25-54 Year Old Employment Status: Not in the Labor Force by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of 25-54 Year Old Employment Status: Not in the Labor Force across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: Claremont Village-Claremont (East) (35.1%). Lowest: Financial District-Battery Park City (6.8%). New York City avg: 16.9%. Data: 2020–2024.
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25-54 Year Old Employment Status: Not in the Labor Force · 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 · 25-54 Year Old Employment Status: Not in the Labor Force 16.9%
Highest neighborhood Claremont Village-Claremont (East): 35.1%
Lowest neighborhood Financial District-Battery Park City: 6.8%

Note: 'In the Labor Force' counts people who are either employed or unemployed but actively looking for work.

Universe: Population 25 to 54 years old · Geography: Census Block Group · Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-Year Estimates

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Min 7% 25th pct 14% Median 17% 75th pct 21% Max 35%

Neighborhood ranking: 25-54 Year Old Employment Status: Not in the Labor Force (2020–24)

#1 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 35.1%+18.2 pts
#2 Morrisania 34%+17.1 pts
#3 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 32.2%+15.3 pts
#4 Brownsville 31.2%+14.3 pts
#5 Mott Haven-Port Morris 30.5%+13.6 pts
#6 Tremont 29.2%+12.3 pts
#7 Morningside Heights 29%+12 pts
#8 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 28.7%+11.8 pts
#9 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 28.7%+11.8 pts
#10 West Farms 28.3%+11.4 pts
#11 Hunts Point 28.1%+11.2 pts
#12 Melrose 27.9%+10.9 pts
#13 Port Richmond 27.4%+10.5 pts
#14 Borough Park 27.1%+10.2 pts
#15 Concourse-Concourse Village 26.2%+9.2 pts
#16 St. George-New Brighton 25.9%+9 pts
#17 Belmont 25.5%+8.6 pts
#18 Williamsbridge-Olinville 25.4%+8.5 pts
#19 Crotona Park East 25.4%+8.5 pts
#20 South Williamsburg 24.6%+7.7 pts
#21 Gravesend (South) 24.2%+7.3 pts
#22 Coney Island-Sea Gate 24.1%+7.2 pts
#23 Longwood 24.1%+7.1 pts
#24 East New York (North) 24.1%+7.1 pts
#25 Mount Hope 23.8%+6.9 pts
#26 Fordham Heights 23.8%+6.9 pts
#27 Norwood 23.2%+6.3 pts
#28 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 23.1%+6.2 pts
#29 Madison 23%+6.1 pts
#30 East Harlem (North) 23%+6.1 pts
#31 East Harlem (South) 22.9%+6 pts
#32 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 22.8%+5.9 pts
#33 Castle Hill-Unionport 22.8%+5.8 pts
#34 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 22.5%+5.6 pts
#35 Brighton Beach 22.4%+5.5 pts
#36 Midwood 22.1%+5.1 pts
#37 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 22%+5.1 pts
#38 Manhattanville-West Harlem 22%+5 pts
#39 Westchester Square 21.9%+5 pts
#40 Harlem (North) 21.9%+5 pts
#41 East New York-City Line 21.9%+5 pts
#42 Chinatown-Two Bridges 21.9%+4.9 pts
#43 Corona 21.8%+4.9 pts
#44 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 21.7%+4.8 pts
#45 Cypress Hills 21.7%+4.8 pts
#46 Allerton 21.6%+4.7 pts
#47 Parkchester 21.6%+4.6 pts
#48 East New York-New Lots 21.4%+4.5 pts
#49 Jamaica 21.3%+4.4 pts
#50 Bedford Park 21.3%+4.3 pts
#51 South Ozone Park 21.3%+4.3 pts
#52 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 21.2%+4.3 pts
#53 Ocean Hill 21.1%+4.2 pts
#54 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 20.9%+4 pts
#55 New Dorp-Midland Beach 20.9%+4 pts
#56 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 20.5%+3.6 pts
#57 St. Albans 20.5%+3.6 pts
#58 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 20.5%+3.6 pts
#59 Canarsie 20.4%+3.5 pts
#60 Spring Creek-Starrett City 20.4%+3.4 pts
#61 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 20.3%+3.4 pts
#62 Woodhaven 20.2%+3.3 pts
#63 Ozone Park (North) 20.2%+3.3 pts
#64 East Elmhurst 20.2%+3.3 pts
#65 Soundview-Clason Point 19.9%+3 pts
#66 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 19.5%+2.6 pts
#67 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 19.5%+2.5 pts
#68 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 19.2%+2.3 pts
#69 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 19.2%+2.2 pts
#70 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 19.1%+2.2 pts
#71 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 18.9%+2 pts
#72 Baisley Park 18.8%+1.9 pts
#73 East Village 18.8%+1.9 pts
#74 Lower East Side 18.8%+1.9 pts
#75 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 18.5%+1.6 pts
#76 Bath Beach 18.2%+1.3 pts
#77 Laurelton 18.1%+1.2 pts
#78 Highbridge 18.1%+1.2 pts
#79 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 17.9%+1 pts
#80 South Richmond Hill 17.9%+1 pts
#81 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 17.7%+0.8 pts
#82 Bellerose 17.7%+0.8 pts
#83 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 17.7%+0.8 pts
#84 Oakwood-Richmondtown 17.7%+0.7 pts
#85 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 17.6%+0.7 pts
#86 Ozone Park 17.6%+0.7 pts
#87 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 17.5%+0.6 pts
#88 Pelham Gardens 17.4%+0.5 pts
