Incidence of Health Problems: Obesity by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Incidence of Health Problems: Obesity across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: Claremont Village-Claremont (East) (40.7%). Lowest: Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village (14.5%). New York City avg: 25.1%. Data: 2023.
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Incidence of Health Problems: Obesity · all 197 New York City neighborhoods · 2023

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New York City citywide · Incidence of Health Problems: Obesity 25.1%
Highest neighborhood Claremont Village-Claremont (East): 40.7%
Lowest neighborhood Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village: 14.5%

Note: Obesity is defined as having a body mass index of 30.0 or higher, calculated from self-reported height and weight.

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 14% 25th pct 20% Median 25% 75th pct 30% Max 41%

Neighborhood ranking: Incidence of Health Problems: Obesity

#1 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 40.7%+15.6 pts
#2 West Farms 38.8%+13.7 pts
#3 Morrisania 38.6%+13.5 pts
#4 Melrose 38.2%+13.1 pts
#5 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 38.1%+13 pts
#6 Mott Haven-Port Morris 37.8%+12.6 pts
#7 Tremont 37.7%+12.6 pts
#8 St. George-New Brighton 37.6%+12.5 pts
#9 Crotona Park East 37%+11.9 pts
#10 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 36.9%+11.8 pts
#11 Highbridge 36.8%+11.7 pts
#12 Port Richmond 36.8%+11.7 pts
#13 Fordham Heights 36.8%+11.7 pts
#14 Mount Hope 36.3%+11.2 pts
#15 Longwood 36.1%+10.9 pts
#16 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 36%+10.9 pts
#17 Brownsville 35.8%+10.7 pts
#18 Hunts Point 35.5%+10.4 pts
#19 Williamsbridge-Olinville 35.4%+10.3 pts
#20 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 35%+9.9 pts
#21 Concourse-Concourse Village 34.9%+9.8 pts
#22 Belmont 34.7%+9.6 pts
#23 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 34.4%+9.3 pts
#24 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 34.4%+9.3 pts
#25 Bedford Park 34.2%+9.1 pts
#26 Soundview-Clason Point 33.8%+8.7 pts
#27 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 33.5%+8.4 pts
#28 University Heights (North)-Fordham 33.4%+8.3 pts
#29 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 33.2%+8.1 pts
#30 Allerton 32.7%+7.5 pts
#31 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 32.6%+7.5 pts
#32 East New York-New Lots 32.6%+7.5 pts
#33 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 32.4%+7.3 pts
#34 Co-op City 32.4%+7.3 pts
#35 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 31.7%+6.5 pts
#36 East New York (North) 31.6%+6.5 pts
#37 Wakefield-Woodlawn 31.5%+6.4 pts
#38 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 31.4%+6.3 pts
#39 Spring Creek-Starrett City 31.4%+6.3 pts
#40 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 31.4%+6.3 pts
#41 Ocean Hill 31.4%+6.3 pts
#42 Norwood 31.3%+6.2 pts
#43 St. Albans 31.3%+6.2 pts
#44 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 31.2%+6.1 pts
#45 East Flatbush-Rugby 31.1%+6 pts
#46 Baisley Park 30.7%+5.6 pts
#47 Castle Hill-Unionport 30.7%+5.6 pts
#48 Rosedale 30.5%+5.4 pts
#49 Canarsie 30.3%+5.2 pts
#50 Parkchester 30.3%+5.2 pts
#51 Laurelton 30.3%+5.2 pts
#52 Cambria Heights 30.2%+5.1 pts
#53 South Jamaica 30.1%+5 pts
#54 North Corona 30%+4.9 pts
#55 Oakwood-Richmondtown 29.9%+4.8 pts
#56 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 29.7%+4.6 pts
#57 East Flatbush-Farragut 29.6%+4.5 pts
#58 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 29.6%+4.5 pts
#59 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 29.5%+4.4 pts
#60 Arden Heights-Rossville 29.5%+4.4 pts
#61 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 29.3%+4.2 pts
#62 New Dorp-Midland Beach 29.2%+4.1 pts
#63 East New York-City Line 29.2%+4.1 pts
#64 East Flatbush-Erasmus 29.2%+4.1 pts
#65 Corona 29.1%+4 pts
#66 Tottenville-Charleston 29.1%+4 pts
#67 South Williamsburg 28.9%+3.8 pts
#68 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 28.8%+3.7 pts
#69 Great Kills-Eltingville 28.7%+3.6 pts
#70 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 28.5%+3.4 pts
#71 East Harlem (North) 28.4%+3.3 pts
#72 Harlem (North) 28.4%+3.3 pts
#73 Westchester Square 28.3%+3.2 pts
#74 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 28.1%+3 pts
#75 Flatbush 28%+2.9 pts
#76 Flatlands 27.9%+2.8 pts
#77 East Elmhurst 27.9%+2.8 pts
#78 Cypress Hills 27.8%+2.7 pts
#79 Crown Heights (South) 27.8%+2.7 pts
#80 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 27.7%+2.6 pts
#81 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 27.7%+2.6 pts
#82 Pelham Gardens 27.5%+2.4 pts
#83 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 27.3%+2.2 pts
#84 Crown Heights (North) 27.3%+2.2 pts
#85 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 26.9%+1.8 pts
#86 Coney Island-Sea Gate 26.7%+1.6 pts
#87 Hollis 26.6%+1.5 pts
#88 Bushwick (East) 26.6%+1.5 pts
