Geographic Mobility: Stayed in the same small immediate neighborhood area by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Geographic Mobility: Stayed in the same small immediate neighborhood area across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway (35%). Lowest: South Williamsburg (14%). New York City avg: 25%. Data: 2014–2015.
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Geographic Mobility: Stayed in the same small immediate neighborhood area · all 197 New York City neighborhoods · 2014–15

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New York City citywide · Geographic Mobility: Stayed in the same small immediate neighborhood area 25%
Highest neighborhood Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway: 35%
Lowest neighborhood South Williamsburg: 14%

Note: These measures follow children born 1978–1983 who grew up in each neighborhood. Adult residence is measured using the most recent available address, generally from 2015, when this cohort was ages 31–37. “Greater New York City area” means the Census commuting zone for the New York City area. “Small immediate neighborhood area” means the childhood Census tract.

Universe: Children born 1978–1983 who grew up in each mapped area · Geography: Census tract · Source: IRS tax-return and Census data compiled by Opportunity Insights for The Opportunity Atlas (2018)

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Min 14% 25th pct 23% Median 25% 75th pct 27% Max 35%

Neighborhood ranking: Geographic Mobility: Stayed in the same small immediate neighborhood area

#1 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 35%+10 pts
#2 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 33.6%+8.6 pts
#3 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 33%+7.9 pts
#4 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 32.5%+7.4 pts
#5 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 31.6%+6.6 pts
#6 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 31.2%+6.1 pts
#7 Cambria Heights 31%+6 pts
#8 Co-op City 30.5%+5.5 pts
#9 St. Albans 30.4%+5.4 pts
#10 Astoria (Central) 30.3%+5.2 pts
#11 East Flatbush-Farragut 30.2%+5.1 pts
#12 Lower East Side 30.1%+5.1 pts
#13 Laurelton 30%+5 pts
#14 Queens Village 29.8%+4.8 pts
#15 East Village 29.7%+4.7 pts
#16 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 29.5%+4.5 pts
#17 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 29.4%+4.4 pts
#18 Hell's Kitchen 29.2%+4.1 pts
#19 South Richmond Hill 29%+4 pts
#20 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 28.9%+3.9 pts
#21 South Ozone Park 28.8%+3.8 pts
#22 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 28.6%+3.5 pts
#23 New Dorp-Midland Beach 28.5%+3.5 pts
#24 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 28.5%+3.5 pts
#25 Hollis 28.5%+3.4 pts
#26 Maspeth 28.4%+3.3 pts
#27 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 28.3%+3.3 pts
#28 Baisley Park 28.3%+3.3 pts
#29 South Jamaica 28.3%+3.3 pts
#30 East Flatbush-Rugby 28.2%+3.2 pts
#31 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 28.2%+3.1 pts
#32 Clinton Hill 28.1%+3.1 pts
#33 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 28.1%+3.1 pts
#34 Middle Village 28.1%+3 pts
#35 Flatlands 28%+3 pts
#36 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 28%+2.9 pts
#37 East Harlem (South) 27.9%+2.9 pts
#38 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 27.8%+2.8 pts
#39 Queensboro Hill 27.7%+2.7 pts
#40 Whitestone-Beechhurst 27.7%+2.6 pts
#41 Auburndale 27.6%+2.5 pts
#42 East Harlem (North) 27.5%+2.5 pts
#43 Sunnyside 27.4%+2.3 pts
#44 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 27.4%+2.3 pts
#45 Woodside 27.3%+2.3 pts
#46 Ozone Park 27.3%+2.2 pts
#47 Greenpoint 27.2%+2.1 pts
#48 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 27.1%+2.1 pts
#49 Crown Heights (South) 27.1%+2 pts
#50 Glendale 27.1%+2 pts
#51 Rosedale 27.1%+2 pts
#52 Richmond Hill 26.9%+1.9 pts
#53 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 26.9%+1.9 pts
#54 East Flushing 26.8%+1.8 pts
#55 Pelham Gardens 26.7%+1.7 pts
#56 Bayside 26.7%+1.7 pts
#57 Canarsie 26.7%+1.7 pts
#58 Great Kills-Eltingville 26.7%+1.6 pts
#59 Kensington 26.6%+1.6 pts
#60 Flatbush 26.6%+1.5 pts
#61 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 26.6%+1.5 pts
#62 Coney Island-Sea Gate 26.5%+1.5 pts
#63 Arden Heights-Rossville 26.5%+1.5 pts
#64 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 26.5%+1.5 pts
#65 Washington Heights (South) 26.4%+1.4 pts
#66 East Elmhurst 26.4%+1.4 pts
#67 Jackson Heights 26.4%+1.3 pts
#68 Washington Heights (North) 26.4%+1.3 pts
#69 Brownsville 26.3%+1.3 pts
#70 East New York (North) 26.3%+1.2 pts
#71 Manhattanville-West Harlem 26.3%+1.2 pts
#72 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 26.2%+1.2 pts
#73 Prospect Heights 26.2%+1.2 pts
#74 Jamaica 26.2%+1.2 pts
#75 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 26.2%+1.1 pts
#76 Kew Gardens Hills 26.1%+1.1 pts
#77 East Flatbush-Erasmus 26.1%+1.1 pts
#78 Chinatown-Two Bridges 26.1%+1.1 pts
#79 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 26.1%+1.1 pts
#80 Spring Creek-Starrett City 26.1%+1 pts
#81 Ozone Park (North) 26.1%+1 pts
#82 East Williamsburg 26%+1 pts
#83 Inwood 26%+0.9 pts
#84 Oakwood-Richmondtown 26%+0.9 pts
#85 Soundview-Clason Point 26%+0.9 pts
