Average Household Size by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Average Household Size across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: South Williamsburg (4.3). Lowest: Hell's Kitchen (1.6). New York City avg: 2.5. Data: 2020–2024.
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Average Household Size · all 197 New York City neighborhoods · 2020–24

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2020–2024 5-year ACS estimate.

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New York City citywide · Average Household Size 2.5
Highest neighborhood South Williamsburg: 4.3
Lowest neighborhood Hell's Kitchen: 1.6

Universe: Total population · Geography: Census Block Group · Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-Year Estimates

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Min 1.6 25th pct 2.3 Median 2.6 75th pct 2.8 Max 4.3

Neighborhood ranking: Average Household Size (2020–24)

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#1 South Williamsburg 4.3+1.8
#2 Borough Park 4.2+1.7
#3 North Corona 3.9+1.4
#4 South Richmond Hill 3.6+1.1
#5 South Ozone Park 3.5+1
#6 Ozone Park (North) 3.4+0.9
#7 Woodhaven 3.4+0.9
#8 South Jamaica 3.4+0.9
#9 Sunset Park (Central) 3.3+0.8
#10 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 3.3+0.8
#11 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 3.3+0.8
#12 Corona 3.3+0.8
#13 Queensboro Hill 3.3+0.8
#14 Baisley Park 3.3+0.8
#15 St. Albans 3.3+0.8
#16 Queens Village 3.3+0.8
#17 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 3.3+0.8
#18 Rosedale 3.3+0.8
#19 East Elmhurst 3.2+0.7
#20 Ozone Park 3.2+0.7
#21 Port Richmond 3.2+0.7
#22 College Point 3.1+0.6
#23 Richmond Hill 3.1+0.6
#24 Hollis 3.1+0.6
#25 Laurelton 3.1+0.6
#26 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 3.1+0.6
#27 Cypress Hills 3+0.5
#28 East New York-City Line 3+0.5
#29 Gravesend (West) 3+0.5
#30 Elmhurst 3+0.5
#31 Jamaica 3+0.5
#32 Bellerose 3+0.5
#33 Cambria Heights 3+0.5
#34 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 3+0.5
#35 New Dorp-Midland Beach 3+0.5
#36 Arden Heights-Rossville 3+0.5
#37 Sunset Park (West) 2.9+0.4
#38 Dyker Heights 2.9+0.4
#39 Pelham Gardens 2.9+0.4
#40 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 2.9+0.4
#41 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 2.9+0.4
#42 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 2.9+0.4
#43 Great Kills-Eltingville 2.9+0.4
#44 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 2.9+0.4
#45 East New York (North) 2.8+0.3
#46 Bensonhurst 2.8+0.3
#47 Bath Beach 2.8+0.3
#48 Kensington 2.8+0.3
#49 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 2.8+0.3
#50 Flatlands 2.8+0.3
#51 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 2.8+0.3
#52 Canarsie 2.8+0.3
#53 Fordham Heights 2.8+0.3
#54 Castle Hill-Unionport 2.8+0.3
#55 Westchester Square 2.8+0.3
#56 East Flushing 2.8+0.3
#57 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 2.8+0.3
#58 Bayside 2.8+0.3
#59 St. George-New Brighton 2.8+0.3
#60 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 2.8+0.3
#61 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 2.8+0.3
#62 Tottenville-Charleston 2.8+0.3
#63 East Flatbush-Farragut 2.7+0.2
#64 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 2.7+0.2
#65 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 2.7+0.2
#66 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 2.7+0.2
#67 Soundview-Clason Point 2.7+0.2
#68 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 2.7+0.2
#69 Maspeth 2.7+0.2
#70 Glendale 2.7+0.2
#71 Whitestone-Beechhurst 2.7+0.2
#72 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 2.7+0.2
#73 Kew Gardens Hills 2.7+0.2
#74 Auburndale 2.7+0.2
#75 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 2.7+0.2
#76 Oakwood-Richmondtown 2.7+0.2
#77 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 2.6+0.1
#78 East New York-New Lots 2.6+0.1
#79 Crown Heights (South) 2.6+0.1
#80 Gravesend (South) 2.6+0.1
#81 Flatbush 2.6+0.1
#82 Midwood 2.6+0.1
#83 Madison 2.6+0.1
#84 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 2.6+0.1
#85 Longwood 2.6+0.1
#86 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 2.6+0.1
#87 Mount Hope 2.6+0.1
#88 Norwood 2.6+0.1
#89 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 2.6+0.1
#90 Morris Park 2.6+0.1
#91 Williamsbridge-Olinville 2.6+0.1
#92 Wakefield-Woodlawn 2.6+0.1
