Occupation: Food Preparation & Serving by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Occupation: Food Preparation & Serving across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) (18.3%). Lowest: Tribeca-Civic Center (0.8%). New York City avg: 4.8%. Data: 2020–2024.
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Occupation: Food Preparation & Serving · all 197 New York City neighborhoods · 2020–24

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New York City citywide · Occupation: Food Preparation & Serving 4.8%
Highest neighborhood Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West): 18.3%
Lowest neighborhood Tribeca-Civic Center: 0.8%

Note: Occupation categories follow the Bureau of Labor Statistics Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See the full listing of occupations in each category.

Universe: Civilian employed population 16 years and over · Geography: Census Block Group · Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-Year Estimates

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Min 1% 25th pct 3% Median 4% 75th pct 6% Max 18%

Neighborhood ranking: Occupation: Food Preparation & Serving (2020–24) (Part of Service)

#1 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 18.3%+13.5 pts
#2 Sunset Park (Central) 17.7%+12.9 pts
#3 North Corona 17.5%+12.7 pts
#4 Elmhurst 14.8%+10 pts
#5 Fordham Heights 12.7%+7.8 pts
#6 Corona 12.2%+7.3 pts
#7 Allerton 10.3%+5.4 pts
#8 East Elmhurst 10%+5.2 pts
#9 Mount Hope 9.7%+4.9 pts
#10 Flushing-Willets Point 9.6%+4.8 pts
#11 Bushwick (East) 9.6%+4.7 pts
#12 Woodside 9.2%+4.4 pts
#13 Woodhaven 9.1%+4.2 pts
#14 Cypress Hills 9.1%+4.2 pts
#15 Jackson Heights 9%+4.1 pts
#16 East Harlem (South) 8.9%+4.1 pts
#17 Queensboro Hill 8.7%+3.9 pts
#18 Manhattanville-West Harlem 8.5%+3.7 pts
#19 East Flushing 8.4%+3.6 pts
#20 Norwood 8.4%+3.6 pts
#21 Dyker Heights 8.3%+3.5 pts
#22 Belmont 8.1%+3.3 pts
#23 Sunset Park (West) 8.1%+3.3 pts
#24 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 8.1%+3.2 pts
#25 Soundview-Clason Point 8%+3.2 pts
#26 Morrisania 8%+3.2 pts
#27 Bushwick (West) 8%+3.1 pts
#28 Washington Heights (South) 7.9%+3.1 pts
#29 Sunnyside 7.8%+3 pts
#30 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 7.7%+2.9 pts
#31 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 7.6%+2.8 pts
#32 Concourse-Concourse Village 7.6%+2.8 pts
#33 Westchester Square 7.6%+2.7 pts
#34 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 7.5%+2.7 pts
#35 Jamaica 7.3%+2.5 pts
#36 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 6.9%+2.1 pts
#37 Astoria (Central) 6.9%+2 pts
#38 Bensonhurst 6.9%+2 pts
#39 University Heights (North)-Fordham 6.9%+2 pts
#40 Chinatown-Two Bridges 6.8%+2 pts
#41 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 6.8%+2 pts
#42 Ridgewood 6.8%+1.9 pts
#43 East Harlem (North) 6.8%+1.9 pts
#44 College Point 6.7%+1.9 pts
#45 Melrose 6.6%+1.8 pts
#46 Mott Haven-Port Morris 6.6%+1.8 pts
#47 Ozone Park 6.6%+1.7 pts
#48 Harlem (North) 6.5%+1.7 pts
#49 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 6.4%+1.5 pts
#50 St. George-New Brighton 6.4%+1.5 pts
#51 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 6.3%+1.5 pts
#52 Bedford Park 6.3%+1.5 pts
#53 West Farms 6.3%+1.4 pts
#54 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 6.2%+1.4 pts
#55 Parkchester 5.9%+1.1 pts
#56 Tremont 5.9%+1.1 pts
#57 Gravesend (West) 5.8%+1 pts
#58 Glendale 5.8%+1 pts
#59 Bath Beach 5.8%+1 pts
#60 Washington Heights (North) 5.7%+0.8 pts
#61 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 5.4%+0.5 pts
#62 East New York-City Line 5.4%+0.5 pts
#63 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 5.4%+0.5 pts
#64 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 5.3%+0.5 pts
#65 Highbridge 5.3%+0.5 pts
#66 Williamsbridge-Olinville 5.2%+0.4 pts
#67 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 5.2%+0.3 pts
#68 Inwood 5.2%+0.3 pts
#69 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 5.1%+0.3 pts
#70 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 5%+0.2 pts
#71 East New York-New Lots 4.9%+0.1 pts
#72 Ocean Hill 4.9%+0.1 pts
#73 East Village 4.9%+0 pts
#74 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 4.9%+0 pts
#75 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 4.9%+0 pts
#76 Wakefield-Woodlawn 4.8%0 pts
#77 Pelham Gardens 4.8%-0 pts
#78 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 4.8%-0 pts
#79 Coney Island-Sea Gate 4.8%-0.1 pts
#80 Hollis 4.7%-0.1 pts
#81 Morris Park 4.7%-0.1 pts
#82 Auburndale 4.7%-0.2 pts
#83 Bay Ridge 4.6%-0.2 pts
#84 Borough Park 4.6%-0.2 pts
#85 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 4.6%-0.3 pts
#86 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 4.5%-0.3 pts
#87 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 4.5%-0.3 pts
#88 Longwood 4.5%-0.4 pts
#89 East Flatbush-Erasmus 4.4%-0.4 pts
#90 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 4.4%-0.4 pts
#91 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 4.4%-0.5 pts
