Below the Poverty Line by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Below the Poverty Line across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: Claremont Village-Claremont (East) (47.6%). Lowest: Brooklyn Heights (4.8%). New York City avg: 17.9%. Data: 2020–2024.
All 2 Household Income & Poverty tables

Below the Poverty Line · all 197 New York City neighborhoods · 2020–24

Show
Year

2020–2024 5-year ACS estimate.

Citywide overview
All neighborhoods
New York City citywide · Below the Poverty Line 17.9%
Highest neighborhood Claremont Village-Claremont (East): 47.6%
Lowest neighborhood Brooklyn Heights: 4.8%

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

Neighborhood distribution Hover or click any dot to inspect
Min 5% 25th pct 10% Median 15% 75th pct 23% Max 48%

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

#1 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 47.6%+29.7 pts
#2 West Farms 43.4%+25.4 pts
#3 Melrose 42.6%+24.6 pts
#4 Mott Haven-Port Morris 42.1%+24.2 pts
#5 Belmont 41.7%+23.8 pts
#6 Morrisania 39.4%+21.5 pts
#7 South Williamsburg 38.7%+20.8 pts
#8 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 38.6%+20.7 pts
#9 Brownsville 37.5%+19.6 pts
#10 Chinatown-Two Bridges 35%+17.1 pts
#11 Fordham Heights 34.6%+16.7 pts
#12 Borough Park 33.7%+15.8 pts
#13 Longwood 33.6%+15.7 pts
#14 Concourse-Concourse Village 33.4%+15.5 pts
#15 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 33%+15.1 pts
#16 Mount Hope 32.1%+14.2 pts
#17 Tremont 31.8%+13.9 pts
#18 East Harlem (North) 31.7%+13.8 pts
#19 Crotona Park East 30.9%+13 pts
#20 East Harlem (South) 30.6%+12.7 pts
#21 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 30.6%+12.7 pts
#22 Harlem (North) 30.3%+12.4 pts
#23 Highbridge 29.2%+11.3 pts
#24 Manhattanville-West Harlem 29%+11.1 pts
#25 Hunts Point 28.6%+10.7 pts
#26 Bedford Park 28.5%+10.6 pts
#27 St. George-New Brighton 28.4%+10.5 pts
#28 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 28.3%+10.4 pts
#29 Norwood 27.9%+10 pts
#30 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 27.2%+9.3 pts
#31 University Heights (North)-Fordham 26.9%+9 pts
#32 Allerton 26.7%+8.8 pts
#33 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 26.3%+8.4 pts
#34 Sunset Park (Central) 26.1%+8.2 pts
#35 Williamsbridge-Olinville 26.1%+8.1 pts
#36 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 26%+8.1 pts
#37 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 25.5%+7.6 pts
#38 Coney Island-Sea Gate 25.3%+7.4 pts
#39 Spring Creek-Starrett City 25.2%+7.3 pts
#40 Morningside Heights 25%+7.1 pts
#41 Brighton Beach 24.9%+6.9 pts
#42 Lower East Side 24.6%+6.7 pts
#43 East New York (North) 24.4%+6.5 pts
#44 Castle Hill-Unionport 24.3%+6.4 pts
#45 Washington Heights (South) 24.2%+6.3 pts
#46 Westchester Square 24.2%+6.3 pts
#47 East Williamsburg 24.1%+6.1 pts
#48 Ocean Hill 24%+6.1 pts
#49 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 23.4%+5.5 pts
#50 Bushwick (East) 23.4%+5.5 pts
#51 East New York-New Lots 23%+5.1 pts
#52 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 22.7%+4.8 pts
#53 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 22.2%+4.3 pts
#54 Soundview-Clason Point 22.1%+4.2 pts
#55 East Village 21.9%+4 pts
#56 Flushing-Willets Point 21.8%+3.9 pts
#57 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 21.6%+3.6 pts
#58 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 21.3%+3.4 pts
#59 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 21.3%+3.4 pts
#60 Parkchester 21.2%+3.2 pts
#61 Crown Heights (North) 20.8%+2.9 pts
#62 East New York-City Line 20.7%+2.8 pts
#63 Gravesend (South) 20.7%+2.8 pts
#64 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 20.6%+2.7 pts
#65 Corona 20.6%+2.6 pts
#66 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 20.4%+2.5 pts
#67 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 20.3%+2.4 pts
#68 Dyker Heights 19.8%+1.8 pts
#69 Port Richmond 19.7%+1.8 pts
#70 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 19.5%+1.5 pts
#71 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 19.4%+1.5 pts
#72 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 19.4%+1.4 pts
#73 Bensonhurst 19.1%+1.2 pts
#74 Ozone Park (North) 19%+1.1 pts
#75 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 19%+1.1 pts
#76 Gravesend (West) 18.9%+1 pts
#77 Sunset Park (West) 18.5%+0.6 pts
#78 Harlem (South) 18.4%+0.5 pts
#79 Bushwick (West) 18.3%+0.4 pts
#80 Jamaica 18.3%+0.4 pts
#81 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 17.9%+0 pts
#82 Bath Beach 17.7%-0.2 pts
#83 Wakefield-Woodlawn 17.5%-0.4 pts
#84 North Corona 17.3%-0.6 pts
#85 East Flatbush-Rugby 17.2%-0.7 pts
#86 Cypress Hills 17%-0.9 pts
#87 Crown Heights (South) 17%-0.9 pts
#88 Queensboro Hill 17%-0.9 pts
#89 East Flatbush-Erasmus 16.9%-1 pts
#90 Madison 16.7%-1.2 pts
#91 Fort Greene 16.7%-1.2 pts
#92 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 16.7%-1.3 pts
#93 Midwood 16.6%-1.3 pts
#94 East Flushing 16.6%-1.3 pts
#95 Inwood 16.3%-1.6 pts
#96 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 16.3%-1.7 pts
#97 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 15.8%-2.1 pts
#98 Flatbush 15.4%-2.5 pts
