Lower-Income Families: Share reaching the top 20% of household income by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Lower-Income Families: Share reaching the top 20% of household income across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: Bay Terrace-Clearview (37.6%). Lowest: Harlem (North) (3.9%). New York City avg: 12.6%. Data: 2014–2015.
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Lower-Income Families: Share reaching the top 20% of household income · all 197 New York City neighborhoods · 2014–15

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New York City citywide · Lower-Income Families: Share reaching the top 20% of household income 12.6%
Highest neighborhood Bay Terrace-Clearview: 37.6%
Lowest neighborhood Harlem (North): 3.9%

Note: These are predicted outcomes for children born 1978–1983 who grew up in each neighborhood with parents at the 25th percentile of national household income (about $35,800 a year in 2024 dollars). Adult outcomes were measured in 2014 and 2015, when they were ages 31–37. Income amounts are adjusted for inflation and shown in 2024 dollars; they describe income measured in 2014–2015. Household income includes a spouse’s income; individual income excludes it.

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 4% 25th pct 8% Median 14% 75th pct 23% Max 38%

Neighborhood ranking: Lower-Income Families: Share reaching the top 20% of household income

#1 Bay Terrace-Clearview 37.6%+25.1 pts
#2 Douglaston-Little Neck 36%+23.4 pts
#3 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 35.4%+22.9 pts
#4 Auburndale 35.4%+22.9 pts
#5 Whitestone-Beechhurst 34.9%+22.3 pts
#6 Madison 34.5%+22 pts
#7 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 34.1%+21.5 pts
#8 Queensboro Hill 34%+21.4 pts
#9 Arden Heights-Rossville 33.5%+20.9 pts
#10 Rego Park 32.9%+20.4 pts
#11 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 32.7%+20.2 pts
#12 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 32.5%+20 pts
#13 Bayside 32.4%+19.9 pts
#14 Great Kills-Eltingville 32.1%+19.5 pts
#15 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 31.3%+18.8 pts
#16 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 30.9%+18.3 pts
#17 Forest Hills 30.7%+18.2 pts
#18 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 30.6%+18 pts
#19 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 29.7%+17.2 pts
#20 Middle Village 29.5%+17 pts
#21 Tottenville-Charleston 29.4%+16.9 pts
#22 Oakwood-Richmondtown 29.3%+16.8 pts
#23 Bensonhurst 29.1%+16.5 pts
#24 Gravesend (West) 29.1%+16.5 pts
#25 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 29%+16.5 pts
#26 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 29%+16.4 pts
#27 Bellerose 28.6%+16 pts
#28 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 28%+15.4 pts
#29 Bath Beach 27.7%+15.2 pts
#30 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 26.7%+14.1 pts
#31 Dyker Heights 26.5%+14 pts
#32 Midwood 26.5%+13.9 pts
#33 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 26.5%+13.9 pts
#34 Bay Ridge 26.4%+13.8 pts
#35 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 26.2%+13.6 pts
#36 East Flushing 26.2%+13.6 pts
#37 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 26.1%+13.6 pts
#38 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 25.8%+13.2 pts
#39 College Point 25.8%+13.2 pts
#40 Kew Gardens 25.6%+13.1 pts
#41 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 25.3%+12.8 pts
#42 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 25.3%+12.8 pts
#43 Kew Gardens Hills 25.1%+12.5 pts
#44 Flushing-Willets Point 25%+12.4 pts
#45 Maspeth 24.9%+12.3 pts
#46 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 23.8%+11.3 pts
#47 Brighton Beach 23.7%+11.2 pts
#48 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 23.5%+10.9 pts
#49 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 23.3%+10.7 pts
#50 Chinatown-Two Bridges 23.2%+10.6 pts
#51 Glendale 22.9%+10.4 pts
#52 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 22.8%+10.2 pts
#53 Gravesend (South) 22.7%+10.2 pts
#54 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 22.5%+9.9 pts
#55 New Dorp-Midland Beach 22.4%+9.9 pts
#56 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 22.4%+9.9 pts
#57 Tribeca-Civic Center 21.8%+9.3 pts
#58 Greenwich Village 21.8%+9.2 pts
#59 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 21.4%+8.8 pts
#60 Woodside 21.4%+8.8 pts
#61 Brooklyn Heights 21%+8.5 pts
#62 Elmhurst 20.9%+8.4 pts
#63 Greenpoint 20.9%+8.3 pts
#64 Morris Park 20.9%+8.3 pts
#65 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 20.7%+8.1 pts
#66 Gramercy 20.3%+7.7 pts
#67 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 20.1%+7.5 pts
#68 Kensington 19.9%+7.4 pts
#69 Astoria (Central) 19.5%+6.9 pts
#70 Financial District-Battery Park City 19.3%+6.8 pts
#71 Upper East Side-Yorkville 19.1%+6.6 pts
#72 Ozone Park 19%+6.4 pts
#73 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 18.6%+6 pts
#74 Midtown-Times Square 18.3%+5.7 pts
#75 Ozone Park (North) 18.1%+5.6 pts
#76 Ridgewood 18%+5.5 pts
#77 Woodhaven 18%+5.4 pts
#78 West Village 17.9%+5.3 pts
#79 Sunnyside 17.8%+5.2 pts
#80 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 17.7%+5.1 pts
