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

Map and ranking of Children in Single-Mother Households across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: West Farms (75.3%). Lowest: Borough Park (3.2%). New York City avg: 28.5%. Data: 2020–2024.
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Children in Single-Mother 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-Mother Households 28.5%
Highest neighborhood West Farms: 75.3%
Lowest neighborhood Borough Park: 3.2%

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 3% 25th pct 15% Median 22% 75th pct 41% Max 75%

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

#1 West Farms 75.3%+46.7 pts
#2 Spring Creek-Starrett City 74%+45.4 pts
#3 Morrisania 68.5%+40 pts
#4 Crotona Park East 63.6%+35 pts
#5 Hunts Point 59.1%+30.5 pts
#6 Brownsville 58.5%+29.9 pts
#7 Fordham Heights 58.4%+29.9 pts
#8 Melrose 56.8%+28.3 pts
#9 Soundview-Clason Point 56.5%+28 pts
#10 East New York-New Lots 56.3%+27.7 pts
#11 Manhattanville-West Harlem 55.7%+27.1 pts
#12 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 55.1%+26.5 pts
#13 Mott Haven-Port Morris 54.7%+26.2 pts
#14 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 54.4%+25.9 pts
#15 Longwood 54.4%+25.8 pts
#16 Highbridge 53.8%+25.2 pts
#17 Washington Heights (South) 53.6%+25.1 pts
#18 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 53.6%+25.1 pts
#19 East Harlem (North) 53.3%+24.8 pts
#20 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 52.2%+23.6 pts
#21 Belmont 51.7%+23.2 pts
#22 Williamsbridge-Olinville 51.3%+22.7 pts
#23 Tremont 51.1%+22.5 pts
#24 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 50.8%+22.3 pts
#25 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 50%+21.5 pts
#26 Harlem (North) 49.8%+21.3 pts
#27 East New York-City Line 49.7%+21.2 pts
#28 Crown Heights (North) 48.7%+20.2 pts
#29 East Williamsburg 48.3%+19.7 pts
#30 Mount Hope 46.8%+18.3 pts
#31 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 46.8%+18.2 pts
#32 East Harlem (South) 46.6%+18 pts
#33 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 46.4%+17.8 pts
#34 Chinatown-Two Bridges 45.9%+17.3 pts
#35 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 45.8%+17.3 pts
#36 University Heights (North)-Fordham 45.8%+17.3 pts
#37 St. George-New Brighton 45.7%+17.2 pts
#38 Canarsie 45.6%+17.1 pts
#39 Lower East Side 45.4%+16.9 pts
#40 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 44.3%+15.8 pts
#41 Bushwick (East) 43.7%+15.2 pts
#42 Castle Hill-Unionport 43.3%+14.8 pts
#43 Concourse-Concourse Village 43.3%+14.8 pts
#44 Bedford Park 42.9%+14.3 pts
#45 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 42.1%+13.5 pts
#46 East Flatbush-Farragut 41.7%+13.1 pts
#47 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 41.3%+12.7 pts
#48 Fort Greene 40.9%+12.4 pts
#49 Ocean Hill 40.8%+12.3 pts
#50 Co-op City 40.8%+12.3 pts
#51 Inwood 39.8%+11.3 pts
#52 St. Albans 39.6%+11 pts
#53 East New York (North) 39.3%+10.8 pts
#54 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 39.1%+10.6 pts
#55 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 38.9%+10.3 pts
#56 East Flatbush-Rugby 38.6%+10.1 pts
#57 Coney Island-Sea Gate 38.3%+9.8 pts
#58 Cypress Hills 38.2%+9.6 pts
#59 Norwood 37.9%+9.4 pts
#60 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 37.3%+8.8 pts
#61 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 37.3%+8.7 pts
#62 Baisley Park 37.2%+8.6 pts
#63 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 37.1%+8.6 pts
#64 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 36.8%+8.3 pts
#65 East Village 36.2%+7.6 pts
#66 Harlem (South) 35.7%+7.2 pts
#67 Allerton 35.3%+6.7 pts
#68 Morningside Heights 35%+6.4 pts
#69 Gravesend (South) 34.5%+6 pts
#70 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 34.3%+5.7 pts
#71 Flatbush 34%+5.4 pts
#72 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 34%+5.4 pts
#73 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 33.9%+5.3 pts
#74 East Flatbush-Erasmus 33.7%+5.1 pts
#75 Pelham Gardens 33.6%+5.1 pts
#76 Westchester Square 33.4%+4.8 pts
#77 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 32.6%+4 pts
#78 Laurelton 32%+3.4 pts
#79 South Jamaica 30.6%+2 pts
#80 Washington Heights (North) 30.2%+1.7 pts
#81 Cambria Heights 30.1%+1.6 pts
#82 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 29.8%+1.3 pts
#83 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 29.4%+0.9 pts
#84 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 29.2%+0.6 pts
#85 Corona 28.5%-0 pts
#86 Wakefield-Woodlawn 28.3%-0.3 pts
#87 Brighton Beach 28%-0.6 pts
#88 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 27%-1.5 pts
#89 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 27%-1.6 pts
#90 Flatlands 25.9%-2.6 pts
#91 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 25.9%-2.6 pts
#92 Hollis 25.3%-3.3 pts
#93 North Corona 24.5%-4.1 pts
