Below 200% of the Poverty Line by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Below 200% of the Poverty Line across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: Claremont Village-Claremont (East) (68.9%). Lowest: Brooklyn Heights (8.8%). New York City avg: 34.5%. Data: 2020–2024.
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Below 200% of the Poverty Line · 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 · Below 200% of the Poverty Line 34.5%
Highest neighborhood Claremont Village-Claremont (East): 68.9%
Lowest neighborhood Brooklyn Heights: 8.8%

Note: Poverty status compares a family's pre-tax cash income with the Census poverty threshold for its family size. For example, in 2024 the threshold for a one-person family was $15,060. See more details on how poverty is defined and measured.

Universe: Population for whom poverty status is determined · Geography: Census Block Group · Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-Year Estimates

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Min 9% 25th pct 22% Median 32% 75th pct 43% Max 69%

Neighborhood ranking: Below 200% of the Poverty Line (2020–24)

#1 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 68.9%+34.4 pts
#2 Mott Haven-Port Morris 67.5%+33 pts
#3 Melrose 67.3%+32.8 pts
#4 South Williamsburg 66.9%+32.4 pts
#5 Belmont 65.3%+30.9 pts
#6 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 64.7%+30.3 pts
#7 West Farms 64.7%+30.2 pts
#8 Tremont 62.4%+27.9 pts
#9 Hunts Point 61.9%+27.4 pts
#10 Morrisania 61.1%+26.6 pts
#11 Fordham Heights 61.1%+26.6 pts
#12 Crotona Park East 61.1%+26.6 pts
#13 Borough Park 59.8%+25.4 pts
#14 Mount Hope 59.5%+25 pts
#15 Brownsville 58.6%+24.1 pts
#16 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 57.1%+22.6 pts
#17 Longwood 56.9%+22.4 pts
#18 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 56.5%+22.1 pts
#19 Manhattanville-West Harlem 56%+21.5 pts
#20 Concourse-Concourse Village 55.3%+20.8 pts
#21 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 55%+20.5 pts
#22 Sunset Park (Central) 54.7%+20.2 pts
#23 Chinatown-Two Bridges 54.6%+20.1 pts
#24 East Harlem (South) 54.3%+19.9 pts
#25 Bedford Park 54.3%+19.8 pts
#26 Coney Island-Sea Gate 53.1%+18.6 pts
#27 East Harlem (North) 50.8%+16.4 pts
#28 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 50.8%+16.3 pts
#29 Allerton 50.6%+16.1 pts
#30 University Heights (North)-Fordham 50%+15.5 pts
#31 Spring Creek-Starrett City 49.6%+15.1 pts
#32 Westchester Square 49%+14.5 pts
#33 Harlem (North) 48.9%+14.4 pts
#34 Norwood 48.9%+14.4 pts
#35 Brighton Beach 48.9%+14.4 pts
#36 Flushing-Willets Point 48.4%+13.9 pts
#37 East New York-City Line 48.3%+13.8 pts
#38 Highbridge 48.2%+13.7 pts
#39 Castle Hill-Unionport 47.4%+12.9 pts
#40 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 47.3%+12.8 pts
#41 St. George-New Brighton 46.6%+12.1 pts
#42 North Corona 46.3%+11.8 pts
#43 Jamaica 45.7%+11.3 pts
#44 Washington Heights (South) 45.3%+10.8 pts
#45 Parkchester 44.9%+10.4 pts
#46 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 44.4%+9.9 pts
#47 Bensonhurst 44.3%+9.8 pts
#48 Corona 44.1%+9.6 pts
#49 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 43.5%+9 pts
#50 Soundview-Clason Point 42.9%+8.4 pts
#51 Williamsbridge-Olinville 42.5%+8 pts
#52 Lower East Side 41.2%+6.8 pts
#53 Gravesend (South) 41.2%+6.7 pts
#54 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 41.1%+6.7 pts
#55 East New York (North) 41%+6.5 pts
#56 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 40.8%+6.3 pts
#57 Ocean Hill 40.8%+6.3 pts
#58 East New York-New Lots 40.5%+6.1 pts
#59 Bushwick (East) 40.3%+5.8 pts
#60 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 40.3%+5.8 pts
#61 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 40%+5.5 pts
#62 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 39.5%+5.1 pts
#63 Cypress Hills 39.5%+5 pts
#64 East Flushing 39.3%+4.8 pts
#65 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 39.3%+4.8 pts
#66 East Williamsburg 39.2%+4.8 pts
#67 Elmhurst 39%+4.5 pts
#68 Queensboro Hill 38.9%+4.4 pts
#69 Dyker Heights 38.7%+4.2 pts
#70 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 38.6%+4.2 pts
#71 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 38.3%+3.8 pts
#72 Gravesend (West) 38.2%+3.8 pts
#73 Sunset Park (West) 38%+3.6 pts
#74 Bath Beach 37.9%+3.4 pts
#75 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 37.6%+3.1 pts
#76 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 37%+2.5 pts
#77 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 36%+1.5 pts
#78 Morningside Heights 35.8%+1.3 pts
#79 Port Richmond 35.8%+1.3 pts
#80 Crown Heights (North) 35.8%+1.3 pts
#81 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 35.6%+1.1 pts
#82 Inwood 35.5%+1.1 pts
#83 Ozone Park 35.3%+0.8 pts
#84 Harlem (South) 35%+0.6 pts
#85 Bushwick (West) 34.9%+0.4 pts
#86 Midwood 34.4%-0.1 pts
#87 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 34.4%-0.1 pts
#88 Washington Heights (North) 34.2%-0.3 pts
#89 East Village 34.1%-0.4 pts
#90 East Elmhurst 33.9%-0.6 pts
#91 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 33.8%-0.7 pts
