Population Density by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Population Density across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: Upper East Side-Yorkville (160,581 people/sq mi). Lowest: Tottenville-Charleston (3,835 people/sq mi). New York City avg: 33,816 people/sq mi.
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Population Density · all 197 New York City neighborhoods · 2020–24

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New York City citywide · Population Density 33,816 people/sq mi
Highest neighborhood Upper East Side-Yorkville: 160,581 people/sq mi
Lowest neighborhood Tottenville-Charleston: 3,835 people/sq mi

Note: These are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, not 2020 decennial Census counts. Population change since 2020 and geographic aggregation at split Census geographies can also contribute. Learn more in the methodology.

Universe: Total population; density divides it by local land area · Geography: Census Block Group · Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-Year Estimates

Neighborhood distribution Hover or click any dot to inspect
Min 3,835 people/sq mi 25th pct 25,823 people/sq mi Median 41,087 people/sq mi 75th pct 65,867 people/sq mi Max 160,581 people/sq mi

Neighborhood ranking: Population Density

#1 Upper East Side-Yorkville 160,581 people/sq mi+126,765 people/sq mi
#2 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 123,447 people/sq mi+89,631 people/sq mi
#3 Fordham Heights 116,669 people/sq mi+82,853 people/sq mi
#4 Upper West Side (Central) 111,003 people/sq mi+77,187 people/sq mi
#5 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 110,269 people/sq mi+76,453 people/sq mi
#6 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 105,880 people/sq mi+72,064 people/sq mi
#7 Mount Hope 103,644 people/sq mi+69,828 people/sq mi
#8 East Harlem (South) 103,639 people/sq mi+69,823 people/sq mi
#9 East Village 102,053 people/sq mi+68,237 people/sq mi
#10 Harlem (North) 101,489 people/sq mi+67,673 people/sq mi
#11 Washington Heights (South) 100,925 people/sq mi+67,109 people/sq mi
#12 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 100,143 people/sq mi+66,327 people/sq mi
#13 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 99,205 people/sq mi+65,389 people/sq mi
#14 Gramercy 96,018 people/sq mi+62,202 people/sq mi
#15 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 95,056 people/sq mi+61,240 people/sq mi
#16 Harlem (South) 93,676 people/sq mi+59,860 people/sq mi
#17 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 93,540 people/sq mi+59,724 people/sq mi
#18 South Williamsburg 93,445 people/sq mi+59,629 people/sq mi
#19 Chinatown-Two Bridges 91,860 people/sq mi+58,044 people/sq mi
#20 Parkchester 89,474 people/sq mi+55,658 people/sq mi
#21 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 89,270 people/sq mi+55,454 people/sq mi
#22 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 84,576 people/sq mi+50,760 people/sq mi
#23 Washington Heights (North) 83,364 people/sq mi+49,548 people/sq mi
#24 Greenwich Village 83,211 people/sq mi+49,395 people/sq mi
#25 Hell's Kitchen 83,073 people/sq mi+49,257 people/sq mi
#26 Lower East Side 79,892 people/sq mi+46,076 people/sq mi
#27 Corona 78,183 people/sq mi+44,367 people/sq mi
#28 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 77,953 people/sq mi+44,137 people/sq mi
#29 North Corona 76,963 people/sq mi+43,147 people/sq mi
#30 Flatbush 76,355 people/sq mi+42,539 people/sq mi
#31 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 76,172 people/sq mi+42,356 people/sq mi
#32 Morrisania 75,229 people/sq mi+41,413 people/sq mi
#33 Crown Heights (South) 74,372 people/sq mi+40,556 people/sq mi
#34 Longwood 72,755 people/sq mi+38,939 people/sq mi
#35 Brooklyn Heights 72,745 people/sq mi+38,929 people/sq mi
#36 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 71,751 people/sq mi+37,935 people/sq mi
#37 Concourse-Concourse Village 71,339 people/sq mi+37,523 people/sq mi
#38 Inwood 71,200 people/sq mi+37,384 people/sq mi
#39 Norwood 70,185 people/sq mi+36,369 people/sq mi
