Occupation: Life, Physical & Social Science by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Occupation: Life, Physical & Social Science across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: Morningside Heights (6.9%). Lowest: Morrisania (0%). New York City avg: 1.3%. Data: 2020–2024.
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Occupation: Life, Physical & Social Science · 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 · Occupation: Life, Physical & Social Science 1.3%
Highest neighborhood Morningside Heights: 6.9%
Lowest neighborhood Morrisania: 0%

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 0% 25th pct 0% Median 1% 75th pct 1% Max 7%

Neighborhood ranking: Occupation: Life, Physical & Social Science (2020–24) (Part of Management, Business, Science & Arts)

#1 Morningside Heights 6.9%+5.6 pts
#2 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 5.9%+4.7 pts
#3 Upper West Side (Central) 4.6%+3.4 pts
#4 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 4%+2.8 pts
#5 Brooklyn Heights 3.8%+2.5 pts
#6 Greenwich Village 3.4%+2.1 pts
#7 East Harlem (South) 3.4%+2.1 pts
#8 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 3.3%+2.1 pts
#9 Park Slope 3.3%+2 pts
#10 Morris Park 3.1%+1.8 pts
#11 Prospect Heights 2.9%+1.7 pts
#12 Upper East Side-Yorkville 2.9%+1.6 pts
#13 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 2.8%+1.6 pts
#14 Long Island City-Hunters Point 2.7%+1.4 pts
#15 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 2.6%+1.4 pts
#16 Fort Greene 2.6%+1.3 pts
#17 Astoria (Central) 2.6%+1.3 pts
#18 Gramercy 2.5%+1.2 pts
#19 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 2.4%+1.2 pts
#20 Washington Heights (South) 2.3%+1.1 pts
#21 Kensington 2.3%+1 pts
#22 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 2.2%+1 pts
#23 Manhattanville-West Harlem 2.1%+0.9 pts
#24 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 2.1%+0.9 pts
#25 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 2.1%+0.8 pts
#26 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 2%+0.8 pts
#27 Washington Heights (North) 2%+0.8 pts
#28 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 2%+0.8 pts
#29 Harlem (South) 2%+0.7 pts
#30 Forest Hills 2%+0.7 pts
#31 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 2%+0.7 pts
#32 Harlem (North) 1.9%+0.6 pts
#33 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 1.9%+0.6 pts
#34 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 1.9%+0.6 pts
#35 Flatbush 1.8%+0.5 pts
#36 Inwood 1.8%+0.5 pts
#37 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 1.8%+0.5 pts
#38 Tribeca-Civic Center 1.8%+0.5 pts
#39 Clinton Hill 1.8%+0.5 pts
#40 Midtown-Times Square 1.7%+0.5 pts
#41 Bay Ridge 1.7%+0.4 pts
#42 Financial District-Battery Park City 1.7%+0.4 pts
#43 Kew Gardens Hills 1.6%+0.4 pts
#44 Tottenville-Charleston 1.6%+0.4 pts
#45 Auburndale 1.6%+0.4 pts
#46 Sunset Park (West) 1.6%+0.4 pts
#47 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 1.6%+0.3 pts
#48 Lower East Side 1.5%+0.2 pts
#49 Sunnyside 1.5%+0.2 pts
#50 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 1.4%+0.2 pts
#51 Whitestone-Beechhurst 1.4%+0.2 pts
#52 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 1.4%+0.2 pts
#53 West Village 1.4%+0.2 pts
#54 East Flatbush-Erasmus 1.4%+0.1 pts
#55 Woodside 1.3%+0.1 pts
#56 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 1.3%+0.1 pts
#57 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 1.3%+0 pts
#58 Rego Park 1.3%+0 pts
#59 Williamsburg 1.3%+0 pts
#60 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 1.2%-0 pts
#61 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 1.2%-0 pts
#62 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 1.2%-0.1 pts
#63 Kew Gardens 1.2%-0.1 pts
#64 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 1.2%-0.1 pts
#65 Oakwood-Richmondtown 1.1%-0.1 pts
#66 East Village 1.1%-0.1 pts
#67 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 1.1%-0.1 pts
#68 Maspeth 1.1%-0.2 pts
#69 Bushwick (West) 1.1%-0.2 pts
#70 East Williamsburg 1.1%-0.2 pts
#71 Crown Heights (South) 1%-0.2 pts
#72 East Flatbush-Farragut 1%-0.2 pts
#73 East Harlem (North) 1%-0.2 pts
#74 Crown Heights (North) 1%-0.2 pts
#75 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 1%-0.3 pts
#76 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 1%-0.3 pts
#77 Flushing-Willets Point 1%-0.3 pts
#78 New Dorp-Midland Beach 1%-0.3 pts
#79 Greenpoint 1%-0.3 pts
#80 Longwood 1%-0.3 pts
#81 St. George-New Brighton 1%-0.3 pts
#82 Dyker Heights 1%-0.3 pts
#83 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 1%-0.3 pts
#84 Queens Village 1%-0.3 pts
#85 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 0.9%-0.3 pts
#86 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 0.9%-0.3 pts
#87 Port Richmond 0.9%-0.3 pts