#93 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 2.6+0.1
#94 Washington Heights (South) 2.6+0.1
#95 Jackson Heights 2.6+0.1
#96 Ridgewood 2.6+0.1
#97 Middle Village 2.6+0.1
#98 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 2.6+0.1
#99 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 2.6+0.1
#100 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 2.6+0.1
#101 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 2.6+0.1
#102 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 2.6+0.1
#103 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 2.50
#104 Bushwick (East) 2.50
#105 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 2.50
#106 Brownsville 2.50
#107 East Flatbush-Rugby 2.50
#108 Mott Haven-Port Morris 2.50
#109 Melrose 2.50
#110 Hunts Point 2.50
#111 Morrisania 2.50
#112 West Farms 2.50
#113 Tremont 2.50
#114 Belmont 2.50
#115 University Heights (North)-Fordham 2.50
#116 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 2.50
#117 Manhattanville-West Harlem 2.50
#118 Washington Heights (North) 2.50
#119 Inwood 2.50
#120 Woodside 2.50
#121 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 2.50
#122 Douglaston-Little Neck 2.50
#123 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 2.50
#124 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 2.50
#125 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 2.50
#126 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 2.50
#127 Bay Ridge 2.4-0.1
#128 Coney Island-Sea Gate 2.4-0.1
#129 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 2.4-0.1
#130 Ocean Hill 2.4-0.1
#131 Crotona Park East 2.4-0.1
#132 Concourse-Concourse Village 2.4-0.1
#133 Highbridge 2.4-0.1
#134 Bedford Park 2.4-0.1
#135 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 2.4-0.1
#136 Parkchester 2.4-0.1
#137 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 2.4-0.1
#138 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 2.4-0.1
#139 Rego Park 2.4-0.1
#140 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 2.4-0.1
#141 Bushwick (West) 2.3-0.2
#142 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 2.3-0.2
#143 Park Slope 2.3-0.2
#144 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 2.3-0.2
#145 East Flatbush-Erasmus 2.3-0.2
#146 Allerton 2.3-0.2
#147 Forest Hills 2.3-0.2
#148 Flushing-Willets Point 2.3-0.2
#149 Kew Gardens 2.3-0.2
#150 Williamsburg 2.2-0.3
#151 Crown Heights (North) 2.2-0.3
#152 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 2.2-0.3
#153 Harlem (South) 2.2-0.3
#154 Harlem (North) 2.2-0.3
#155 East Harlem (South) 2.2-0.3
#156 East Harlem (North) 2.2-0.3
#157 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 2.2-0.3
#158 Sunnyside 2.2-0.3
#159 Bay Terrace-Clearview 2.2-0.3
#160 East Williamsburg 2.1-0.4
#161 Fort Greene 2.1-0.4
#162 Prospect Heights 2.1-0.4
#163 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 2.1-0.4
#164 Co-op City 2.1-0.4
#165 Tribeca-Civic Center 2.1-0.4
#166 Lower East Side 2.1-0.4
#167 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 2.1-0.4
#168 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 2.1-0.4
#169 Morningside Heights 2.1-0.4
#170 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 2.1-0.4
#171 Greenpoint 2-0.5
#172 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 2-0.5
#173 Clinton Hill 2-0.5
#174 Spring Creek-Starrett City 2-0.5
#175 Brighton Beach 2-0.5
#176 Financial District-Battery Park City 2-0.5
#177 Chinatown-Two Bridges 2-0.5
#178 Upper West Side (Central) 2-0.5
#179 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 2-0.5
#180 Astoria (Central) 2-0.5
#181 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 2-0.5
#182 Brooklyn Heights 1.9-0.6
#183 East Village 1.9-0.6
#184 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 1.9-0.6
#185 Long Island City-Hunters Point 1.9-0.6
#186 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 1.8-0.7
#187 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 1.8-0.7
#188 Upper East Side-Yorkville 1.8-0.7
#189 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 1.7-0.8
#190 Greenwich Village 1.7-0.8
#191 West Village 1.7-0.8
#192 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 1.7-0.8
#193 Gramercy 1.7-0.8
#194 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 1.7-0.8
#195 Hell's Kitchen 1.6-0.9
#196 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 1.6-0.9
#197 Midtown-Times Square 1.6-0.9
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