Cost Burdened: Spending 30% or More on Housing (Owners without a mortgage) by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Cost Burdened: Spending 30% or More on Housing (Owners without a mortgage) across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: Fordham Heights (65.1%). Lowest: Highbridge (0%). New York City avg: 24.3%.
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Cost Burdened: Spending 30% or More on Housing (Owners without a mortgage) · all 197 New York City neighborhoods · 2020–24

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New York City citywide · Cost Burdened: Spending 30% or More on Housing (Owners without a mortgage) 24.3%
Highest neighborhood Fordham Heights: 65.1%
Lowest neighborhood Highbridge: 0%

Note: Housing costs include gross rent for renters and selected monthly owner costs for owners, including costs beyond mortgage payments. Each percentage uses only units in the selected tenure and mortgage group with a computed ratio. Spending 50% or more is part of the 30% or more group.

Universe: Owner-occupied housing units without a mortgage and with a computed housing-cost-to-income ratio · 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 18% Median 23% 75th pct 30% Max 65%

Neighborhood ranking: Cost Burdened: Spending 30% or More on Housing (Owners without a mortgage)

#1 Fordham Heights 65.1%+40.9 pts
#2 Chinatown-Two Bridges 52.2%+27.9 pts
#3 South Williamsburg 47.8%+23.5 pts
#4 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 47%+22.7 pts
#5 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 45.5%+21.2 pts
#6 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 45.4%+21.1 pts
#7 Mount Hope 44.3%+20 pts
#8 Melrose 42.4%+18.2 pts
#9 Tribeca-Civic Center 41.3%+17 pts
#10 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 38.9%+14.6 pts
#11 Borough Park 38.6%+14.3 pts
#12 Financial District-Battery Park City 38.3%+14.1 pts
#13 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 37.1%+12.8 pts
#14 Parkchester 36.9%+12.6 pts
#15 South Richmond Hill 36.5%+12.2 pts
#16 Brighton Beach 35.2%+10.9 pts
#17 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 35.2%+10.9 pts
#18 Astoria (Central) 35.1%+10.8 pts
#19 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 35%+10.7 pts
#20 Crown Heights (South) 34.8%+10.5 pts
#21 Elmhurst 34.7%+10.4 pts
#22 East Flushing 33.9%+9.6 pts
#23 Woodside 33.9%+9.6 pts
#24 East Harlem (South) 33.8%+9.5 pts
#25 Hunts Point 33.8%+9.5 pts
#26 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 33.6%+9.3 pts
#27 Tremont 33.5%+9.2 pts
#28 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 33.2%+8.9 pts
#29 Cypress Hills 32.9%+8.6 pts
#30 Greenpoint 32.9%+8.6 pts
#31 Mott Haven-Port Morris 32.9%+8.6 pts
#32 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 32.8%+8.5 pts
#33 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 32.7%+8.4 pts
#34 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 32.4%+8.1 pts
#35 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 32.4%+8.1 pts
#36 Bensonhurst 32.3%+8 pts
#37 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 32%+7.7 pts
#38 Long Island City-Hunters Point 31.6%+7.3 pts
#39 Bushwick (East) 31.5%+7.2 pts
#40 University Heights (North)-Fordham 31.3%+7 pts
#41 Bayside 31.1%+6.9 pts
#42 Glendale 30.9%+6.6 pts
#43 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 30.6%+6.3 pts
#44 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 30.5%+6.2 pts
#45 Gramercy 30.5%+6.2 pts
#46 Bay Terrace-Clearview 30.3%+6 pts
#47 Baisley Park 30.2%+5.9 pts
#48 Middle Village 30.1%+5.8 pts
#49 Castle Hill-Unionport 30%+5.7 pts
#50 Queensboro Hill 29.9%+5.6 pts
#51 Bedford Park 29.8%+5.5 pts
#52 East New York-New Lots 29.5%+5.2 pts
#53 Allerton 29.2%+4.9 pts
#54 Bath Beach 29.1%+4.8 pts
#55 East Harlem (North) 29.1%+4.8 pts
#56 Flatlands 28.9%+4.6 pts
#57 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 28.9%+4.6 pts
#58 Flushing-Willets Point 28.8%+4.5 pts
#59 Auburndale 28.5%+4.3 pts
#60 Williamsbridge-Olinville 28.4%+4.1 pts
#61 Whitestone-Beechhurst 28.4%+4.1 pts
#62 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 27.9%+3.6 pts
#63 East New York (North) 27.7%+3.4 pts
#64 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 27.4%+3.1 pts
#65 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 27.2%+2.9 pts
#66 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 27.2%+2.9 pts
#67 Midwood 27.1%+2.8 pts
#68 Greenwich Village 27%+2.7 pts
#69 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 26.9%+2.6 pts
#70 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 26.6%+2.3 pts
#71 Gravesend (West) 26.6%+2.3 pts
#72 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 26.5%+2.3 pts
#73 Kew Gardens 26.4%+2.1 pts
#74 Ocean Hill 26%+1.7 pts
#75 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 25.9%+1.7 pts
#76 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 25.9%+1.6 pts
#77 Corona 25.7%+1.4 pts
#78 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 25.7%+1.4 pts
#79 Morris Park 25.6%+1.3 pts
#80 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 25.5%+1.2 pts
#81 Kew Gardens Hills 25.5%+1.2 pts
#82 East Williamsburg 25.5%+1.2 pts
#83 Jackson Heights 25.5%+1.2 pts