#99 Elmhurst 15%-2.9 pts
#100 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 14.9%-3 pts
#101 East Elmhurst 14.9%-3 pts
#102 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 14.7%-3.2 pts
#103 Kensington 14.7%-3.2 pts
#104 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 14.4%-3.5 pts
#105 Washington Heights (North) 14.4%-3.5 pts
#106 Pelham Gardens 14.1%-3.9 pts
#107 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 14%-3.9 pts
#108 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 13.8%-4.1 pts
#109 South Jamaica 13.8%-4.1 pts
#110 Canarsie 13.6%-4.3 pts
#111 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 13.6%-4.3 pts
#112 Ridgewood 13.5%-4.4 pts
#113 Jackson Heights 13.2%-4.7 pts
#114 Williamsburg 13.1%-4.8 pts
#115 East Flatbush-Farragut 13%-4.9 pts
#116 Sunnyside 12.8%-5.1 pts
#117 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 12.8%-5.1 pts
#118 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 12.8%-5.2 pts
#119 Maspeth 12.7%-5.2 pts
#120 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 12.5%-5.4 pts
#121 Gramercy 12.5%-5.4 pts
#122 Bay Ridge 12.5%-5.4 pts
#123 Baisley Park 12.4%-5.6 pts
#124 Hell's Kitchen 12.2%-5.7 pts
#125 Hollis 12.2%-5.7 pts
#126 South Ozone Park 12%-5.9 pts
#127 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 12%-5.9 pts
#128 South Richmond Hill 12%-5.9 pts
#129 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 11.9%-6 pts
#130 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 11.9%-6 pts
#131 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 11.9%-6 pts
#132 Flatlands 11.6%-6.3 pts
#133 Morris Park 11.5%-6.5 pts
#134 Rego Park 11.4%-6.5 pts
#135 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 11.4%-6.5 pts
#136 Midtown-Times Square 11.3%-6.6 pts
#137 Bayside 11.2%-6.8 pts
#138 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 11%-6.9 pts
#139 Co-op City 11%-6.9 pts
#140 College Point 11%-7 pts
#141 Kew Gardens Hills 10.9%-7 pts
#142 Woodhaven 10.7%-7.3 pts
#143 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 10.7%-7.3 pts
#144 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 10.6%-7.3 pts
#145 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 10.4%-7.5 pts
#146 Rosedale 10.4%-7.5 pts
#147 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 10.3%-7.6 pts
#148 Ozone Park 10.3%-7.6 pts
#149 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 10.2%-7.7 pts
#150 Richmond Hill 10.2%-7.7 pts
#151 Bay Terrace-Clearview 10.2%-7.8 pts
#152 Auburndale 10%-7.9 pts
#153 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 10%-7.9 pts
#154 Clinton Hill 9.8%-8.1 pts
#155 Forest Hills 9.7%-8.2 pts
#156 Astoria (Central) 9.6%-8.3 pts
#157 Queens Village 9.6%-8.4 pts
#158 St. Albans 9.5%-8.4 pts
#159 Kew Gardens 9.5%-8.5 pts
#160 Oakwood-Richmondtown 9.1%-8.8 pts
#161 Glendale 9.1%-8.9 pts
#162 New Dorp-Midland Beach 9.1%-8.9 pts
#163 Upper West Side (Central) 9%-8.9 pts
#164 Greenpoint 9%-8.9 pts
#165 Woodside 8.9%-9 pts
#166 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 8.8%-9.1 pts
#167 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 8.7%-9.2 pts
#168 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 8.6%-9.4 pts
#169 Greenwich Village 8.5%-9.4 pts
#170 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 8.3%-9.6 pts
#171 Middle Village 8.3%-9.6 pts
#172 Upper East Side-Yorkville 8%-9.9 pts
#173 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 8%-9.9 pts
#174 Long Island City-Hunters Point 7.9%-10 pts
#175 Tribeca-Civic Center 7.8%-10.1 pts
#176 Tottenville-Charleston 7.7%-10.2 pts
#177 Cambria Heights 7.6%-10.3 pts
#178 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 7.5%-10.5 pts
#179 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 7.5%-10.5 pts
#180 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 7.4%-10.5 pts
#181 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 7.3%-10.6 pts
#182 Great Kills-Eltingville 7.2%-10.7 pts
#183 Bellerose 7.2%-10.7 pts
#184 Whitestone-Beechhurst 7%-10.9 pts
#185 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 6.9%-11 pts
#186 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 6.9%-11 pts
#187 Prospect Heights 6.8%-11.1 pts
#188 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 6.5%-11.4 pts
#189 West Village 6.3%-11.6 pts
#190 Financial District-Battery Park City 6.1%-11.8 pts
#191 Douglaston-Little Neck 5.9%-12 pts
#192 Laurelton 5.6%-12.3 pts
#193 Arden Heights-Rossville 5.4%-12.5 pts
#194 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 5.2%-12.7 pts
#195 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 5%-12.9 pts
#196 Park Slope 4.9%-13 pts
#197 Brooklyn Heights 4.8%-13.1 pts
All 430 neighborhood maps

Basic Demographics

Households & Families

Immigration

Country of Birth

Language

Household Income

Poverty

Material Hardship

Employment

Occupation

Industry

Work & Earnings

Economic Mobility

Local Jobs and Businesses

Industry of Local Jobs

Students

Owners & Renters

Overall Housing Costs

Renter Housing Costs

Homeowner Housing Costs

Federal Housing Assistance

Housing Stock

Mobility

Environment

Transportation

Technology Access

Health Insurance & Disability

Health