Food Insecurity by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Food Insecurity across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: Claremont Village-Claremont (East) (58%). Lowest: Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill (5.2%). New York City avg: 24.4%. Data: 2023.
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Food Insecurity · all 197 New York City neighborhoods · 2023

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Citywide overview
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New York City citywide · Food Insecurity 24.4%
Highest neighborhood Claremont Village-Claremont (East): 58%
Lowest neighborhood Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill: 5.2%

Note: Food insecurity is defined as reporting not having enough money to buy food in the past 12 months.

Universe: Adult population (Age 18+) · Geography: Census Tract · Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES (2023 BRFSS; 2019–2023 ACS)

Neighborhood distribution Hover or click any dot to inspect
Min 5% 25th pct 15% Median 24% 75th pct 32% Max 58%

Neighborhood ranking: Food Insecurity

#1 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 58%+33.6 pts
#2 West Farms 53.6%+29.2 pts
#3 Mott Haven-Port Morris 51.4%+27 pts
#4 Melrose 50.3%+25.9 pts
#5 Morrisania 49.2%+24.8 pts
#6 Brownsville 48.5%+24.1 pts
#7 Fordham Heights 48.5%+24.1 pts
#8 Tremont 48.2%+23.8 pts
#9 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 46.5%+22.1 pts
#10 Crotona Park East 46.1%+21.7 pts
#11 Belmont 46%+21.6 pts
#12 Longwood 45.8%+21.4 pts
#13 Mount Hope 45.7%+21.3 pts
#14 Highbridge 45.6%+21.2 pts
#15 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 45.1%+20.7 pts
#16 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 44.6%+20.2 pts
#17 Hunts Point 43.8%+19.4 pts
#18 Sunset Park (Central) 41%+16.6 pts
#19 Bedford Park 40.8%+16.4 pts
#20 Concourse-Concourse Village 40.6%+16.2 pts
#21 University Heights (North)-Fordham 40.5%+16.1 pts
#22 East New York (North) 40.1%+15.7 pts
#23 East New York-City Line 39.3%+14.9 pts
#24 North Corona 38.9%+14.5 pts
#25 South Williamsburg 38.8%+14.4 pts
#26 Soundview-Clason Point 38.7%+14.3 pts
#27 East Harlem (North) 38.7%+14.3 pts
#28 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 37.9%+13.5 pts
#29 Corona 37.5%+13.1 pts
#30 East New York-New Lots 37.3%+12.9 pts
#31 Williamsbridge-Olinville 37.3%+12.9 pts
#32 Norwood 37.2%+12.8 pts
#33 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 36.7%+12.3 pts
#34 Castle Hill-Unionport 36.4%+12 pts
#35 Westchester Square 35.7%+11.3 pts
#36 Manhattanville-West Harlem 35.4%+11 pts
#37 Allerton 35.3%+10.9 pts
#38 Spring Creek-Starrett City 35.1%+10.6 pts
#39 Ocean Hill 34.9%+10.5 pts
#40 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 34.7%+10.3 pts
#41 Jamaica 34.4%+10 pts
#42 Harlem (North) 34.1%+9.7 pts
#43 Cypress Hills 33.7%+9.3 pts
#44 South Jamaica 33.4%+9 pts
#45 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 33.3%+8.9 pts
#46 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 33.3%+8.9 pts
#47 Chinatown-Two Bridges 33.1%+8.7 pts
#48 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 32.9%+8.5 pts
#49 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 32.5%+8.1 pts
#50 Flushing-Willets Point 32.2%+7.8 pts
#51 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 31.6%+7.2 pts
#52 East Harlem (South) 31.3%+6.9 pts
#53 Borough Park 31.3%+6.9 pts
#54 Parkchester 31.1%+6.7 pts
#55 South Richmond Hill 30.8%+6.4 pts
#56 East Flatbush-Rugby 30.6%+6.2 pts
#57 Baisley Park 30.6%+6.2 pts
#58 East Elmhurst 30.5%+6.1 pts
#59 Bushwick (East) 29.9%+5.5 pts
#60 Washington Heights (South) 29.5%+5.1 pts
#61 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 29%+4.6 pts
#62 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 28.7%+4.3 pts
#63 Canarsie 28.5%+4.1 pts
#64 Sunset Park (West) 28.5%+4.1 pts
#65 South Ozone Park 28.4%+4 pts
#66 St. George-New Brighton 28.3%+3.9 pts
#67 Port Richmond 28.2%+3.8 pts
#68 Coney Island-Sea Gate 28%+3.6 pts
#69 Wakefield-Woodlawn 27.8%+3.4 pts
#70 East Flatbush-Erasmus 27.6%+3.2 pts
#71 East Flushing 27.4%+3 pts
#72 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 27.3%+2.9 pts
#73 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 27.2%+2.8 pts
#74 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 27.1%+2.7 pts
#75 Elmhurst 27%+2.6 pts
#76 East Flatbush-Farragut 26.8%+2.4 pts
#77 Ozone Park (North) 26.7%+2.3 pts
#78 Bensonhurst 26.6%+2.2 pts
#79 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 26.5%+2.1 pts
#80 Flatbush 26.5%+2.1 pts
#81 Crown Heights (South) 26.3%+1.9 pts
#82 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 26.2%+1.8 pts
#83 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 26%+1.6 pts
#84 Inwood 26%+1.6 pts
#85 Woodhaven 26%+1.6 pts
#86 St. Albans 26%+1.6 pts
#87 Crown Heights (North) 25.7%+1.3 pts
#88 Richmond Hill 25.7%+1.3 pts
#89 Co-op City 25.7%+1.3 pts
#90 East Williamsburg 25.3%+0.9 pts
#91 Jackson Heights 25.2%+0.8 pts
#92 Hollis 25.2%+0.8 pts
#93 Queens Village 24.8%+0.4 pts
#94 Flatlands 24.7%+0.3 pts
#95 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 24.6%+0.2 pts
