Below 50% of the Poverty Line by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Below 50% of the Poverty Line across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: West Farms (24.3%). Lowest: Brooklyn Heights (2.2%). New York City avg: 8.8%. Data: 2020–2024.
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Below 50% 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 50% of the Poverty Line 8.8%
Highest neighborhood West Farms: 24.3%
Lowest neighborhood Brooklyn Heights: 2.2%

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

Neighborhood distribution Hover or click any dot to inspect
Min 2% 25th pct 5% Median 7% 75th pct 11% Max 24%

Neighborhood ranking: Below 50% of the Poverty Line (2020–24)

#1 West Farms 24.3%+15.6 pts
#2 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 24.1%+15.3 pts
#3 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 24.1%+15.3 pts
#4 Mott Haven-Port Morris 23.5%+14.8 pts
#5 Brownsville 23.2%+14.5 pts
#6 Melrose 22.8%+14.1 pts
#7 Belmont 21.7%+12.9 pts
#8 Morrisania 20.9%+12.1 pts
#9 Fordham Heights 18.2%+9.4 pts
#10 Crotona Park East 18.2%+9.4 pts
#11 Morningside Heights 17.7%+8.9 pts
#12 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 17.7%+8.9 pts
#13 Tremont 17.5%+8.7 pts
#14 Longwood 17.2%+8.4 pts
#15 Concourse-Concourse Village 16.8%+8.1 pts
#16 South Williamsburg 16.5%+7.7 pts
#17 Hunts Point 16.2%+7.4 pts
#18 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 16%+7.2 pts
#19 Ocean Hill 15.9%+7.2 pts
#20 Mount Hope 15.8%+7 pts
#21 Harlem (North) 15.5%+6.7 pts
#22 Chinatown-Two Bridges 15%+6.3 pts
#23 East Harlem (South) 14.8%+6.1 pts
#24 East Harlem (North) 14.7%+5.9 pts
#25 St. George-New Brighton 14.4%+5.6 pts
#26 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 14.2%+5.5 pts
#27 Norwood 14.2%+5.5 pts
#28 Castle Hill-Unionport 14.2%+5.4 pts
#29 East Village 13.9%+5.2 pts
#30 Williamsbridge-Olinville 13.8%+5 pts
#31 Bedford Park 13.2%+4.4 pts
#32 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 13%+4.2 pts
#33 Highbridge 12.9%+4.2 pts
#34 East New York (North) 12.9%+4.1 pts
#35 East New York-New Lots 12.8%+4 pts
#36 Lower East Side 12.5%+3.8 pts
#37 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 12.2%+3.4 pts
#38 University Heights (North)-Fordham 12.1%+3.3 pts
#39 Crown Heights (North) 12%+3.2 pts
#40 Borough Park 11.9%+3.1 pts
#41 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 11.9%+3.1 pts
#42 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 11.8%+3.1 pts
#43 Soundview-Clason Point 11.8%+3 pts
#44 Allerton 11.5%+2.7 pts
#45 East New York-City Line 11.3%+2.6 pts
#46 Port Richmond 11.2%+2.5 pts
#47 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 11.1%+2.3 pts
#48 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 11.1%+2.3 pts
#49 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 11%+2.2 pts
#50 East Williamsburg 11%+2.2 pts
#51 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 10.9%+2.1 pts
#52 Westchester Square 10.8%+2 pts
#53 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 10.7%+2 pts
#54 Bushwick (East) 10.5%+1.7 pts
#55 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 10.4%+1.7 pts
#56 Bushwick (West) 10.2%+1.5 pts
#57 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 10.2%+1.4 pts
#58 Washington Heights (South) 10.2%+1.4 pts
#59 Cypress Hills 10%+1.3 pts
#60 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 10%+1.2 pts
#61 Manhattanville-West Harlem 10%+1.2 pts
#62 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 9.8%+1 pts
#63 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 9.6%+0.8 pts
#64 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 9.4%+0.6 pts
#65 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 9.4%+0.6 pts
#66 Flushing-Willets Point 9.2%+0.4 pts
#67 Jamaica 9%+0.2 pts
#68 Gravesend (South) 8.9%+0.1 pts
#69 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 8.8%+0.1 pts
#70 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 8.8%+0.1 pts
#71 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 8.8%0 pts
#72 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 8.8%-0 pts
#73 Parkchester 8.7%-0.1 pts
#74 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 8.6%-0.1 pts
#75 Wakefield-Woodlawn 8.6%-0.2 pts
#76 Harlem (South) 8.6%-0.2 pts
#77 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 8.6%-0.2 pts
#78 Coney Island-Sea Gate 8.5%-0.3 pts
#79 Bath Beach 8.4%-0.4 pts
#80 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 8.4%-0.4 pts
#81 Flatbush 8.3%-0.5 pts
#82 Sunset Park (Central) 8.2%-0.6 pts
#83 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 8.2%-0.6 pts
#84 Corona 8.2%-0.6 pts
#85 Fort Greene 8.1%-0.6 pts
#86 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 8%-0.8 pts
#87 Gramercy 7.6%-1.2 pts
#88 Brighton Beach 7.5%-1.3 pts
#89 Pelham Gardens 7.5%-1.3 pts