#84 East Flatbush-Rugby 25.4%+1.1 pts
#85 Bay Ridge 25.3%+1 pts
#86 Ozone Park 25.3%+1 pts
#87 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 25.1%+0.8 pts
#88 East Flatbush-Farragut 24.8%+0.5 pts
#89 Sunnyside 24.7%+0.4 pts
#90 Crotona Park East 24.6%+0.4 pts
#91 Sunset Park (West) 24.6%+0.3 pts
#92 Cambria Heights 24.4%+0.1 pts
#93 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 24.2%-0.1 pts
#94 South Ozone Park 24.1%-0.2 pts
#95 East Village 23.8%-0.5 pts
#96 Bellerose 23.7%-0.6 pts
#97 St. Albans 23.6%-0.7 pts
#98 Westchester Square 23.5%-0.8 pts
#99 Great Kills-Eltingville 23.4%-0.9 pts
#100 Arden Heights-Rossville 23.4%-0.9 pts
#101 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 23.3%-1 pts
#102 Washington Heights (South) 22.7%-1.6 pts
#103 West Village 22.6%-1.6 pts
#104 Inwood 22.4%-1.9 pts
#105 Upper West Side (Central) 22.4%-1.9 pts
#106 St. George-New Brighton 22.3%-2 pts
#107 Madison 22.2%-2.1 pts
#108 Fort Greene 22.1%-2.2 pts
#109 Bushwick (West) 22.1%-2.2 pts
#110 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 22.1%-2.2 pts
#111 Gravesend (South) 21.8%-2.5 pts
#112 Sunset Park (Central) 21.7%-2.6 pts
#113 Rego Park 21.5%-2.8 pts
#114 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 21.5%-2.8 pts
#115 Rosedale 21.3%-3 pts
#116 Forest Hills 21.2%-3.1 pts
#117 Soundview-Clason Point 21.2%-3.1 pts
#118 Tottenville-Charleston 21.2%-3.1 pts
#119 Douglaston-Little Neck 21.1%-3.2 pts
#120 Hell's Kitchen 21.1%-3.2 pts
#121 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 21.1%-3.2 pts
#122 Ridgewood 21%-3.3 pts
#123 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 20.9%-3.4 pts
#124 Dyker Heights 20.5%-3.8 pts
#125 Oakwood-Richmondtown 20.5%-3.8 pts
#126 Canarsie 20.4%-3.9 pts
#127 Clinton Hill 20.3%-3.9 pts
#128 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 20.1%-4.2 pts
#129 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 20.1%-4.2 pts
#130 Lower East Side 20.1%-4.2 pts
#131 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 20%-4.3 pts
#132 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 20%-4.3 pts
#133 New Dorp-Midland Beach 19.9%-4.4 pts
#134 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 19.8%-4.5 pts
#135 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 19.7%-4.6 pts
#136 Jamaica 19.7%-4.6 pts
#137 Brooklyn Heights 19.6%-4.6 pts
#138 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 19.6%-4.7 pts
#139 Ozone Park (North) 19.6%-4.7 pts
#140 Upper East Side-Yorkville 19.4%-4.9 pts
#141 Maspeth 19.3%-5 pts
#142 Crown Heights (North) 19.2%-5.1 pts
#143 Hollis 19.1%-5.2 pts
#144 North Corona 19%-5.3 pts
#145 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 18.9%-5.4 pts
#146 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 18.5%-5.8 pts
#147 West Farms 18.4%-5.9 pts
#148 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 18.3%-6 pts
#149 Queens Village 18.2%-6.1 pts
#150 College Point 18.1%-6.2 pts
#151 Laurelton 18%-6.3 pts
#152 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 17.8%-6.4 pts
#153 East Elmhurst 17.8%-6.4 pts
#154 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 17.8%-6.5 pts
#155 Harlem (South) 17.6%-6.6 pts
#156 Woodhaven 17.4%-6.9 pts
#157 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 17%-7.3 pts
#158 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 17%-7.3 pts
#159 Washington Heights (North) 17%-7.3 pts
#160 Kensington 16.8%-7.5 pts
#161 Concourse-Concourse Village 16.8%-7.5 pts
#162 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 16.8%-7.5 pts
#163 Midtown-Times Square 16.6%-7.7 pts
#164 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 16.6%-7.7 pts
#165 Longwood 16.2%-8.1 pts
#166 East Flatbush-Erasmus 16%-8.3 pts
#167 Prospect Heights 15.9%-8.4 pts
#168 Wakefield-Woodlawn 15.9%-8.4 pts
#169 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 15.5%-8.8 pts
#170 Coney Island-Sea Gate 15.3%-9 pts
#171 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 15.3%-9 pts
#172 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 15%-9.3 pts
#173 Richmond Hill 14.8%-9.5 pts
#174 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 14.2%-10 pts
#175 Williamsburg 13.9%-10.4 pts
#176 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 13.9%-10.4 pts
#177 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 13.8%-10.5 pts
#178 Park Slope 13.5%-10.8 pts
#179 Flatbush 13.2%-11.1 pts
#180 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 12.8%-11.5 pts
#181 East New York-City Line 12.7%-11.6 pts
#182 South Jamaica 12.5%-11.8 pts
#183 Pelham Gardens 12.3%-12 pts
#184 Spring Creek-Starrett City 12%-12.3 pts
#185 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 11.9%-12.4 pts
#186 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 11.6%-12.7 pts
#187 Co-op City 10.6%-13.7 pts
#188 Harlem (North) 9.7%-14.6 pts
#189 Morningside Heights 9.6%-14.7 pts
#190 Brownsville 9.1%-15.2 pts
#191 Morrisania 8.9%-15.4 pts
#192 Norwood 6.6%-17.7 pts
#193 Port Richmond 6.3%-18 pts
#194 Manhattanville-West Harlem 6.3%-18 pts
#195 Highbridge 0%-24.3 pts
#196 Belmont 0%-24.3 pts
#197 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 0%-24.3 pts
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