Cost Burdened: Spending 30% or More on Housing by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Cost Burdened: Spending 30% or More on Housing across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: Fordham Heights (66.3%). Lowest: Park Slope (26.7%). New York City avg: 49.8%. Data: 2020–2024.
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Cost Burdened: Spending 30% or More on Housing · 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 · Cost Burdened: Spending 30% or More on Housing 49.8%
Highest neighborhood Fordham Heights: 66.3%
Lowest neighborhood Park Slope: 26.7%

Note: Housing costs include rent or mortgage payments and utilities. A household spending 30% or more of income on housing is considered cost burdened.

Universe: Occupied housing units · Geography: Census Tract · Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-Year Estimates

Neighborhood distribution Hover or click any dot to inspect
Min 27% 25th pct 42% Median 47% 75th pct 53% Max 66%

Neighborhood ranking: Cost Burdened: Spending 30% or More on Housing (2020–24)

#1 Fordham Heights 66.3%+16.4 pts
#2 Melrose 64.2%+14.4 pts
#3 Brighton Beach 63.3%+13.5 pts
#4 Bedford Park 63.1%+13.2 pts
#5 Westchester Square 62.8%+13 pts
#6 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 62.7%+12.9 pts
#7 Mount Hope 62.6%+12.8 pts
#8 University Heights (North)-Fordham 62.3%+12.5 pts
#9 Belmont 62.2%+12.4 pts
#10 South Williamsburg 61.4%+11.6 pts
#11 Hunts Point 61%+11.2 pts
#12 Borough Park 60.9%+11 pts
#13 Mott Haven-Port Morris 60.2%+10.4 pts
#14 Jamaica 60%+10.2 pts
#15 Crotona Park East 59.9%+10.1 pts
#16 Concourse-Concourse Village 59.8%+10 pts
#17 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 59.5%+9.7 pts
#18 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 59.2%+9.3 pts
#19 West Farms 58%+8.2 pts
#20 Morrisania 57.9%+8.1 pts
#21 Highbridge 57.8%+7.9 pts
#22 East Flushing 57.6%+7.7 pts
#23 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 57.4%+7.6 pts
#24 Allerton 57.3%+7.4 pts
#25 Tremont 56.8%+7 pts
#26 East Flatbush-Rugby 56.5%+6.7 pts
#27 Washington Heights (South) 56.3%+6.5 pts
#28 Parkchester 55.8%+6 pts
#29 Norwood 55.7%+5.9 pts
#30 East New York-New Lots 55.6%+5.8 pts
#31 Williamsbridge-Olinville 55.5%+5.7 pts
#32 South Jamaica 55.3%+5.5 pts
#33 Longwood 55.3%+5.4 pts
#34 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 55.2%+5.4 pts
#35 South Richmond Hill 54.8%+4.9 pts
#36 Castle Hill-Unionport 54.7%+4.8 pts
#37 Queensboro Hill 54.6%+4.8 pts
#38 Manhattanville-West Harlem 54.5%+4.7 pts
#39 Bushwick (East) 54.4%+4.6 pts
#40 Chinatown-Two Bridges 54.3%+4.4 pts
#41 Elmhurst 54.2%+4.4 pts
#42 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 54%+4.1 pts
#43 Flushing-Willets Point 53.8%+4 pts
#44 Cypress Hills 53.7%+3.9 pts
#45 Brownsville 53.4%+3.6 pts
#46 East Harlem (North) 53.4%+3.5 pts
#47 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 53.2%+3.4 pts
#48 North Corona 53.2%+3.4 pts
#49 Morris Park 53.2%+3.4 pts
#50 Sunset Park (Central) 53%+3.2 pts
#51 Corona 52.6%+2.7 pts
#52 Gravesend (South) 52.5%+2.6 pts
#53 Spring Creek-Starrett City 52.4%+2.6 pts
#54 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 52.3%+2.5 pts
#55 Bensonhurst 52.3%+2.5 pts
#56 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 52.3%+2.5 pts
#57 Harlem (North) 52.2%+2.4 pts
#58 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 52.1%+2.3 pts
#59 East Elmhurst 52%+2.2 pts
#60 East Flatbush-Erasmus 51.7%+1.8 pts
#61 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 51.6%+1.8 pts
#62 Baisley Park 51.4%+1.6 pts
#63 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 51.2%+1.4 pts
#64 East Harlem (South) 51.1%+1.3 pts
#65 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 51.1%+1.2 pts
#66 College Point 51%+1.2 pts
#67 Soundview-Clason Point 51%+1.2 pts
#68 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 50.7%+0.9 pts
#69 St. George-New Brighton 50.7%+0.9 pts
#70 East New York-City Line 50.7%+0.9 pts
#71 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 50.6%+0.8 pts
#72 Ozone Park (North) 50.6%+0.7 pts
#73 Coney Island-Sea Gate 50.5%+0.7 pts
#74 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 50.5%+0.6 pts
#75 Bushwick (West) 50.4%+0.5 pts
#76 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 50.3%+0.5 pts
#77 Canarsie 50%+0.1 pts
#78 Ocean Hill 49.7%-0.1 pts
#79 Woodside 49.5%-0.3 pts
#80 Bath Beach 49.5%-0.3 pts
#81 East Flatbush-Farragut 49.4%-0.5 pts
#82 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 49.2%-0.6 pts
#83 Hollis 49.1%-0.7 pts
#84 Inwood 48.7%-1.1 pts
#85 East New York (North) 48.5%-1.3 pts
#86 Gravesend (West) 48.3%-1.6 pts
#87 Flatlands 48%-1.8 pts
#88 Dyker Heights 47.9%-1.9 pts
#89 Crown Heights (North) 47.8%-2 pts
#90 Midwood 47.8%-2 pts
#91 Sunnyside 47.7%-2.1 pts
#92 South Ozone Park 47.7%-2.1 pts
#93 Flatbush 47.6%-2.2 pts
#94 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 47.6%-2.3 pts
#95 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 47.4%-2.4 pts
#96 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 47.2%-2.6 pts