#92 South Jamaica 33.8%-0.7 pts
#93 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 33.2%-1.3 pts
#94 East Flatbush-Erasmus 33.1%-1.3 pts
#95 Kensington 33%-1.5 pts
#96 Crown Heights (South) 32.9%-1.6 pts
#97 East Flatbush-Rugby 32.8%-1.7 pts
#98 Co-op City 32.3%-2.2 pts
#99 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 32.1%-2.4 pts
#100 Ozone Park (North) 31.9%-2.6 pts
#101 Flatbush 31.9%-2.6 pts
#102 College Point 31.8%-2.7 pts
#103 South Richmond Hill 31.7%-2.8 pts
#104 Ridgewood 31.6%-2.9 pts
#105 Jackson Heights 31.2%-3.2 pts
#106 Madison 31.1%-3.4 pts
#107 Sunnyside 30.6%-3.9 pts
#108 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 30.5%-4 pts
#109 Richmond Hill 30.3%-4.2 pts
#110 Woodside 30.2%-4.3 pts
#111 Canarsie 30.1%-4.4 pts
#112 Woodhaven 30%-4.5 pts
#113 Wakefield-Woodlawn 30%-4.5 pts
#114 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 29.8%-4.6 pts
#115 Pelham Gardens 29.7%-4.8 pts
#116 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 29.6%-4.9 pts
#117 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 29.4%-5.1 pts
#118 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 29.2%-5.3 pts
#119 Fort Greene 28.9%-5.6 pts
#120 East Flatbush-Farragut 28.7%-5.7 pts
#121 Kew Gardens Hills 28.7%-5.8 pts
#122 South Ozone Park 28.5%-5.9 pts
#123 Maspeth 27.9%-6.6 pts
#124 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 27.8%-6.7 pts
#125 Baisley Park 27.7%-6.8 pts
#126 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 27.6%-6.9 pts
#127 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 27.6%-6.9 pts
#128 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 27.5%-6.9 pts
#129 New Dorp-Midland Beach 27.5%-7 pts
#130 Williamsburg 27.4%-7.1 pts
#131 Rego Park 26.9%-7.6 pts
#132 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 26.7%-7.8 pts
#133 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 26.1%-8.3 pts
#134 Oakwood-Richmondtown 25.9%-8.6 pts
#135 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 25.7%-8.8 pts
#136 Astoria (Central) 25.7%-8.8 pts
#137 Morris Park 25.7%-8.8 pts
#138 Hollis 25.2%-9.3 pts
#139 Bay Ridge 25%-9.4 pts
#140 Flatlands 24.7%-9.7 pts
#141 Auburndale 24.6%-9.8 pts
#142 Hell's Kitchen 24.6%-9.9 pts
#143 Glendale 23.4%-11.1 pts
#144 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 23.4%-11.1 pts
#145 Arden Heights-Rossville 23%-11.5 pts
#146 Bayside 22.9%-11.6 pts
#147 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 22.3%-12.1 pts
#148 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 22.3%-12.2 pts
#149 Queens Village 22.3%-12.2 pts
#150 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 22.2%-12.3 pts
#151 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 22.1%-12.4 pts
#152 Bellerose 21.7%-12.8 pts
#153 Kew Gardens 21.5%-13 pts
#154 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 21.4%-13.1 pts
#155 Rosedale 21.2%-13.2 pts
#156 Middle Village 21.1%-13.4 pts
#157 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 21%-13.4 pts
#158 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 20.7%-13.8 pts
#159 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 20.6%-13.9 pts
#160 Whitestone-Beechhurst 20.6%-13.9 pts
#161 Forest Hills 20.1%-14.3 pts
#162 Bay Terrace-Clearview 20.1%-14.4 pts
#163 St. Albans 20.1%-14.4 pts
#164 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 19.8%-14.6 pts
#165 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 19%-15.5 pts
#166 Greenpoint 18.8%-15.7 pts
#167 Clinton Hill 18.3%-16.1 pts
#168 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 18%-16.5 pts
#169 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 17.9%-16.6 pts
#170 Gramercy 17.9%-16.6 pts
#171 Midtown-Times Square 17.6%-16.9 pts
#172 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 17.5%-16.9 pts
#173 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 16.9%-17.6 pts
#174 Great Kills-Eltingville 16.7%-17.8 pts
#175 Cambria Heights 16.6%-17.9 pts
#176 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 16.5%-18 pts
#177 Laurelton 16.3%-18.2 pts
#178 Douglaston-Little Neck 16.3%-18.2 pts
#179 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 15.9%-18.6 pts
#180 Upper West Side (Central) 15%-19.5 pts
#181 Long Island City-Hunters Point 14.4%-20.1 pts
#182 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 14.3%-20.2 pts
#183 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 14.3%-20.2 pts
#184 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 13.6%-20.9 pts
#185 Prospect Heights 13.5%-21 pts
#186 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 13.3%-21.2 pts
#187 Greenwich Village 12.8%-21.6 pts
#188 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 12.8%-21.6 pts
#189 Tottenville-Charleston 12.5%-22 pts
#190 Upper East Side-Yorkville 12.3%-22.2 pts
#191 West Village 12.3%-22.2 pts
#192 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 12%-22.5 pts
#193 Tribeca-Civic Center 11.4%-23.1 pts
#194 Financial District-Battery Park City 10.5%-24 pts
#195 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 10.3%-24.2 pts
#196 Park Slope 9.7%-24.8 pts
#197 Brooklyn Heights 8.8%-25.7 pts
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