Frequent Physical Distress by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Frequent Physical Distress across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: Claremont Village-Claremont (East) (21.6%). Lowest: Long Island City-Hunters Point (6.5%). New York City avg: 13%. Data: 2023.
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Frequent Physical Distress · all 197 New York City neighborhoods · 2023

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New York City citywide · Frequent Physical Distress 13%
Highest neighborhood Claremont Village-Claremont (East): 21.6%
Lowest neighborhood Long Island City-Hunters Point: 6.5%

Note: Frequent physical distress is defined as reporting that physical health was not good for 14 or more of the past 30 days.

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

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Min 6% 25th pct 12% Median 13% 75th pct 15% Max 22%

Neighborhood ranking: Frequent Physical Distress

#1 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 21.6%+8.6 pts
#2 West Farms 21.3%+8.3 pts
#3 Mott Haven-Port Morris 20.3%+7.3 pts
#4 Melrose 19.9%+6.9 pts
#5 Tremont 19.2%+6.2 pts
#6 Morrisania 19.2%+6.2 pts
#7 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 18.9%+5.9 pts
#8 Fordham Heights 18.9%+5.9 pts
#9 Longwood 18.7%+5.7 pts
#10 South Williamsburg 18.6%+5.6 pts
#11 Crotona Park East 18.6%+5.6 pts
#12 Highbridge 18.5%+5.5 pts
#13 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 18.3%+5.3 pts
#14 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 18.2%+5.2 pts
#15 Mount Hope 18.2%+5.2 pts
#16 Brownsville 18.1%+5.1 pts
#17 Belmont 18.1%+5.1 pts
#18 Hunts Point 17.8%+4.8 pts
#19 University Heights (North)-Fordham 17.5%+4.5 pts
#20 Bedford Park 17.4%+4.4 pts
#21 Concourse-Concourse Village 17.3%+4.3 pts
#22 Spring Creek-Starrett City 17.2%+4.2 pts
#23 Soundview-Clason Point 17.2%+4.2 pts
#24 East Harlem (North) 17.2%+4.2 pts
#25 Coney Island-Sea Gate 16.6%+3.6 pts
#26 Allerton 16.5%+3.5 pts
#27 Chinatown-Two Bridges 16.3%+3.3 pts
#28 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 16.2%+3.2 pts
#29 Castle Hill-Unionport 16.2%+3.2 pts
#30 Manhattanville-West Harlem 16.1%+3.1 pts
#31 Borough Park 16.1%+3.1 pts
#32 Norwood 16%+3 pts
#33 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 16%+3 pts
#34 Westchester Square 15.9%+2.9 pts
#35 East New York (North) 15.8%+2.8 pts
#36 Corona 15.8%+2.8 pts
#37 Sunset Park (Central) 15.8%+2.8 pts
#38 Williamsbridge-Olinville 15.8%+2.8 pts
#39 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 15.7%+2.7 pts
#40 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 15.7%+2.7 pts
#41 East New York-City Line 15.6%+2.6 pts
#42 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 15.5%+2.5 pts
#43 East Harlem (South) 15.5%+2.5 pts
#44 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 15.4%+2.4 pts
#45 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 15.4%+2.4 pts
#46 St. George-New Brighton 15.4%+2.4 pts
#47 North Corona 15.3%+2.3 pts
#48 Harlem (North) 15.3%+2.3 pts
#49 Washington Heights (South) 15.2%+2.2 pts
#50 Jamaica 15.2%+2.2 pts
#51 East New York-New Lots 15.2%+2.2 pts
#52 South Ozone Park 14.9%+1.9 pts
#53 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 14.8%+1.8 pts
#54 Co-op City 14.8%+1.8 pts
#55 South Richmond Hill 14.8%+1.8 pts
#56 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 14.8%+1.8 pts
#57 Cypress Hills 14.7%+1.7 pts
#58 South Jamaica 14.6%+1.6 pts
#59 Flushing-Willets Point 14.6%+1.6 pts
#60 Brighton Beach 14.6%+1.6 pts
#61 Port Richmond 14.5%+1.5 pts
#62 Inwood 14.5%+1.5 pts
#63 Parkchester 14.5%+1.4 pts
#64 Gravesend (South) 14.4%+1.4 pts
#65 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 14.1%+1.1 pts
#66 Ocean Hill 14.1%+1.1 pts
#67 Baisley Park 14.1%+1.1 pts
#68 Lower East Side 14%+1 pts
#69 East Elmhurst 14%+1 pts
#70 Bensonhurst 13.9%+0.9 pts
#71 East Flatbush-Rugby 13.9%+0.9 pts
#72 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 13.9%+0.9 pts
#73 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 13.9%+0.9 pts
#74 Wakefield-Woodlawn 13.8%+0.8 pts
#75 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 13.8%+0.8 pts
#76 Maspeth 13.6%+0.6 pts
#77 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 13.6%+0.6 pts
#78 East Flushing 13.5%+0.5 pts
#79 Washington Heights (North) 13.5%+0.5 pts
#80 Gravesend (West) 13.5%+0.5 pts
#81 Woodhaven 13.5%+0.5 pts
#82 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 13.4%+0.4 pts
#83 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 13.4%+0.4 pts
#84 Oakwood-Richmondtown 13.4%+0.4 pts
#85 Ozone Park 13.4%+0.4 pts
#86 Richmond Hill 13.3%+0.3 pts
#87 New Dorp-Midland Beach 13.3%+0.3 pts
#88 Dyker Heights 13.3%+0.3 pts
#89 Jackson Heights 13.3%+0.3 pts
#90 Sunset Park (West) 13.2%+0.2 pts
#91 Ozone Park (North) 13.2%+0.2 pts
#92 Pelham Gardens 13.2%+0.2 pts
#93 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 13.1%+0.1 pts
#94 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 13.1%+0.1 pts