#92 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 4.3%-0.5 pts
#93 Flatbush 4.3%-0.5 pts
#94 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 4.3%-0.5 pts
#95 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 4.3%-0.5 pts
#96 Whitestone-Beechhurst 4.3%-0.6 pts
#97 Oakwood-Richmondtown 4.3%-0.6 pts
#98 South Williamsburg 4.2%-0.7 pts
#99 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 4.2%-0.7 pts
#100 Bayside 4.1%-0.7 pts
#101 Castle Hill-Unionport 4.1%-0.7 pts
#102 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 4.1%-0.8 pts
#103 Brighton Beach 4.1%-0.8 pts
#104 Hunts Point 4%-0.8 pts
#105 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 4%-0.8 pts
#106 Lower East Side 4%-0.8 pts
#107 Tottenville-Charleston 4%-0.9 pts
#108 East New York (North) 3.9%-1 pts
#109 Maspeth 3.9%-1 pts
#110 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 3.8%-1 pts
#111 Rosedale 3.8%-1 pts
#112 Middle Village 3.8%-1.1 pts
#113 Morningside Heights 3.8%-1.1 pts
#114 Crown Heights (South) 3.7%-1.1 pts
#115 Queens Village 3.7%-1.1 pts
#116 East Williamsburg 3.7%-1.2 pts
#117 Ozone Park (North) 3.7%-1.2 pts
#118 Gravesend (South) 3.7%-1.2 pts
#119 South Jamaica 3.6%-1.2 pts
#120 Gramercy 3.6%-1.2 pts
#121 Kew Gardens Hills 3.6%-1.2 pts
#122 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 3.6%-1.2 pts
#123 Baisley Park 3.6%-1.2 pts
#124 Port Richmond 3.6%-1.2 pts
#125 South Richmond Hill 3.6%-1.3 pts
#126 New Dorp-Midland Beach 3.6%-1.3 pts
#127 Crown Heights (North) 3.4%-1.4 pts
#128 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 3.4%-1.4 pts
#129 Crotona Park East 3.4%-1.4 pts
#130 St. Albans 3.3%-1.5 pts
#131 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 3.3%-1.5 pts
#132 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 3.3%-1.5 pts
#133 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 3.3%-1.5 pts
#134 Brownsville 3.3%-1.5 pts
#135 Douglaston-Little Neck 3.3%-1.5 pts
#136 Co-op City 3.2%-1.6 pts
#137 Great Kills-Eltingville 3.2%-1.6 pts
#138 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 3.1%-1.7 pts
#139 Canarsie 3.1%-1.7 pts
#140 Kew Gardens 3.1%-1.8 pts
#141 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 3%-1.8 pts
#142 Hell's Kitchen 3%-1.8 pts
#143 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 3%-1.9 pts
#144 Arden Heights-Rossville 2.9%-1.9 pts
#145 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 2.9%-1.9 pts
#146 Williamsburg 2.9%-1.9 pts
#147 Richmond Hill 2.9%-1.9 pts
#148 Greenpoint 2.8%-2 pts
#149 Madison 2.8%-2.1 pts
#150 South Ozone Park 2.8%-2.1 pts
#151 Clinton Hill 2.8%-2.1 pts
#152 East Flatbush-Rugby 2.8%-2.1 pts
#153 Bay Terrace-Clearview 2.7%-2.1 pts
#154 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 2.7%-2.2 pts
#155 Fort Greene 2.7%-2.2 pts
#156 Midwood 2.7%-2.2 pts
#157 Harlem (South) 2.6%-2.2 pts
#158 Greenwich Village 2.6%-2.3 pts
#159 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 2.6%-2.3 pts
#160 East Flatbush-Farragut 2.4%-2.4 pts
#161 Financial District-Battery Park City 2.4%-2.5 pts
#162 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 2.3%-2.5 pts
#163 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 2.3%-2.6 pts
#164 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 2.3%-2.6 pts
#165 Flatlands 2.3%-2.6 pts
#166 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 2.2%-2.6 pts
#167 Kensington 2.2%-2.7 pts
#168 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 2.2%-2.7 pts
#169 Bellerose 2.2%-2.7 pts
#170 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 2.2%-2.7 pts
#171 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 2.1%-2.7 pts
#172 Forest Hills 2%-2.8 pts
#173 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 2%-2.8 pts
#174 Rego Park 2%-2.8 pts
#175 Laurelton 2%-2.8 pts
#176 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 2%-2.9 pts
#177 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 1.9%-2.9 pts
#178 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 1.8%-3 pts
#179 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 1.7%-3.1 pts
#180 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 1.6%-3.2 pts
#181 West Village 1.6%-3.2 pts
#182 Park Slope 1.6%-3.2 pts
#183 Long Island City-Hunters Point 1.6%-3.3 pts
#184 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 1.5%-3.3 pts
#185 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 1.5%-3.3 pts
#186 Brooklyn Heights 1.5%-3.4 pts
#187 Spring Creek-Starrett City 1.4%-3.4 pts
#188 Prospect Heights 1.4%-3.4 pts
#189 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 1.4%-3.5 pts
#190 Cambria Heights 1.4%-3.5 pts
#191 Midtown-Times Square 1.3%-3.5 pts
#192 Upper West Side (Central) 1.3%-3.6 pts
#193 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 1%-3.8 pts
#194 Upper East Side-Yorkville 1%-3.8 pts
#195 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 0.8%-4.1 pts
#196 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 0.8%-4.1 pts
#197 Tribeca-Civic Center 0.8%-4.1 pts
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