#89 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 26.4%+1.3 pts
#90 Manhattanville-West Harlem 26.4%+1.3 pts
#91 Queens Village 26.3%+1.2 pts
#92 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 26.2%+1.1 pts
#93 Jamaica 26.1%+1 pts
#94 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 25.9%+0.8 pts
#95 Borough Park 25.5%+0.4 pts
#96 Woodhaven 25.4%+0.3 pts
#97 South Ozone Park 25.3%+0.2 pts
#98 Ridgewood 25.3%+0.1 pts
#99 Morris Park 25.2%+0.1 pts
#100 Glendale 25%-0.1 pts
#101 Maspeth 24.9%-0.2 pts
#102 East Harlem (South) 24.7%-0.4 pts
#103 Richmond Hill 24.6%-0.5 pts
#104 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 24.6%-0.5 pts
#105 Sunset Park (West) 24.4%-0.7 pts
#106 Jackson Heights 24.2%-0.9 pts
#107 Washington Heights (South) 24.2%-0.9 pts
#108 East Williamsburg 24%-1.1 pts
#109 Ozone Park 24%-1.1 pts
#110 Harlem (South) 23.9%-1.2 pts
#111 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 23.9%-1.2 pts
#112 Inwood 23.8%-1.3 pts
#113 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 23.7%-1.4 pts
#114 Ozone Park (North) 23.7%-1.4 pts
#115 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 23.5%-1.6 pts
#116 South Richmond Hill 23.4%-1.7 pts
#117 Fort Greene 23.3%-1.8 pts
#118 Bushwick (West) 23.2%-1.9 pts
#119 Sunnyside 23.1%-2 pts
#120 Brighton Beach 23%-2.1 pts
#121 Middle Village 23%-2.1 pts
#122 Kew Gardens 22.8%-2.3 pts
#123 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 22.5%-2.6 pts
#124 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 22.5%-2.6 pts
#125 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 22.4%-2.7 pts
#126 Gravesend (South) 22.4%-2.7 pts
#127 College Point 22.3%-2.8 pts
#128 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 22.3%-2.9 pts
#129 Washington Heights (North) 22.1%-3 pts
#130 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 22.1%-3 pts
#131 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 22%-3.1 pts
#132 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 21.9%-3.2 pts
#133 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 21.7%-3.4 pts
#134 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 21.5%-3.6 pts
#135 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 21.4%-3.7 pts
#136 Sunset Park (Central) 21.3%-3.8 pts
#137 Clinton Hill 21.3%-3.8 pts
#138 Astoria (Central) 21.2%-3.9 pts
#139 Whitestone-Beechhurst 21.2%-3.9 pts
#140 Midwood 21.2%-4 pts
#141 Kew Gardens Hills 21%-4.1 pts
#142 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 20.9%-4.2 pts
#143 Madison 20.8%-4.3 pts
#144 Rego Park 20.8%-4.4 pts
#145 Bay Ridge 20.7%-4.4 pts
#146 Elmhurst 20.7%-4.4 pts
#147 Williamsburg 20.7%-4.4 pts
#148 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 20.4%-4.7 pts
#149 Forest Hills 20.2%-4.9 pts
#150 Lower East Side 20.1%-5 pts
#151 Woodside 20.1%-5 pts
#152 Bensonhurst 20.1%-5 pts
#153 Prospect Heights 20%-5.1 pts
#154 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 20%-5.1 pts
#155 Greenpoint 20%-5.1 pts
#156 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 19.9%-5.2 pts
#157 Kensington 19.9%-5.2 pts
#158 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 19.6%-5.5 pts
#159 Gravesend (West) 19.5%-5.6 pts
#160 Bay Terrace-Clearview 19.4%-5.7 pts
#161 Bellerose 19.3%-5.8 pts
#162 Bath Beach 19.3%-5.8 pts
#163 Dyker Heights 19.1%-6 pts
#164 Auburndale 19.1%-6 pts
#165 East Flushing 18.9%-6.2 pts
#166 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 18.8%-6.3 pts
#167 East Village 18.7%-6.4 pts
#168 Park Slope 18.7%-6.4 pts
#169 Flushing-Willets Point 18.6%-6.5 pts
#170 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 18.4%-6.7 pts
#171 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 18.1%-7 pts
#172 Bayside 18%-7.1 pts
#173 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 18%-7.1 pts
#174 Douglaston-Little Neck 18%-7.1 pts
#175 Long Island City-Hunters Point 17.4%-7.7 pts
#176 Brooklyn Heights 17.4%-7.7 pts
#177 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 17.3%-7.8 pts
#178 Queensboro Hill 17.3%-7.8 pts
#179 Hell's Kitchen 17.2%-7.9 pts
#180 Midtown-Times Square 17%-8.1 pts
#181 Morningside Heights 17%-8.1 pts
#182 Upper West Side (Central) 16.9%-8.2 pts
#183 Chinatown-Two Bridges 16.8%-8.3 pts
#184 Tribeca-Civic Center 16.7%-8.4 pts
#185 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 16.4%-8.7 pts
#186 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 16%-9.1 pts
#187 Upper East Side-Yorkville 16%-9.1 pts
#188 West Village 16%-9.1 pts
#189 Gramercy 15.9%-9.3 pts
#190 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 15.8%-9.3 pts
#191 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 15.4%-9.7 pts
#192 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 15.3%-9.8 pts
#193 Greenwich Village 15.1%-10 pts
#194 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 15%-10.1 pts
#195 Financial District-Battery Park City 14.7%-10.4 pts
#196 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 14.6%-10.5 pts
#197 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 14.5%-10.6 pts
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