#97 Wakefield-Woodlawn 47.1%-2.7 pts
#98 Bayside 46.9%-2.9 pts
#99 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 46.9%-2.9 pts
#100 St. Albans 46.7%-3.1 pts
#101 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 46.6%-3.3 pts
#102 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 46.6%-3.3 pts
#103 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 46.5%-3.3 pts
#104 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 46.2%-3.6 pts
#105 Jackson Heights 46.2%-3.6 pts
#106 Queens Village 46.2%-3.7 pts
#107 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 45.7%-4.1 pts
#108 Crown Heights (South) 45.6%-4.2 pts
#109 Ridgewood 45.6%-4.2 pts
#110 Pelham Gardens 45.6%-4.3 pts
#111 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 45.5%-4.3 pts
#112 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 45.5%-4.4 pts
#113 Maspeth 45.4%-4.4 pts
#114 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 45.3%-4.5 pts
#115 Glendale 45.2%-4.6 pts
#116 Ozone Park 45.2%-4.6 pts
#117 Washington Heights (North) 45%-4.8 pts
#118 Rego Park 45%-4.8 pts
#119 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 45%-4.9 pts
#120 East Village 44.9%-5 pts
#121 Sunset Park (West) 44.8%-5 pts
#122 Kew Gardens Hills 44.8%-5 pts
#123 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 44.6%-5.2 pts
#124 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 44.3%-5.5 pts
#125 Hell's Kitchen 44.2%-5.6 pts
#126 Madison 44.2%-5.6 pts
#127 Auburndale 44.2%-5.6 pts
#128 Port Richmond 43.9%-5.9 pts
#129 Lower East Side 43.9%-6 pts
#130 Woodhaven 43.9%-6 pts
#131 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 43.8%-6.1 pts
#132 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 43.7%-6.1 pts
#133 East Williamsburg 43.6%-6.2 pts
#134 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 43.6%-6.3 pts
#135 Harlem (South) 43.5%-6.4 pts
#136 Richmond Hill 43.2%-6.7 pts
#137 Kensington 43.1%-6.7 pts
#138 Morningside Heights 43.1%-6.8 pts
#139 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 42.9%-6.9 pts
#140 Whitestone-Beechhurst 42.9%-7 pts
#141 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 42.8%-7 pts
#142 New Dorp-Midland Beach 42.8%-7 pts
#143 Kew Gardens 42.7%-7.1 pts
#144 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 42.7%-7.1 pts
#145 Cambria Heights 42.6%-7.2 pts
#146 Arden Heights-Rossville 42.2%-7.6 pts
#147 Rosedale 42%-7.8 pts
#148 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 41.9%-8 pts
#149 Financial District-Battery Park City 41.7%-8.1 pts
#150 Middle Village 41.6%-8.2 pts
#151 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 41.3%-8.5 pts
#152 Laurelton 40.7%-9.1 pts
#153 Bay Ridge 40.7%-9.2 pts
#154 Tribeca-Civic Center 40.5%-9.3 pts
#155 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 40.2%-9.6 pts
#156 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 39.9%-9.9 pts
#157 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 39.9%-10 pts
#158 Greenpoint 39.8%-10 pts
#159 Astoria (Central) 39.5%-10.3 pts
#160 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 39.4%-10.4 pts
#161 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 39.4%-10.5 pts
#162 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 39.3%-10.5 pts
#163 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 39.2%-10.7 pts
#164 Gramercy 38.7%-11.1 pts
#165 Bellerose 38.7%-11.2 pts
#166 Tottenville-Charleston 38.5%-11.3 pts
#167 Fort Greene 38.5%-11.3 pts
#168 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 38.4%-11.5 pts
#169 Great Kills-Eltingville 38.2%-11.7 pts
#170 Bay Terrace-Clearview 38%-11.8 pts
#171 Oakwood-Richmondtown 37.9%-11.9 pts
#172 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 37.4%-12.4 pts
#173 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 37.3%-12.5 pts
#174 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 37.3%-12.5 pts
#175 Greenwich Village 37.3%-12.5 pts
#176 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 37.1%-12.7 pts
#177 Midtown-Times Square 36.9%-12.9 pts
#178 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 36.9%-12.9 pts
#179 Forest Hills 36.5%-13.3 pts
#180 Upper West Side (Central) 36.1%-13.7 pts
#181 Upper East Side-Yorkville 36%-13.8 pts
#182 Williamsburg 35.4%-14.5 pts
#183 Long Island City-Hunters Point 35.2%-14.7 pts
#184 Clinton Hill 35.1%-14.8 pts
#185 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 34.8%-15 pts
#186 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 34.5%-15.4 pts
#187 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 34.4%-15.4 pts
#188 West Village 34.4%-15.4 pts
#189 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 33.8%-16 pts
#190 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 33.7%-16.2 pts
#191 Co-op City 33.5%-16.3 pts
#192 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 33.5%-16.3 pts
#193 Douglaston-Little Neck 32.7%-17.1 pts
#194 Brooklyn Heights 29.4%-20.4 pts
#195 Prospect Heights 28.7%-21.2 pts
#196 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 27.1%-22.7 pts
#197 Park Slope 26.7%-23.2 pts
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