#94 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 24.2%-4.4 pts
#95 Rosedale 23.9%-4.6 pts
#96 Parkchester 23.1%-5.5 pts
#97 Crown Heights (South) 23%-5.6 pts
#98 Jamaica 22.6%-6 pts
#99 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 22.3%-6.2 pts
#100 Woodhaven 22.1%-6.5 pts
#101 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 22.1%-6.5 pts
#102 South Richmond Hill 21.9%-6.7 pts
#103 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 21.7%-6.8 pts
#104 Maspeth 21.5%-7 pts
#105 Hell's Kitchen 20.8%-7.7 pts
#106 College Point 20.7%-7.9 pts
#107 South Ozone Park 20.6%-7.9 pts
#108 Port Richmond 20.5%-8.1 pts
#109 New Dorp-Midland Beach 20.5%-8.1 pts
#110 Kew Gardens 20.3%-8.3 pts
#111 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 20%-8.5 pts
#112 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 19.8%-8.7 pts
#113 Ridgewood 19.7%-8.9 pts
#114 East Elmhurst 19.6%-8.9 pts
#115 Sunset Park (West) 19.2%-9.3 pts
#116 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 18.5%-10 pts
#117 Richmond Hill 18.1%-10.4 pts
#118 Bellerose 18.1%-10.5 pts
#119 Queens Village 17.7%-10.9 pts
#120 Greenpoint 17.6%-10.9 pts
#121 Elmhurst 17.6%-10.9 pts
#122 Bath Beach 17.6%-11 pts
#123 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 17.5%-11 pts
#124 Bensonhurst 17.4%-11.2 pts
#125 East Flushing 17.2%-11.4 pts
#126 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 17.1%-11.5 pts
#127 Rego Park 16.9%-11.6 pts
#128 Clinton Hill 16.8%-11.7 pts
#129 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 16.8%-11.8 pts
#130 Financial District-Battery Park City 16.7%-11.8 pts
#131 Ozone Park 16.5%-12.1 pts
#132 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 16.5%-12.1 pts
#133 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 16.1%-12.4 pts
#134 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 16%-12.5 pts
#135 Sunnyside 15.9%-12.7 pts
#136 Glendale 15.8%-12.7 pts
#137 Morris Park 15.7%-12.8 pts
#138 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 15.7%-12.8 pts
#139 Flushing-Willets Point 15.4%-13.1 pts
#140 Kensington 15.3%-13.2 pts
#141 Middle Village 15.3%-13.2 pts
#142 Jackson Heights 15.1%-13.4 pts
#143 Kew Gardens Hills 15.1%-13.4 pts
#144 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 15.1%-13.4 pts
#145 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 15%-13.6 pts
#146 Prospect Heights 15%-13.6 pts
#147 Dyker Heights 14.7%-13.9 pts
#148 Ozone Park (North) 14.7%-13.9 pts
#149 Gravesend (West) 14.6%-13.9 pts
#150 Tribeca-Civic Center 14.6%-13.9 pts
#151 Arden Heights-Rossville 14.3%-14.3 pts
#152 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 14.2%-14.3 pts
#153 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 14.1%-14.4 pts
#154 Bayside 14.1%-14.5 pts
#155 Sunset Park (Central) 14%-14.5 pts
#156 Whitestone-Beechhurst 13.8%-14.8 pts
#157 Bushwick (West) 13.6%-14.9 pts
#158 Woodside 13.5%-15 pts
#159 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 13.3%-15.2 pts
#160 Bay Ridge 13.1%-15.5 pts
#161 Williamsburg 12.6%-15.9 pts
#162 Astoria (Central) 12.6%-16 pts
#163 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 12.3%-16.2 pts
#164 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 12%-16.6 pts
#165 Madison 11.8%-16.8 pts
#166 Auburndale 11.4%-17.2 pts
#167 Gramercy 11.3%-17.3 pts
#168 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 11.1%-17.5 pts
#169 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 10.9%-17.7 pts
#170 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 10.8%-17.7 pts
#171 Midwood 10.7%-17.9 pts
#172 Douglaston-Little Neck 10.4%-18.1 pts
#173 Great Kills-Eltingville 10.2%-18.3 pts
#174 Forest Hills 10.1%-18.4 pts
#175 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 10%-18.5 pts
#176 Upper West Side (Central) 9.9%-18.7 pts
#177 Upper East Side-Yorkville 9.6%-18.9 pts
#178 Greenwich Village 9.5%-19 pts
#179 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 9.5%-19.1 pts
#180 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 9%-19.5 pts
#181 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 8.9%-19.6 pts
#182 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 8.8%-19.7 pts
#183 South Williamsburg 8.7%-19.8 pts
#184 Oakwood-Richmondtown 8.5%-20.1 pts
#185 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 8.3%-20.2 pts
#186 Bay Terrace-Clearview 8%-20.5 pts
#187 Brooklyn Heights 7.9%-20.6 pts
#188 Park Slope 7.7%-20.8 pts
#189 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 7.7%-20.9 pts
#190 Queensboro Hill 7.3%-21.2 pts
#191 Midtown-Times Square 6.6%-21.9 pts
#192 Long Island City-Hunters Point 6.2%-22.4 pts
#193 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 5.9%-22.6 pts
#194 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 4.8%-23.7 pts
#195 West Village 4.8%-23.8 pts
#196 Tottenville-Charleston 4.3%-24.3 pts
#197 Borough Park 3.2%-25.4 pts
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