Children in Unmarried-Couple Households by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Children in Unmarried-Couple Households across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: East Elmhurst (23.4%). Lowest: Gramercy (0%). New York City avg: 6.9%. Data: 2020–2024.
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Children in Unmarried-Couple 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 Unmarried-Couple Households 6.9%
Highest neighborhood East Elmhurst: 23.4%
Lowest neighborhood Gramercy: 0%

Note: Children are under 18 and live in households; household type is based on the householder.

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 4% Median 6% 75th pct 9% Max 23%

Neighborhood ranking: Children in Unmarried-Couple Households (2020–24)

#1 East Elmhurst 23.4%+16.5 pts
#2 Port Richmond 19.6%+12.6 pts
#3 Bushwick (West) 19.4%+12.5 pts
#4 North Corona 18.3%+11.4 pts
#5 Corona 17.9%+11 pts
#6 Woodside 17.8%+10.8 pts
#7 Belmont 17%+10 pts
#8 Ocean Hill 16.8%+9.8 pts
#9 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 16.4%+9.4 pts
#10 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 15.4%+8.4 pts
#11 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 15.3%+8.4 pts
#12 Greenpoint 15.1%+8.2 pts
#13 Sunnyside 14.9%+8 pts
#14 Sunset Park (West) 14.7%+7.7 pts
#15 Ridgewood 14.6%+7.6 pts
#16 Melrose 14.3%+7.3 pts
#17 Sunset Park (Central) 14%+7.1 pts
#18 Ozone Park 13.9%+6.9 pts
#19 Parkchester 13.2%+6.3 pts
#20 Westchester Square 12.7%+5.7 pts
#21 Tottenville-Charleston 12.1%+5.1 pts
#22 Oakwood-Richmondtown 11.9%+5 pts
#23 Jackson Heights 11.6%+4.7 pts
#24 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 11.6%+4.6 pts
#25 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 11.4%+4.5 pts
#26 Norwood 11.4%+4.5 pts
#27 St. George-New Brighton 11.1%+4.1 pts
#28 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 11%+4.1 pts
#29 Castle Hill-Unionport 11%+4 pts
#30 Rosedale 11%+4 pts
#31 University Heights (North)-Fordham 10.8%+3.9 pts
#32 Gravesend (West) 10.5%+3.5 pts
#33 East Harlem (North) 10.4%+3.5 pts
#34 Bensonhurst 10.4%+3.4 pts
#35 Glendale 10.3%+3.4 pts
#36 Mount Hope 10.1%+3.1 pts
#37 Co-op City 9.8%+2.9 pts
#38 East Flatbush-Farragut 9.7%+2.8 pts
#39 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 9.6%+2.6 pts
#40 West Farms 9.6%+2.6 pts
#41 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 9.5%+2.5 pts
#42 Maspeth 9.4%+2.5 pts
#43 Allerton 9.4%+2.5 pts
#44 Elmhurst 9.4%+2.4 pts
#45 Fordham Heights 9.3%+2.4 pts
#46 Soundview-Clason Point 9.3%+2.4 pts
#47 Washington Heights (North) 9.2%+2.2 pts
#48 College Point 9.1%+2.2 pts
#49 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 9.1%+2.1 pts
#50 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 9.1%+2.1 pts
#51 South Jamaica 9%+2.1 pts
#52 Woodhaven 8.9%+2 pts
#53 Auburndale 8.9%+2 pts
#54 Forest Hills 8.9%+1.9 pts
#55 Brownsville 8.8%+1.9 pts
#56 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 8.7%+1.8 pts
#57 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 8.7%+1.8 pts
#58 South Ozone Park 8.7%+1.7 pts
#59 East Flatbush-Rugby 8.7%+1.7 pts
#60 Inwood 8.6%+1.7 pts
#61 Tribeca-Civic Center 8.5%+1.6 pts
#62 Jamaica 8.3%+1.4 pts
#63 Flushing-Willets Point 8.3%+1.3 pts
#64 Hunts Point 8.3%+1.3 pts
#65 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 8.2%+1.2 pts
#66 Kew Gardens 8.1%+1.1 pts
#67 Concourse-Concourse Village 8%+1.1 pts
#68 Morningside Heights 8%+1.1 pts
#69 Baisley Park 7.9%+0.9 pts
#70 Fort Greene 7.7%+0.8 pts
#71 East Flatbush-Erasmus 7.7%+0.7 pts
#72 Highbridge 7.7%+0.7 pts
#73 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 7.6%+0.7 pts
#74 Douglaston-Little Neck 7.6%+0.7 pts
#75 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 7.5%+0.6 pts
#76 Queensboro Hill 7.5%+0.5 pts
#77 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 7.4%+0.5 pts
#78 Bedford Park 7.2%+0.3 pts
#79 Dyker Heights 7.2%+0.3 pts
#80 Bushwick (East) 7.2%+0.2 pts
#81 Laurelton 7.1%+0.2 pts
#82 Morris Park 7.1%+0.2 pts
#83 St. Albans 7%+0.1 pts
#84 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 7%+0.1 pts
#85 Middle Village 7%+0 pts
#86 Wakefield-Woodlawn 6.9%-0 pts
#87 Cypress Hills 6.9%-0.1 pts
#88 Crown Heights (North) 6.8%-0.1 pts
#89 Clinton Hill 6.8%-0.1 pts
#90 East New York (North) 6.8%-0.1 pts
#91 Arden Heights-Rossville 6.8%-0.2 pts
#92 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 6.7%-0.3 pts
#93 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 6.7%-0.3 pts
#94 Williamsbridge-Olinville 6.6%-0.3 pts
#95 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 6.6%-0.3 pts
#96 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 6.5%-0.4 pts
#97 Tremont 6.4%-0.5 pts
#98 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 6.3%-0.6 pts
#99 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 6.3%-0.7 pts