#89 Washington Heights (South) 17.4%+0.5 pts
#90 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 17.3%+0.4 pts
#91 Wakefield-Woodlawn 17.3%+0.4 pts
#92 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 17.3%+0.3 pts
#93 University Heights (North)-Fordham 17.2%+0.3 pts
#94 Morris Park 17.2%+0.2 pts
#95 South Jamaica 17%+0 pts
#96 Tottenville-Charleston 16.9%-0 pts
#97 Dyker Heights 16.8%-0.1 pts
#98 East Flatbush-Farragut 16.7%-0.2 pts
#99 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 16.7%-0.2 pts
#100 Harlem (South) 16.6%-0.3 pts
#101 Sunset Park (West) 16.6%-0.4 pts
#102 Elmhurst 16.6%-0.4 pts
#103 Douglaston-Little Neck 16.6%-0.4 pts
#104 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 16.5%-0.4 pts
#105 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 16.4%-0.5 pts
#106 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 16.4%-0.5 pts
#107 East Flushing 16.1%-0.8 pts
#108 Arden Heights-Rossville 16.1%-0.8 pts
#109 Gravesend (West) 16.1%-0.8 pts
#110 Richmond Hill 16%-0.9 pts
#111 Hollis 16%-0.9 pts
#112 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 16%-0.9 pts
#113 Jackson Heights 15.9%-1 pts
#114 Flatlands 15.9%-1 pts
#115 Bensonhurst 15.8%-1.1 pts
#116 College Point 15.7%-1.2 pts
#117 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 15.5%-1.4 pts
#118 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 15.1%-1.8 pts
#119 Maspeth 15.1%-1.9 pts
#120 Whitestone-Beechhurst 15%-1.9 pts
#121 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 15%-1.9 pts
#122 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 15%-1.9 pts
#123 East Flatbush-Rugby 15%-2 pts
#124 Flatbush 15%-2 pts
#125 Washington Heights (North) 14.9%-2 pts
#126 Crown Heights (North) 14.8%-2.1 pts
#127 Rosedale 14.8%-2.1 pts
#128 Kew Gardens Hills 14.8%-2.2 pts
#129 East Flatbush-Erasmus 14.7%-2.2 pts
#130 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 14.7%-2.2 pts
#131 Flushing-Willets Point 14.3%-2.6 pts
#132 Cambria Heights 14.3%-2.6 pts
#133 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 14.3%-2.6 pts
#134 Sunnyside 14.3%-2.6 pts
#135 Greenwich Village 14.3%-2.6 pts
#136 North Corona 14.2%-2.7 pts
#137 Woodside 14.2%-2.7 pts
#138 Midtown-Times Square 14%-2.9 pts
#139 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 14%-3 pts
#140 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 13.9%-3 pts
#141 Bushwick (West) 13.8%-3.1 pts
#142 Queens Village 13.7%-3.2 pts
#143 Glendale 13.7%-3.2 pts
#144 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 13.7%-3.3 pts
#145 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 13.7%-3.3 pts
#146 Ridgewood 13.7%-3.3 pts
#147 Tribeca-Civic Center 13.7%-3.3 pts
#148 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 13.6%-3.3 pts
#149 Great Kills-Eltingville 13.6%-3.3 pts
#150 Bayside 13.5%-3.4 pts
#151 Bushwick (East) 13.4%-3.5 pts
#152 Kensington 13.4%-3.5 pts
#153 Queensboro Hill 13.3%-3.6 pts
#154 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 13.3%-3.6 pts
#155 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 13.3%-3.7 pts
#156 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 13.1%-3.9 pts
#157 Crown Heights (South) 13%-3.9 pts
#158 Rego Park 13%-3.9 pts
#159 Sunset Park (Central) 13%-4 pts
#160 Bay Ridge 12.7%-4.2 pts
#161 Bay Terrace-Clearview 12.6%-4.3 pts
#162 Kew Gardens 12.6%-4.4 pts
#163 Inwood 12.4%-4.5 pts
#164 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 12.3%-4.6 pts
#165 East Williamsburg 12.3%-4.6 pts
#166 Upper West Side (Central) 12.2%-4.7 pts
#167 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 12.2%-4.8 pts
#168 Auburndale 12.1%-4.8 pts
#169 Forest Hills 11.8%-5.1 pts
#170 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 11.7%-5.2 pts
#171 Middle Village 11.5%-5.5 pts
#172 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 11%-5.9 pts
#173 Co-op City 11%-6 pts
#174 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 10.8%-6.2 pts
#175 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 10.7%-6.2 pts
#176 Hell's Kitchen 10.7%-6.2 pts
#177 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 10.6%-6.3 pts
#178 Fort Greene 10.5%-6.4 pts
#179 Brooklyn Heights 10.1%-6.8 pts
#180 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 10.1%-6.9 pts
#181 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 9.8%-7.1 pts
#182 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 9.7%-7.2 pts
#183 Upper East Side-Yorkville 9.6%-7.3 pts
#184 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 9.6%-7.4 pts
#185 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 9.3%-7.6 pts
#186 Prospect Heights 9%-7.9 pts
#187 Astoria (Central) 8.9%-8 pts
#188 Clinton Hill 8.8%-8.1 pts
#189 West Village 8.8%-8.2 pts
#190 Williamsburg 8.6%-8.3 pts
#191 Long Island City-Hunters Point 8.4%-8.5 pts
#192 Gramercy 8.2%-8.7 pts
#193 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 8%-9 pts
#194 Greenpoint 7.9%-9 pts
#195 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 7.4%-9.5 pts
#196 Park Slope 7.3%-9.6 pts
#197 Financial District-Battery Park City 6.8%-10.1 pts
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