+16.3 pts
#41 Bath Beach 34.7%+16.3 pts
#42 Midwood 34.7%+16.2 pts
#43 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 34.7%+16.2 pts
#44 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 34.5%+16 pts
#45 Bay Ridge 34.2%+15.7 pts
#46 Dyker Heights 34%+15.6 pts
#47 College Point 33.9%+15.4 pts
#48 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 33.8%+15.3 pts
#49 Upper West Side (Central) 33.6%+15.1 pts
#50 West Village 33.6%+15.1 pts
#51 Gravesend (West) 33.2%+14.7 pts
#52 Kew Gardens Hills 33.2%+14.7 pts
#53 Maspeth 32.7%+14.2 pts
#54 Bensonhurst 32.6%+14.1 pts
#55 East Flushing 32.5%+14 pts
#56 Morris Park 32.4%+13.9 pts
#57 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 32.4%+13.9 pts
#58 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 32.2%+13.7 pts
#59 Tribeca-Civic Center 32.1%+13.6 pts
#60 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 32.1%+13.6 pts
#61 Glendale 31.5%+13 pts
#62 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 31.4%+12.9 pts
#63 Midtown-Times Square 30.7%+12.3 pts
#64 Kew Gardens 29.8%+11.3 pts
#65 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 29.1%+10.6 pts
#66 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 28.1%+9.7 pts
#67 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 28.1%+9.6 pts
#68 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 27.9%+9.4 pts
#69 Gravesend (South) 27.9%+9.4 pts
#70 Brighton Beach 27.1%+8.6 pts
#71 Flushing-Willets Point 27%+8.6 pts
#72 Ozone Park 26.5%+8 pts
#73 Woodside 26%+7.5 pts
#74 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 25.8%+7.3 pts
#75 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 24.5%+6 pts
#76 Park Slope 24.3%+5.8 pts
#77 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 24.2%+5.7 pts
#78 Greenpoint 23.9%+5.4 pts
#79 Elmhurst 23.4%+4.9 pts
#80 Woodhaven 23%+4.5 pts
#81 Pelham Gardens 22.7%+4.2 pts
#82 Astoria (Central) 22.7%+4.2 pts
#83 Kensington 22.6%+4.1 pts
#84 Chinatown-Two Bridges 22.4%+3.9 pts
#85 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 22.3%+3.8 pts
#86 Ozone Park (North) 22.2%+3.7 pts
#87 Sunnyside 22.1%+3.6 pts
#88 Jackson Heights 21.5%+3 pts
#89 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 21.5%+3 pts
#90 Ridgewood 21.2%+2.7 pts
#91 Long Island City-Hunters Point 21%+2.5 pts
#92 Morningside Heights 20.1%+1.6 pts
#93 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 20.1%+1.6 pts
#94 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 19.9%+1.4 pts
#95 Richmond Hill 19.7%+1.2 pts
#96 Borough Park 19.5%+1.1 pts
#97 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 19.1%+0.6 pts
#98 South Richmond Hill 18.7%+0.3 pts
#99 Lower East Side 18.3%-0.1 pts
#100 Queens Village 18.3%-0.2 pts
#101 Rosedale 18.2%-0.3 pts
#102 Hell's Kitchen 18.1%-0.3 pts
#103 South Ozone Park 17.9%-0.6 pts
#104 Port Richmond 17.9%-0.6 pts
#105 Sunset Park (Central) 17.9%-0.6 pts
#106 Flatlands 17.9%-0.6 pts
#107 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 17.3%-1.2 pts
#108 Coney Island-Sea Gate 16.7%-1.8 pts
#109 Spring Creek-Starrett City 16.6%-1.9 pts
#110 Wakefield-Woodlawn 16.5%-2 pts
#111 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 15.9%-2.6 pts
#112 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 15.8%-2.7 pts
#113 Canarsie 15.7%-2.8 pts
#114 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 15.5%-3 pts
#115 East Village 15.4%-3 pts
#116 St. George-New Brighton 15.4%-3.1 pts
#117 Westchester Square 15.4%-3.1 pts
#118 Corona 15.4%-3.1 pts
