Children in Single-Father Households by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Children in Single-Father Households across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: East Harlem (South) (17.9%). Lowest: Midtown-Times Square (0%). New York City avg: 4.6%. Data: 2020–2024.
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Children in Single-Father Households · 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 · Children in Single-Father Households 4.6%
Highest neighborhood East Harlem (South): 17.9%
Lowest neighborhood Midtown-Times Square: 0%

Note: Children are under 18 and live in households; household type is based on the householder. A person classified as a single parent can have another familial relationship to the child; for example, a grandmother raising a child alone.

Universe: Children under 18 years in households · Geography: Census Block Group · Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-Year Estimates

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Min 0% 25th pct 3% Median 4% 75th pct 6% Max 18%

Neighborhood ranking: Children in Single-Father Households (2020–24)

#1 East Harlem (South) 17.9%+13.3 pts
#2 Concourse-Concourse Village 14.5%+9.9 pts
#3 Hollis 12.3%+7.6 pts
#4 Highbridge 11.9%+7.2 pts
#5 Rosedale 11.5%+6.9 pts
#6 Cambria Heights 11.5%+6.8 pts
#7 East Village 11.2%+6.6 pts
#8 Woodhaven 9.7%+5 pts
#9 Gramercy 9.5%+4.9 pts
#10 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 9.5%+4.9 pts
#11 Queensboro Hill 9.5%+4.9 pts
#12 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 9.1%+4.5 pts
#13 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 8.9%+4.3 pts
#14 Mott Haven-Port Morris 8.9%+4.2 pts
#15 East New York (North) 8.7%+4.1 pts
#16 Harlem (North) 8.5%+3.9 pts
#17 East Flatbush-Rugby 8.4%+3.8 pts
#18 Pelham Gardens 8.2%+3.6 pts
#19 Flatbush 8.1%+3.5 pts
#20 Coney Island-Sea Gate 7.9%+3.3 pts
#21 East New York-New Lots 7.9%+3.3 pts
#22 South Richmond Hill 7.6%+2.9 pts
#23 Brownsville 7.5%+2.8 pts
#24 Canarsie 7.4%+2.8 pts
#25 North Corona 7.2%+2.6 pts
#26 Bushwick (East) 7.1%+2.5 pts
#27 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 7.1%+2.4 pts
#28 Melrose 7.1%+2.4 pts
#29 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 7%+2.4 pts
#30 Greenwich Village 7%+2.4 pts
#31 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 7%+2.4 pts
#32 Tremont 7%+2.3 pts
#33 Queens Village 6.9%+2.3 pts
#34 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 6.9%+2.3 pts
#35 St. Albans 6.8%+2.2 pts
#36 Co-op City 6.8%+2.1 pts
#37 Washington Heights (South) 6.7%+2.1 pts
#38 Norwood 6.7%+2.1 pts
#39 Middle Village 6.7%+2.1 pts
#40 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 6.7%+2 pts
#41 Bay Terrace-Clearview 6.7%+2 pts
#42 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 6.6%+2 pts
#43 Elmhurst 6.6%+2 pts
#44 Longwood 6.5%+1.9 pts
#45 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 6.5%+1.9 pts
#46 Corona 6.3%+1.6 pts
#47 Lower East Side 6.2%+1.6 pts
#48 South Jamaica 6.2%+1.6 pts
#49 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 6.2%+1.5 pts
#50 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 6.2%+1.5 pts
#51 Cypress Hills 6.1%+1.5 pts
#52 West Farms 6.1%+1.5 pts
#53 South Ozone Park 6%+1.4 pts
#54 Baisley Park 6%+1.4 pts
#55 Whitestone-Beechhurst 6%+1.4 pts
#56 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 6%+1.4 pts
#57 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 6%+1.3 pts
#58 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 5.8%+1.1 pts
#59 Allerton 5.8%+1.1 pts
#60 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 5.8%+1.1 pts
#61 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 5.7%+1.1 pts
#62 Flatlands 5.7%+1.1 pts
#63 Auburndale 5.5%+0.9 pts
#64 Glendale 5.5%+0.9 pts
#65 Astoria (Central) 5.5%+0.8 pts
#66 Mount Hope 5.3%+0.7 pts
#67 Washington Heights (North) 5.3%+0.7 pts
#68 Fordham Heights 5.3%+0.7 pts
#69 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 5.3%+0.6 pts
#70 Port Richmond 5.2%+0.6 pts
#71 Upper West Side (Central) 5.2%+0.5 pts
#72 College Point 5.1%+0.5 pts
#73 East Flatbush-Erasmus 5.1%+0.5 pts
#74 Hell's Kitchen 5.1%+0.5 pts
#75 Ridgewood 5.1%+0.5 pts
#76 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 5.1%+0.4 pts
#77 Laurelton 5.1%+0.4 pts
#78 East Flatbush-Farragut 5%+0.4 pts
#79 Sunset Park (Central) 4.9%+0.3 pts
#80 Morrisania 4.9%+0.3 pts
#81 Dyker Heights 4.9%+0.2 pts
#82 Wakefield-Woodlawn 4.8%+0.2 pts
#83 Richmond Hill 4.8%+0.2 pts
#84 Bensonhurst 4.8%+0.2 pts
#85 University Heights (North)-Fordham 4.7%+0.1 pts
#86 Morningside Heights 4.7%+0.1 pts
#87 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 4.7%+0.1 pts
#88 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 4.7%+0 pts
#89 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 4.6%-0 pts
#90 East New York-City Line 4.6%-0 pts
#91 West Village 4.6%-0.1 pts
#92 Castle Hill-Unionport 4.5%-0.1 pts
#93 Crotona Park East 4.4%-0.2 pts
#94 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 4.3%-0.4 pts