#95 Canarsie 13.1%+0.1 pts
#96 College Point 13.1%+0.1 pts
#97 East Flatbush-Farragut 13.1%+0.1 pts
#98 Queens Village 13%0 pts
#99 Bushwick (East) 13%-0 pts
#100 Hollis 13%-0 pts
#101 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 13%-0 pts
#102 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 12.9%-0.1 pts
#103 Crown Heights (South) 12.9%-0.1 pts
#104 Morris Park 12.9%-0.1 pts
#105 Middle Village 12.9%-0.1 pts
#106 St. Albans 12.9%-0.1 pts
#107 Glendale 12.8%-0.2 pts
#108 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 12.8%-0.2 pts
#109 Bath Beach 12.8%-0.3 pts
#110 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 12.7%-0.3 pts
#111 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 12.7%-0.3 pts
#112 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 12.7%-0.3 pts
#113 Flatlands 12.6%-0.4 pts
#114 Madison 12.6%-0.4 pts
#115 East Flatbush-Erasmus 12.6%-0.4 pts
#116 Elmhurst 12.6%-0.4 pts
#117 Whitestone-Beechhurst 12.6%-0.4 pts
#118 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 12.6%-0.4 pts
#119 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 12.6%-0.4 pts
#120 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 12.5%-0.5 pts
#121 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 12.5%-0.5 pts
#122 East Williamsburg 12.5%-0.6 pts
#123 Flatbush 12.5%-0.6 pts
#124 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 12.4%-0.6 pts
#125 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 12.4%-0.6 pts
#126 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 12.4%-0.6 pts
#127 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 12.4%-0.6 pts
#128 Arden Heights-Rossville 12.3%-0.7 pts
#129 Queensboro Hill 12.3%-0.7 pts
#130 Ridgewood 12.3%-0.7 pts
#131 Great Kills-Eltingville 12.2%-0.8 pts
#132 Auburndale 12.2%-0.8 pts
#133 Midwood 12.2%-0.8 pts
#134 Rosedale 12%-1 pts
#135 Cambria Heights 11.9%-1.1 pts
#136 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 11.9%-1.1 pts
#137 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 11.9%-1.1 pts
#138 Harlem (South) 11.9%-1.1 pts
#139 Tottenville-Charleston 11.9%-1.1 pts
#140 Laurelton 11.9%-1.2 pts
#141 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 11.8%-1.2 pts
#142 Rego Park 11.8%-1.2 pts
#143 Bay Terrace-Clearview 11.8%-1.2 pts
#144 Crown Heights (North) 11.8%-1.2 pts
#145 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 11.8%-1.3 pts
#146 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 11.6%-1.4 pts
#147 Woodside 11.6%-1.4 pts
#148 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 11.6%-1.4 pts
#149 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 11.5%-1.5 pts
#150 Sunnyside 11.4%-1.6 pts
#151 Bay Ridge 11.4%-1.6 pts
#152 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 11.4%-1.6 pts
#153 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 11.4%-1.7 pts
#154 Kew Gardens Hills 11.3%-1.7 pts
#155 East Village 11.3%-1.7 pts
#156 Bellerose 11.3%-1.7 pts
#157 Kew Gardens 11.3%-1.7 pts
#158 Kensington 11%-2 pts
#159 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 10.9%-2.1 pts
#160 Bayside 10.9%-2.1 pts
#161 Bushwick (West) 10.8%-2.2 pts
#162 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 10.8%-2.2 pts
#163 Forest Hills 10.6%-2.4 pts
#164 Douglaston-Little Neck 10.6%-2.4 pts
#165 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 10.6%-2.4 pts
#166 Fort Greene 10.5%-2.5 pts
#167 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 10.4%-2.6 pts
#168 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 10.2%-2.8 pts
#169 Morningside Heights 10%-3 pts
#170 Midtown-Times Square 9.5%-3.5 pts
#171 Astoria (Central) 9.5%-3.5 pts
#172 Upper West Side (Central) 9.4%-3.6 pts
#173 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 9.2%-3.8 pts
#174 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 9.2%-3.8 pts
#175 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 9.1%-3.9 pts
#176 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 9.1%-3.9 pts
#177 Hell's Kitchen 9%-4 pts
#178 Williamsburg 9%-4 pts
#179 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 8.9%-4.1 pts
#180 Clinton Hill 8.7%-4.3 pts
#181 Upper East Side-Yorkville 8.6%-4.4 pts
#182 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 8.6%-4.4 pts
#183 Tribeca-Civic Center 8.6%-4.4 pts
#184 Greenpoint 8.5%-4.5 pts
#185 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 8.5%-4.5 pts
#186 Gramercy 8.4%-4.6 pts
#187 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 8.4%-4.6 pts
#188 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 8.3%-4.8 pts
#189 Greenwich Village 8%-5 pts
#190 West Village 8%-5 pts
#191 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 7.9%-5.1 pts
#192 Prospect Heights 7.9%-5.2 pts
#193 Park Slope 7.6%-5.4 pts
#194 Brooklyn Heights 7.5%-5.5 pts
#195 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 7.5%-5.5 pts
#196 Financial District-Battery Park City 7.2%-5.8 pts
#197 Long Island City-Hunters Point 6.5%-6.5 pts
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