#88 Brighton Beach 0.9%-0.3 pts
#89 Jackson Heights 0.9%-0.3 pts
#90 Bayside 0.9%-0.4 pts
#91 Hell's Kitchen 0.9%-0.4 pts
#92 Middle Village 0.9%-0.4 pts
#93 Cambria Heights 0.9%-0.4 pts
#94 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 0.9%-0.4 pts
#95 Bellerose 0.9%-0.4 pts
#96 Hunts Point 0.9%-0.4 pts
#97 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 0.8%-0.4 pts
#98 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 0.8%-0.4 pts
#99 Ridgewood 0.8%-0.5 pts
#100 Coney Island-Sea Gate 0.8%-0.5 pts
#101 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 0.8%-0.5 pts
#102 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 0.7%-0.5 pts
#103 South Williamsburg 0.7%-0.5 pts
#104 Bensonhurst 0.7%-0.5 pts
#105 Ocean Hill 0.7%-0.6 pts
#106 Elmhurst 0.7%-0.6 pts
#107 Woodhaven 0.7%-0.6 pts
#108 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 0.7%-0.6 pts
#109 Belmont 0.7%-0.6 pts
#110 Pelham Gardens 0.7%-0.6 pts
#111 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 0.7%-0.6 pts
#112 Rosedale 0.7%-0.6 pts
#113 Midwood 0.7%-0.6 pts
#114 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 0.6%-0.6 pts
#115 Glendale 0.6%-0.6 pts
#116 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 0.6%-0.6 pts
#117 Arden Heights-Rossville 0.6%-0.6 pts
#118 Sunset Park (Central) 0.6%-0.6 pts
#119 Bedford Park 0.6%-0.6 pts
#120 Great Kills-Eltingville 0.6%-0.7 pts
#121 Madison 0.6%-0.7 pts
#122 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 0.6%-0.7 pts
#123 Baisley Park 0.6%-0.7 pts
#124 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 0.6%-0.7 pts
#125 Gravesend (South) 0.6%-0.7 pts
#126 Douglaston-Little Neck 0.6%-0.7 pts
#127 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 0.6%-0.7 pts
#128 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 0.6%-0.7 pts
#129 Parkchester 0.6%-0.7 pts
#130 Chinatown-Two Bridges 0.6%-0.7 pts
#131 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 0.6%-0.7 pts
#132 Ozone Park 0.5%-0.7 pts
#133 Crotona Park East 0.5%-0.7 pts
#134 Williamsbridge-Olinville 0.5%-0.7 pts
#135 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 0.5%-0.7 pts
#136 St. Albans 0.5%-0.7 pts
#137 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 0.5%-0.7 pts
#138 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 0.5%-0.7 pts
#139 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 0.5%-0.7 pts
#140 East New York-New Lots 0.5%-0.8 pts
#141 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 0.5%-0.8 pts
#142 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 0.5%-0.8 pts
#143 Richmond Hill 0.5%-0.8 pts
#144 Gravesend (West) 0.5%-0.8 pts
#145 Canarsie 0.4%-0.8 pts
#146 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 0.4%-0.8 pts
#147 Flatlands 0.4%-0.8 pts
#148 East New York (North) 0.4%-0.8 pts
#149 East Flatbush-Rugby 0.4%-0.8 pts
#150 Mount Hope 0.4%-0.8 pts
#151 Bay Terrace-Clearview 0.4%-0.8 pts
#152 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 0.4%-0.8 pts
#153 College Point 0.4%-0.8 pts
#154 Ozone Park (North) 0.4%-0.8 pts
#155 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 0.4%-0.8 pts
#156 Laurelton 0.4%-0.9 pts
#157 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 0.4%-0.9 pts
#158 Westchester Square 0.4%-0.9 pts
#159 Hollis 0.4%-0.9 pts
#160 South Ozone Park 0.4%-0.9 pts
#161 University Heights (North)-Fordham 0.4%-0.9 pts
#162 Corona 0.4%-0.9 pts
#163 Highbridge 0.3%-0.9 pts
#164 East Elmhurst 0.3%-0.9 pts
#165 South Richmond Hill 0.3%-0.9 pts
#166 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 0.3%-0.9 pts
#167 South Jamaica 0.3%-0.9 pts
#168 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 0.3%-0.9 pts
#169 East Flushing 0.3%-0.9 pts
#170 Spring Creek-Starrett City 0.3%-1 pts
#171 Mott Haven-Port Morris 0.3%-1 pts
#172 Concourse-Concourse Village 0.3%-1 pts
#173 Queensboro Hill 0.3%-1 pts
#174 Bushwick (East) 0.3%-1 pts
#175 Borough Park 0.3%-1 pts
#176 Brownsville 0.3%-1 pts
#177 Tremont 0.3%-1 pts
#178 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 0.3%-1 pts
#179 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 0.3%-1 pts
#180 Melrose 0.3%-1 pts
#181 Cypress Hills 0.2%-1 pts
#182 Co-op City 0.2%-1 pts
#183 Bath Beach 0.2%-1.1 pts
#184 Norwood 0.2%-1.1 pts
#185 Jamaica 0.2%-1.1 pts
#186 East New York-City Line 0.1%-1.1 pts
#187 North Corona 0.1%-1.1 pts
#188 Allerton 0.1%-1.2 pts
#189 Wakefield-Woodlawn 0.1%-1.2 pts
#190 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 0.1%-1.2 pts
#191 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 0.1%-1.2 pts
#192 Castle Hill-Unionport 0.1%-1.2 pts
#193 Fordham Heights 0%-1.2 pts
#194 Morrisania 0%-1.3 pts
#195 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 0%-1.3 pts
#196 West Farms 0%-1.3 pts
#197 Soundview-Clason Point 0%-1.3 pts
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