#95 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 4.2%-0.4 pts
#96 Bedford Park 4.2%-0.4 pts
#97 Morris Park 4.1%-0.5 pts
#98 East Elmhurst 4.1%-0.5 pts
#99 Ocean Hill 4.1%-0.6 pts
#100 St. George-New Brighton 4.1%-0.6 pts
#101 Belmont 4%-0.7 pts
#102 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 4%-0.7 pts
#103 Williamsburg 4%-0.7 pts
#104 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 3.9%-0.7 pts
#105 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 3.9%-0.8 pts
#106 Soundview-Clason Point 3.8%-0.8 pts
#107 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 3.8%-0.8 pts
#108 Maspeth 3.8%-0.8 pts
#109 Crown Heights (South) 3.8%-0.9 pts
#110 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 3.7%-0.9 pts
#111 Sunset Park (West) 3.6%-1 pts
#112 Forest Hills 3.6%-1 pts
#113 Manhattanville-West Harlem 3.6%-1 pts
#114 East Harlem (North) 3.6%-1 pts
#115 Bushwick (West) 3.5%-1.1 pts
#116 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 3.5%-1.1 pts
#117 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 3.5%-1.1 pts
#118 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 3.5%-1.1 pts
#119 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 3.5%-1.1 pts
#120 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 3.5%-1.2 pts
#121 Gravesend (South) 3.5%-1.2 pts
#122 Williamsbridge-Olinville 3.5%-1.2 pts
#123 Jamaica 3.4%-1.2 pts
#124 Financial District-Battery Park City 3.4%-1.2 pts
#125 East Flushing 3.4%-1.2 pts
#126 Bath Beach 3.4%-1.3 pts
#127 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 3.3%-1.3 pts
#128 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 3.3%-1.3 pts
#129 Crown Heights (North) 3.3%-1.4 pts
#130 Kensington 3.3%-1.4 pts
#131 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 3.2%-1.4 pts
#132 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 3.2%-1.4 pts
#133 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 3.1%-1.5 pts
#134 Upper East Side-Yorkville 3.1%-1.5 pts
#135 Kew Gardens 3%-1.6 pts
#136 Jackson Heights 3%-1.6 pts
#137 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 3%-1.6 pts
#138 Greenpoint 3%-1.6 pts
#139 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 3%-1.6 pts
#140 Rego Park 3%-1.7 pts
#141 Oakwood-Richmondtown 2.9%-1.7 pts
#142 Spring Creek-Starrett City 2.9%-1.8 pts
#143 Chinatown-Two Bridges 2.8%-1.8 pts
#144 Fort Greene 2.8%-1.8 pts
#145 Parkchester 2.8%-1.9 pts
#146 Ozone Park (North) 2.8%-1.9 pts
#147 Westchester Square 2.7%-1.9 pts
#148 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 2.7%-1.9 pts
#149 Hunts Point 2.6%-2 pts
#150 Harlem (South) 2.6%-2.1 pts
#151 Kew Gardens Hills 2.6%-2.1 pts
#152 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 2.5%-2.1 pts
#153 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 2.5%-2.2 pts
#154 Arden Heights-Rossville 2.5%-2.2 pts
#155 Inwood 2.4%-2.2 pts
#156 Flushing-Willets Point 2.4%-2.2 pts
#157 Bellerose 2.4%-2.3 pts
#158 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 2.4%-2.3 pts
#159 Midwood 2.3%-2.3 pts
#160 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 2.3%-2.3 pts
#161 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 2.3%-2.3 pts
#162 Bay Ridge 2.2%-2.4 pts
#163 Ozone Park 2.2%-2.4 pts
#164 Madison 2.1%-2.5 pts
#165 Great Kills-Eltingville 2.1%-2.5 pts
#166 Prospect Heights 2.1%-2.6 pts
#167 Gravesend (West) 2%-2.6 pts
#168 Bayside 1.9%-2.7 pts
#169 Brighton Beach 1.9%-2.8 pts
#170 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 1.8%-2.8 pts
#171 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 1.8%-2.8 pts
#172 Park Slope 1.7%-3 pts
#173 Woodside 1.7%-3 pts
#174 Tribeca-Civic Center 1.7%-3 pts
#175 New Dorp-Midland Beach 1.6%-3.1 pts
#176 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 1.6%-3.1 pts
#177 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 1.6%-3.1 pts
#178 Sunnyside 1.5%-3.2 pts
#179 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 1.4%-3.2 pts
#180 Brooklyn Heights 1.2%-3.4 pts
#181 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 1.1%-3.6 pts
#182 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 1%-3.6 pts
#183 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 1%-3.6 pts
#184 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 0.9%-3.7 pts
#185 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 0.9%-3.8 pts
#186 South Williamsburg 0.9%-3.8 pts
#187 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 0.8%-3.9 pts
#188 Clinton Hill 0.7%-3.9 pts
#189 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 0.6%-4 pts
#190 Tottenville-Charleston 0.5%-4.2 pts
#191 East Williamsburg 0.3%-4.4 pts
#192 Douglaston-Little Neck 0.2%-4.4 pts
#193 Borough Park 0.2%-4.4 pts
#194 Midtown-Times Square 0%-4.6 pts
#195 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 0%-4.6 pts
#196 Long Island City-Hunters Point 0%-4.6 pts
#197 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 0%-4.6 pts
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