#86 Bellerose 25.9%+0.9 pts
#87 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 25.9%+0.8 pts
#88 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 25.9%+0.8 pts
#89 Gravesend (West) 25.8%+0.8 pts
#90 Harlem (South) 25.8%+0.8 pts
#91 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 25.8%+0.7 pts
#92 Fort Greene 25.8%+0.7 pts
#93 Elmhurst 25.6%+0.6 pts
#94 Sunset Park (West) 25.6%+0.6 pts
#95 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 25.6%+0.5 pts
#96 Gravesend (South) 25.6%+0.5 pts
#97 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 25.5%+0.5 pts
#98 Rego Park 25.5%+0.4 pts
#99 Crown Heights (North) 25.4%+0.4 pts
#100 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 25.4%+0.4 pts
#101 Forest Hills 25.4%+0.4 pts
#102 Harlem (North) 25.3%+0.3 pts
#103 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 25.3%+0.2 pts
#104 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 25.3%+0.2 pts
#105 Long Island City-Hunters Point 25.2%+0.2 pts
#106 Bay Ridge 25.2%+0.2 pts
#107 Castle Hill-Unionport 25.2%+0.1 pts
#108 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 25.1%+0.1 pts
#109 East New York-New Lots 25.1%+0 pts
#110 Dyker Heights 25.1%+0 pts
#111 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 25.1%+0 pts
#112 Morris Park 25%0 pts
#113 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 25%-0 pts
#114 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 25%-0.1 pts
#115 Corona 24.8%-0.3 pts
#116 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 24.7%-0.3 pts
#117 Upper East Side-Yorkville 24.5%-0.5 pts
#118 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 24.5%-0.6 pts
#119 Williamsburg 24.5%-0.6 pts
#120 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 24.5%-0.6 pts
#121 Flushing-Willets Point 24.4%-0.6 pts
#122 Woodhaven 24.4%-0.7 pts
#123 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 24.3%-0.7 pts
#124 North Corona 24.2%-0.8 pts
#125 Tottenville-Charleston 24.2%-0.9 pts
#126 Bushwick (East) 24.2%-0.9 pts
#127 Wakefield-Woodlawn 24.1%-0.9 pts
#128 Ridgewood 24.1%-1 pts
#129 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 24.1%-1 pts
#130 Allerton 24.1%-1 pts
#131 Park Slope 24%-1.1 pts
#132 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 24%-1.1 pts
#133 East New York-City Line 24%-1.1 pts
#134 Morningside Heights 23.9%-1.1 pts
#135 Kew Gardens 23.8%-1.2 pts
#136 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 23.8%-1.2 pts
#137 West Village 23.8%-1.3 pts
#138 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 23.7%-1.3 pts
#139 Douglaston-Little Neck 23.6%-1.4 pts
#140 Mott Haven-Port Morris 23.6%-1.4 pts
#141 Cypress Hills 23.5%-1.5 pts
#142 Crotona Park East 23.4%-1.6 pts
#143 Port Richmond 23.4%-1.6 pts
#144 Ocean Hill 23.4%-1.6 pts
#145 Bay Terrace-Clearview 23.4%-1.7 pts
#146 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 23.3%-1.8 pts
#147 Westchester Square 23.3%-1.8 pts
#148 Brighton Beach 23.2%-1.8 pts
#149 Hunts Point 23.2%-1.8 pts
#150 Melrose 23%-2.1 pts
#151 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 22.8%-2.2 pts
#152 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 22.8%-2.2 pts
#153 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 22.7%-2.3 pts
#154 Bensonhurst 22.7%-2.3 pts
#155 Madison 22.7%-2.3 pts
#156 St. George-New Brighton 22.7%-2.4 pts
#157 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 22.6%-2.4 pts
#158 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 22.6%-2.4 pts
#159 Brooklyn Heights 22.6%-2.4 pts
#160 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 22.6%-2.4 pts
#161 College Point 22.6%-2.5 pts
#162 Williamsbridge-Olinville 22.6%-2.5 pts
#163 Highbridge 22.5%-2.5 pts
#164 Tribeca-Civic Center 22.5%-2.6 pts
#165 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 22.4%-2.6 pts
#166 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 22.4%-2.7 pts
#167 Morrisania 22.3%-2.7 pts
#168 Parkchester 22.3%-2.8 pts
#169 Sunset Park (Central) 22.2%-2.9 pts
#170 Bath Beach 22.1%-3 pts
#171 Longwood 22%-3.1 pts
#172 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 21.8%-3.2 pts
#173 Fordham Heights 21.6%-3.5 pts
#174 Financial District-Battery Park City 21.5%-3.6 pts
#175 Bedford Park 21.5%-3.6 pts
#176 University Heights (North)-Fordham 21.4%-3.7 pts
#177 West Farms 21.3%-3.8 pts
#178 Belmont 21.2%-3.9 pts
#179 Greenwich Village 21.2%-3.9 pts
#180 Upper West Side (Central) 21.1%-3.9 pts
#181 Mount Hope 21.1%-4 pts
#182 Bushwick (West) 20.9%-4.1 pts
#183 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 20.9%-4.1 pts
#184 Concourse-Concourse Village 20.9%-4.1 pts
#185 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 20.7%-4.3 pts
#186 Norwood 20.6%-4.4 pts
#187 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 20.2%-4.8 pts
#188 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 20.2%-4.8 pts
#189 Borough Park 19.6%-5.4 pts
#190 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 19.4%-5.6 pts
#191 Gramercy 19.3%-5.7 pts
#192 Tremont 19.1%-6 pts
#193 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 18.7%-6.4 pts
#194 Midwood 18.6%-6.4 pts
#195 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 16.9%-8.2 pts
#196 Midtown-Times Square 16.7%-8.4 pts
#197 South Williamsburg 14%-11 pts
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