#96 Queensboro Hill 24.6%+0.2 pts
#97 Lower East Side 24.6%+0.2 pts
#98 Ozone Park 24.5%+0.1 pts
#99 Dyker Heights 24.5%+0.1 pts
#100 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 24.3%-0.1 pts
#101 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 24.3%-0.1 pts
#102 Gravesend (South) 24%-0.4 pts
#103 College Point 24%-0.4 pts
#104 Gravesend (West) 23.8%-0.6 pts
#105 Rosedale 23.7%-0.7 pts
#106 Bushwick (West) 23.4%-1 pts
#107 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 23.2%-1.2 pts
#108 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 23%-1.4 pts
#109 Washington Heights (North) 22.7%-1.7 pts
#110 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 22.5%-1.9 pts
#111 Laurelton 22.3%-2.1 pts
#112 Ridgewood 22.2%-2.2 pts
#113 Pelham Gardens 22.2%-2.2 pts
#114 Woodside 21.8%-2.6 pts
#115 Maspeth 21.5%-2.9 pts
#116 Cambria Heights 21.5%-2.9 pts
#117 Harlem (South) 21.4%-3 pts
#118 Bath Beach 21.3%-3.1 pts
#119 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 20.9%-3.5 pts
#120 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 20.5%-3.9 pts
#121 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 20.4%-4 pts
#122 Morris Park 19.9%-4.5 pts
#123 Sunnyside 19.9%-4.5 pts
#124 Brighton Beach 19.7%-4.7 pts
#125 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 19.7%-4.7 pts
#126 Fort Greene 19.1%-5.3 pts
#127 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 18.8%-5.6 pts
#128 East Village 18.8%-5.6 pts
#129 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 18.8%-5.6 pts
#130 Auburndale 18.6%-5.8 pts
#131 Glendale 18.6%-5.8 pts
#132 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 17.9%-6.5 pts
#133 Bellerose 17.8%-6.6 pts
#134 Kensington 17.8%-6.6 pts
#135 Madison 17.5%-6.9 pts
#136 Rego Park 17.4%-7 pts
#137 Midwood 16.9%-7.5 pts
#138 Morningside Heights 16.8%-7.6 pts
#139 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 16.8%-7.6 pts
#140 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 16.8%-7.6 pts
#141 Kew Gardens Hills 16.6%-7.8 pts
#142 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 16.3%-8.1 pts
#143 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 16%-8.4 pts
#144 Kew Gardens 16%-8.4 pts
#145 Middle Village 15.9%-8.5 pts
#146 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 15.9%-8.5 pts
#147 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 15.6%-8.8 pts
#148 Whitestone-Beechhurst 15.4%-9 pts
#149 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 15.4%-9 pts
#150 Bayside 15.3%-9.1 pts
#151 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 15.3%-9.1 pts
#152 Bay Ridge 15.1%-9.3 pts
#153 New Dorp-Midland Beach 15.1%-9.3 pts
#154 Williamsburg 15.1%-9.3 pts
#155 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 15%-9.4 pts
#156 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 14.4%-10 pts
#157 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 14.3%-10.1 pts
#158 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 14.2%-10.2 pts
#159 Oakwood-Richmondtown 14.1%-10.3 pts
#160 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 13.9%-10.5 pts
#161 Astoria (Central) 13.7%-10.7 pts
#162 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 13.4%-11 pts
#163 Clinton Hill 13.3%-11.1 pts
#164 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 13.3%-11.1 pts
#165 Forest Hills 12.7%-11.7 pts
#166 Bay Terrace-Clearview 12.5%-11.9 pts
#167 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 12.4%-12 pts
#168 Arden Heights-Rossville 12.3%-12.1 pts
#169 Douglaston-Little Neck 12.1%-12.3 pts
#170 Midtown-Times Square 11.9%-12.5 pts
#171 Hell's Kitchen 11.3%-13.1 pts
#172 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 11.2%-13.2 pts
#173 Greenpoint 10.9%-13.5 pts
#174 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 10.6%-13.8 pts
#175 Great Kills-Eltingville 10.6%-13.8 pts
#176 Tottenville-Charleston 10.6%-13.8 pts
#177 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 10.5%-13.9 pts
#178 Tribeca-Civic Center 10.4%-14 pts
#179 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 10.1%-14.3 pts
#180 Prospect Heights 9.7%-14.7 pts
#181 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 9.6%-14.8 pts
#182 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 9.5%-14.9 pts
#183 Long Island City-Hunters Point 9.2%-15.2 pts
#184 Gramercy 8.9%-15.5 pts
#185 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 8.6%-15.8 pts
#186 Financial District-Battery Park City 8%-16.4 pts
#187 Upper East Side-Yorkville 7.7%-16.7 pts
#188 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 7.6%-16.8 pts
#189 Upper West Side (Central) 7.4%-17 pts
#190 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 7.4%-17 pts
#191 Park Slope 7.3%-17.1 pts
#192 Greenwich Village 6.9%-17.5 pts
#193 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 6.6%-17.8 pts
#194 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 6.5%-17.9 pts
#195 Brooklyn Heights 6.3%-18.1 pts
#196 West Village 6.2%-18.2 pts
#197 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 5.2%-19.2 pts
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