#100 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 6.2%-0.7 pts
#101 Flatbush 6.2%-0.8 pts
#102 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 5.9%-1.1 pts
#103 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 5.9%-1.1 pts
#104 Prospect Heights 5.8%-1.1 pts
#105 Williamsburg 5.8%-1.1 pts
#106 Ozone Park (North) 5.8%-1.1 pts
#107 Morrisania 5.8%-1.2 pts
#108 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 5.7%-1.2 pts
#109 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 5.6%-1.3 pts
#110 Hell's Kitchen 5.6%-1.4 pts
#111 East Williamsburg 5.5%-1.4 pts
#112 Washington Heights (South) 5.5%-1.4 pts
#113 Canarsie 5.5%-1.4 pts
#114 Great Kills-Eltingville 5.5%-1.4 pts
#115 Crown Heights (South) 5.4%-1.5 pts
#116 East New York-New Lots 5.3%-1.7 pts
#117 Bay Ridge 5.3%-1.7 pts
#118 Pelham Gardens 5.3%-1.7 pts
#119 Harlem (North) 5.2%-1.7 pts
#120 Kew Gardens Hills 5.2%-1.7 pts
#121 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 5.2%-1.7 pts
#122 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 5.1%-1.8 pts
#123 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 5.1%-1.8 pts
#124 Mott Haven-Port Morris 5.1%-1.8 pts
#125 Coney Island-Sea Gate 5.1%-1.9 pts
#126 New Dorp-Midland Beach 5.1%-1.9 pts
#127 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 5%-2 pts
#128 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 4.9%-2 pts
#129 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 4.9%-2 pts
#130 Bay Terrace-Clearview 4.9%-2.1 pts
#131 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 4.9%-2.1 pts
#132 Crotona Park East 4.9%-2.1 pts
#133 Whitestone-Beechhurst 4.8%-2.1 pts
#134 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 4.8%-2.2 pts
#135 Astoria (Central) 4.8%-2.2 pts
#136 Bayside 4.6%-2.4 pts
#137 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 4.6%-2.4 pts
#138 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 4.6%-2.4 pts
#139 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 4.5%-2.4 pts
#140 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 4.4%-2.5 pts
#141 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 4.4%-2.5 pts
#142 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 4.4%-2.6 pts
#143 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 4.3%-2.6 pts
#144 East Village 4.2%-2.8 pts
#145 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 4.2%-2.8 pts
#146 Brooklyn Heights 4.1%-2.8 pts
#147 Park Slope 4%-2.9 pts
#148 East Flushing 4%-2.9 pts
#149 Cambria Heights 4%-3 pts
#150 Spring Creek-Starrett City 3.8%-3.1 pts
#151 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 3.8%-3.1 pts
#152 Richmond Hill 3.8%-3.2 pts
#153 Queens Village 3.7%-3.2 pts
#154 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 3.6%-3.4 pts
#155 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 3.5%-3.4 pts
#156 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 3.5%-3.4 pts
#157 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 3.5%-3.5 pts
#158 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 3.4%-3.5 pts
#159 Hollis 3.4%-3.6 pts
#160 Financial District-Battery Park City 3.3%-3.6 pts
#161 Gravesend (South) 3.3%-3.7 pts
#162 Bath Beach 3.3%-3.7 pts
#163 Flatlands 3.3%-3.7 pts
#164 East New York-City Line 3.2%-3.7 pts
#165 Longwood 2.9%-4 pts
#166 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 2.7%-4.2 pts
#167 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 2.7%-4.2 pts
#168 Midtown-Times Square 2.6%-4.3 pts
#169 Manhattanville-West Harlem 2.5%-4.4 pts
#170 Midwood 2.5%-4.5 pts
#171 Brighton Beach 2.5%-4.5 pts
#172 Rego Park 2.4%-4.5 pts
#173 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 2.3%-4.6 pts
#174 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 2.3%-4.6 pts
#175 East Harlem (South) 2.2%-4.7 pts
#176 Madison 2.1%-4.8 pts
#177 South Richmond Hill 2%-5 pts
#178 Borough Park 1.9%-5.1 pts
#179 Chinatown-Two Bridges 1.9%-5.1 pts
#180 South Williamsburg 1.8%-5.2 pts
#181 Long Island City-Hunters Point 1.7%-5.2 pts
#182 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 1.7%-5.3 pts
#183 Harlem (South) 1.6%-5.3 pts
#184 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 1.5%-5.4 pts
#185 Lower East Side 1.3%-5.6 pts
#186 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 1.3%-5.7 pts
#187 Upper East Side-Yorkville 1.1%-5.9 pts
#188 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 1%-6 pts
#189 West Village 1%-6 pts
#190 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 1%-6 pts
#191 Greenwich Village 0.9%-6 pts
#192 Upper West Side (Central) 0.9%-6.1 pts
#193 Kensington 0.8%-6.1 pts
#194 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 0.7%-6.3 pts
#195 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 0.5%-6.4 pts
#196 Gramercy 0%-6.9 pts
#197 Bellerose 0%-6.9 pts
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