#81 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 17.2%+4.6 pts
#82 Jackson Heights 17.1%+4.6 pts
#83 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 17.1%+4.6 pts
#84 Lower East Side 17.1%+4.6 pts
#85 Borough Park 16.9%+4.3 pts
#86 South Richmond Hill 16.8%+4.2 pts
#87 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 16.6%+4 pts
#88 Spring Creek-Starrett City 16.5%+3.9 pts
#89 Sunset Park (Central) 16.3%+3.8 pts
#90 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 16.3%+3.7 pts
#91 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 16%+3.4 pts
#92 Richmond Hill 14.9%+2.3 pts
#93 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 14.8%+2.2 pts
#94 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 14.6%+2.1 pts
#95 Corona 14.6%+2 pts
#96 Queens Village 14.4%+1.8 pts
#97 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 14.1%+1.6 pts
#98 Westchester Square 14%+1.5 pts
#99 South Ozone Park 13.7%+1.2 pts
#100 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 13.7%+1.1 pts
#101 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 13.7%+1.1 pts
#102 Coney Island-Sea Gate 13.6%+1.1 pts
#103 East Village 13.1%+0.5 pts
#104 Upper West Side (Central) 13%+0.4 pts
#105 Hell's Kitchen 12.9%+0.3 pts
#106 Sunset Park (West) 12.8%+0.3 pts
#107 Park Slope 12.7%+0.1 pts
#108 Pelham Gardens 12.6%+0 pts
#109 Rosedale 12.4%-0.1 pts
#110 Jamaica 12.2%-0.4 pts
#111 Long Island City-Hunters Point 12.2%-0.4 pts
#112 Flatlands 12%-0.6 pts
#113 Norwood 11.9%-0.6 pts
#114 Wakefield-Woodlawn 11.9%-0.7 pts
#115 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 11.9%-0.7 pts
#116 East Williamsburg 11.4%-1.2 pts
#117 Allerton 11.3%-1.2 pts
#118 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 11.2%-1.4 pts
#119 Parkchester 11%-1.5 pts
#120 Morningside Heights 10.9%-1.7 pts
#121 East Elmhurst 10.8%-1.7 pts
#122 Canarsie 10.8%-1.8 pts
#123 North Corona 10.8%-1.8 pts
#124 Washington Heights (North) 10.7%-1.9 pts
#125 Hollis 10.5%-2 pts
#126 Castle Hill-Unionport 10.5%-2.1 pts
#127 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 10.5%-2.1 pts
#128 St. George-New Brighton 10.2%-2.3 pts
#129 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 9.6%-3 pts
#130 Williamsburg 9.5%-3 pts
#131 Inwood 9.5%-3 pts
#132 South Williamsburg 9.5%-3.1 pts
#133 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 9.5%-3.1 pts
#134 Port Richmond 9.4%-3.2 pts
#135 Cypress Hills 9.4%-3.2 pts
#136 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 9.3%-3.2 pts
#137 Washington Heights (South) 9.3%-3.2 pts
#138 Bedford Park 9.3%-3.3 pts
#139 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 9.1%-3.5 pts
#140 Bushwick (West) 8.9%-3.7 pts
#141 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 8.8%-3.7 pts
#142 Co-op City 8.8%-3.8 pts
#143 Cambria Heights 8.6%-4 pts
#144 East New York-City Line 8.3%-4.3 pts
#145 East Flatbush-Rugby 8.1%-4.5 pts
#146 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 7.9%-4.7 pts
#147 University Heights (North)-Fordham 7.8%-4.8 pts
#148 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 7.8%-4.8 pts
#149 Crown Heights (South) 7.7%-4.9 pts
#150 East Flatbush-Farragut 7.6%-4.9 pts
#151 Laurelton 7.6%-4.9 pts
#152 Soundview-Clason Point 7.6%-5 pts
#153 East Harlem (South) 7.6%-5 pts
#154 Flatbush 7.4%-5.1 pts
#155 Manhattanville-West Harlem 7.4%-5.1 pts
#156 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 7.4%-5.2 pts
#157 East New York (North) 7.3%-5.2 pts
#158 Prospect Heights 7.2%-5.4 pts
#159 Williamsbridge-Olinville 7.1%-5.4 pts
#160 East Flatbush-Erasmus 7.1%-5.4 pts
#161 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 7.1%-5.4 pts
#162 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 6.9%-5.6 pts
#163 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 6.9%-5.7 pts
#164 Concourse-Concourse Village 6.9%-5.7 pts
#165 Bushwick (East) 6.9%-5.7 pts
#166 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 6.8%-5.8 pts
#167 Belmont 6.7%-5.8 pts
#168 St. Albans 6.7%-5.9 pts
#169 Fordham Heights 6.6%-6 pts
#170 Mount Hope 6.5%-6 pts
#171 Longwood 6.4%-6.1 pts
#172 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 6.4%-6.2 pts
#173 Baisley Park 6.4%-6.2 pts
#174 Clinton Hill 6.3%-6.2 pts
#175 Crotona Park East 6.3%-6.3 pts
#176 Melrose 6.2%-6.3 pts
#177 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 6.2%-6.4 pts
#178 Fort Greene 6.1%-6.5 pts
#179 Crown Heights (North) 6%-6.5 pts
#180 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 5.9%-6.7 pts
#181 West Farms 5.9%-6.7 pts
#182 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 5.9%-6.7 pts
#183 Highbridge 5.9%-6.7 pts
#184 East New York-New Lots 5.7%-6.9 pts
#185 South Jamaica 5.5%-7.1 pts
#186 Hunts Point 5.4%-7.2 pts
#187 Ocean Hill 5.2%-7.3 pts
#188 East Harlem (North) 5.2%-7.4 pts
#189 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 5.1%-7.4 pts
#190 Brownsville 4.9%-7.6 pts
#191 Mott Haven-Port Morris 4.8%-7.7 pts
#192 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 4.8%-7.7 pts
#193 Tremont 4.7%-7.9 pts
#194 Morrisania 4.7%-7.9 pts
#195 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 4.6%-8 pts
#196 Harlem (South) 4.1%-8.4 pts
#197 Harlem (North) 3.9%-8.7 pts
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