#119 Hollis 14.9%-3.6 pts
#120 Sunset Park (West) 14.6%-3.9 pts
#121 Norwood 14.5%-4 pts
#122 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 14.2%-4.3 pts
#123 Jamaica 13.9%-4.6 pts
#124 East Elmhurst 13.4%-5.1 pts
#125 Allerton 13.3%-5.2 pts
#126 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 13.1%-5.4 pts
#127 East Williamsburg 13%-5.5 pts
#128 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 13%-5.5 pts
#129 Parkchester 12.8%-5.7 pts
#130 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 12.7%-5.8 pts
#131 Castle Hill-Unionport 12.5%-5.9 pts
#132 Co-op City 12.3%-6.2 pts
#133 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 12.3%-6.2 pts
#134 Washington Heights (North) 12.2%-6.2 pts
#135 Laurelton 11.7%-6.8 pts
#136 Cambria Heights 11.3%-7.1 pts
#137 Bedford Park 11.1%-7.4 pts
#138 Inwood 10.9%-7.6 pts
#139 Cypress Hills 10.7%-7.8 pts
#140 North Corona 10.7%-7.8 pts
#141 East Flatbush-Farragut 10.6%-7.9 pts
#142 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 10.5%-8 pts
#143 Prospect Heights 10.3%-8.2 pts
#144 Williamsburg 10.1%-8.4 pts
#145 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 10%-8.5 pts
#146 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 9.9%-8.6 pts
#147 St. Albans 9.9%-8.6 pts
#148 South Williamsburg 9.6%-8.9 pts
#149 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 9.6%-8.9 pts
#150 Washington Heights (South) 9.5%-8.9 pts
#151 East Harlem (South) 9.5%-9 pts
#152 Bushwick (West) 9.3%-9.2 pts
#153 East New York-City Line 9.3%-9.2 pts
#154 East Flatbush-Rugby 9.1%-9.4 pts
#155 Soundview-Clason Point 9.1%-9.4 pts
#156 Williamsbridge-Olinville 8.9%-9.6 pts
#157 Clinton Hill 8.8%-9.6 pts
#158 Flatbush 8.8%-9.7 pts
#159 Crown Heights (South) 8.8%-9.7 pts
#160 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 8.5%-10 pts
#161 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 8.4%-10.1 pts
#162 Baisley Park 8.3%-10.2 pts
#163 University Heights (North)-Fordham 8.2%-10.2 pts
#164 Fort Greene 8.1%-10.3 pts
#165 East Flatbush-Erasmus 8%-10.5 pts
#166 East New York (North) 7.8%-10.7 pts
#167 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 7.8%-10.7 pts
#168 Belmont 7.7%-10.8 pts
#169 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 7.6%-10.9 pts
#170 Crotona Park East 7.3%-11.1 pts
#171 Manhattanville-West Harlem 7.3%-11.2 pts
#172 Bushwick (East) 7.3%-11.2 pts
#173 Concourse-Concourse Village 7.2%-11.3 pts
#174 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 7.2%-11.3 pts
#175 Fordham Heights 7.1%-11.4 pts
#176 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 7%-11.4 pts
#177 South Jamaica 6.7%-11.8 pts
#178 Crown Heights (North) 6.7%-11.8 pts
#179 Longwood 6.7%-11.8 pts
#180 Mount Hope 6.7%-11.8 pts
#181 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 6.6%-11.8 pts
#182 East New York-New Lots 6.6%-11.9 pts
#183 Melrose 6.5%-12 pts
#184 West Farms 6.3%-12.2 pts
#185 Ocean Hill 6.1%-12.4 pts
#186 Highbridge 6.1%-12.4 pts
#187 Brownsville 5.9%-12.6 pts
#188 East Harlem (North) 5.8%-12.7 pts
#189 Hunts Point 5.6%-12.9 pts
#190 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 5.5%-13 pts
#191 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 5.1%-13.3 pts
#192 Tremont 5%-13.5 pts
#193 Mott Haven-Port Morris 5%-13.5 pts
#194 Morrisania 4.9%-13.6 pts
#195 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 4.8%-13.6 pts
#196 Harlem (North) 4.3%-14.1 pts
#197 Harlem (South) 4.3%-14.2 pts
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