#90 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 7.4%-1.3 pts
#91 Sunnyside 7.4%-1.4 pts
#92 Maspeth 7.3%-1.4 pts
#93 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 7.3%-1.5 pts
#94 Dyker Heights 7.3%-1.5 pts
#95 Hell's Kitchen 7.3%-1.5 pts
#96 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 7.3%-1.5 pts
#97 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 7.2%-1.5 pts
#98 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 7.2%-1.5 pts
#99 East Elmhurst 7.2%-1.6 pts
#100 Gravesend (West) 7.2%-1.6 pts
#101 Canarsie 7.2%-1.6 pts
#102 Inwood 7.2%-1.6 pts
#103 Bensonhurst 7.1%-1.6 pts
#104 Madison 7.1%-1.6 pts
#105 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 7%-1.7 pts
#106 Elmhurst 7%-1.8 pts
#107 North Corona 6.9%-1.9 pts
#108 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 6.7%-2.1 pts
#109 Spring Creek-Starrett City 6.7%-2.1 pts
#110 Crown Heights (South) 6.7%-2.1 pts
#111 East Flatbush-Rugby 6.7%-2.1 pts
#112 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 6.7%-2.1 pts
#113 College Point 6.6%-2.2 pts
#114 Midtown-Times Square 6.5%-2.3 pts
#115 Bay Terrace-Clearview 6.5%-2.3 pts
#116 Morris Park 6.5%-2.3 pts
#117 Hollis 6.4%-2.3 pts
#118 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 6.4%-2.3 pts
#119 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 6.4%-2.4 pts
#120 Midwood 6.4%-2.4 pts
#121 Washington Heights (North) 6.3%-2.4 pts
#122 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 6.3%-2.4 pts
#123 East Flatbush-Farragut 6.3%-2.5 pts
#124 Jackson Heights 6.2%-2.6 pts
#125 Ridgewood 6.2%-2.6 pts
#126 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 6.1%-2.6 pts
#127 Greenwich Village 6.1%-2.6 pts
#128 Baisley Park 6.1%-2.7 pts
#129 South Ozone Park 6.1%-2.7 pts
#130 South Jamaica 6.1%-2.7 pts
#131 Rego Park 6%-2.8 pts
#132 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 6%-2.8 pts
#133 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 5.9%-2.8 pts
#134 Williamsburg 5.9%-2.9 pts
#135 South Richmond Hill 5.9%-2.9 pts
#136 Long Island City-Hunters Point 5.8%-3 pts
#137 East Flushing 5.8%-3 pts
#138 Ozone Park (North) 5.7%-3 pts
#139 Ozone Park 5.7%-3.1 pts
#140 Bay Ridge 5.5%-3.2 pts
#141 Upper West Side (Central) 5.4%-3.4 pts
#142 Sunset Park (West) 5.3%-3.4 pts
#143 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 5.3%-3.4 pts
#144 East Flatbush-Erasmus 5.2%-3.6 pts
#145 Clinton Hill 5.2%-3.6 pts
#146 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 5.2%-3.6 pts
#147 Kew Gardens Hills 5.2%-3.6 pts
#148 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 5.1%-3.6 pts
#149 Flatlands 5.1%-3.6 pts
#150 Woodhaven 5.1%-3.7 pts
#151 Bayside 5%-3.8 pts
#152 Queensboro Hill 5%-3.8 pts
#153 St. Albans 4.8%-3.9 pts
#154 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 4.8%-4 pts
#155 Greenpoint 4.8%-4 pts
#156 Richmond Hill 4.7%-4.1 pts
#157 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 4.6%-4.1 pts
#158 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 4.6%-4.2 pts
#159 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 4.6%-4.2 pts
#160 Astoria (Central) 4.5%-4.2 pts
#161 Forest Hills 4.4%-4.4 pts
#162 Auburndale 4.4%-4.4 pts
#163 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 4.3%-4.4 pts
#164 Upper East Side-Yorkville 4.2%-4.6 pts
#165 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 4.2%-4.6 pts
#166 Financial District-Battery Park City 4%-4.8 pts
#167 West Village 4%-4.8 pts
#168 Cambria Heights 4%-4.8 pts
#169 Rosedale 4%-4.8 pts
#170 Glendale 4%-4.8 pts
#171 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 3.9%-4.8 pts
#172 New Dorp-Midland Beach 3.9%-4.9 pts
#173 Oakwood-Richmondtown 3.9%-4.9 pts
#174 Prospect Heights 3.8%-5 pts
#175 Co-op City 3.8%-5 pts
#176 Queens Village 3.6%-5.1 pts
#177 Kew Gardens 3.6%-5.2 pts
#178 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 3.6%-5.2 pts
#179 Great Kills-Eltingville 3.6%-5.2 pts
#180 Woodside 3.5%-5.2 pts
#181 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 3.5%-5.3 pts
#182 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 3.4%-5.3 pts
#183 Arden Heights-Rossville 3.4%-5.4 pts
#184 Middle Village 3.4%-5.4 pts
#185 Tribeca-Civic Center 3.3%-5.5 pts
#186 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 3.2%-5.5 pts
#187 Park Slope 3.1%-5.6 pts
#188 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 3.1%-5.6 pts
#189 Tottenville-Charleston 3.1%-5.7 pts
#190 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 3%-5.7 pts
#191 Kensington 3%-5.8 pts
#192 Bellerose 2.9%-5.9 pts
#193 Whitestone-Beechhurst 2.8%-5.9 pts
#194 Laurelton 2.7%-6 pts
#195 Douglaston-Little Neck 2.6%-6.1 pts
#196 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 2.5%-6.3 pts
#197 Brooklyn Heights 2.2%-6.6 pts
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