#40 Financial District-Battery Park City 69,903 people/sq mi+36,087 people/sq mi
#41 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 68,076 people/sq mi+34,260 people/sq mi
#42 Crown Heights (North) 67,594 people/sq mi+33,778 people/sq mi
#43 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 67,552 people/sq mi+33,736 people/sq mi
#44 East Harlem (North) 67,539 people/sq mi+33,723 people/sq mi
#45 Jackson Heights 66,674 people/sq mi+32,858 people/sq mi
#46 Melrose 66,286 people/sq mi+32,470 people/sq mi
#47 Elmhurst 66,264 people/sq mi+32,448 people/sq mi
#48 Sunset Park (Central) 66,190 people/sq mi+32,374 people/sq mi
#49 Morningside Heights 66,074 people/sq mi+32,258 people/sq mi
#50 Highbridge 65,867 people/sq mi+32,051 people/sq mi
#51 Prospect Heights 64,859 people/sq mi+31,043 people/sq mi
#52 University Heights (North)-Fordham 64,423 people/sq mi+30,607 people/sq mi
#53 Williamsburg 64,401 people/sq mi+30,585 people/sq mi
#54 Park Slope 64,017 people/sq mi+30,201 people/sq mi
#55 Astoria (Central) 63,561 people/sq mi+29,745 people/sq mi
#56 Bushwick (West) 63,542 people/sq mi+29,726 people/sq mi
#57 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 62,674 people/sq mi+28,858 people/sq mi
#58 Kensington 62,115 people/sq mi+28,299 people/sq mi
#59 Borough Park 61,794 people/sq mi+27,978 people/sq mi
#60 West Village 61,749 people/sq mi+27,933 people/sq mi
#61 Belmont 60,587 people/sq mi+26,771 people/sq mi
#62 East Flatbush-Erasmus 59,788 people/sq mi+25,972 people/sq mi
#63 Bushwick (East) 59,775 people/sq mi+25,959 people/sq mi
#64 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 59,191 people/sq mi+25,375 people/sq mi
#65 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 58,779 people/sq mi+24,963 people/sq mi
#66 Allerton 58,548 people/sq mi+24,732 people/sq mi
#67 Brighton Beach 58,256 people/sq mi+24,440 people/sq mi
#68 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 58,002 people/sq mi+24,186 people/sq mi
#69 Tremont 57,145 people/sq mi+23,329 people/sq mi
#70 Manhattanville-West Harlem 56,228 people/sq mi+22,412 people/sq mi
#71 Clinton Hill 55,928 people/sq mi+22,112 people/sq mi
#72 Bedford Park 55,835 people/sq mi+22,019 people/sq mi
#73 Ocean Hill 55,460 people/sq mi+21,644 people/sq mi
#74 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 54,647 people/sq mi+20,831 people/sq mi
#75 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 54,382 people/sq mi+20,566 people/sq mi
#76 Bensonhurst 54,202 people/sq mi+20,386 people/sq mi
#77 Brownsville 53,472 people/sq mi+19,656 people/sq mi
#78 Fort Greene 52,788 people/sq mi+18,972 people/sq mi
#79 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 52,081 people/sq mi+18,265 people/sq mi
#80 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 51,813 people/sq mi+17,997 people/sq mi
#81 Crotona Park East 51,479 people/sq mi+17,663 people/sq mi
#82 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 48,476 people/sq mi+14,660 people/sq mi
#83 Cypress Hills 48,190 people/sq mi+14,374 people/sq mi
#84 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 46,991 people/sq mi+13,175 people/sq mi
#85 Woodhaven 46,923 people/sq mi+13,107 people/sq mi
#86 Gravesend (West) 46,596 people/sq mi+12,780 people/sq mi
#87 Tribeca-Civic Center 46,354 people/sq mi+12,538 people/sq mi
#88 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 45,828 people/sq mi+12,012 people/sq mi
#89 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 45,610 people/sq mi+11,794 people/sq mi
#90 Forest Hills 45,060 people/sq mi+11,244 people/sq mi
#91 Williamsbridge-Olinville 44,381 people/sq mi+10,565 people/sq mi
#92 Flushing-Willets Point 44,213 people/sq mi+10,397 people/sq mi
#93 West Farms 43,963 people/sq mi+10,147 people/sq mi
#94 Ridgewood 43,758 people/sq mi+9,942 people/sq mi
#95 Midwood 42,677 people/sq mi+8,861 people/sq mi
#96 East New York-City Line 41,789 people/sq mi+7,973 people/sq mi
#97 South Richmond Hill 41,347 people/sq mi+7,531 people/sq mi
#98 East New York (North) 41,317 people/sq mi+7,501 people/sq mi
#99 Rego Park 41,087 people/sq mi+7,271 people/sq mi
#100 Bath Beach 40,941 people/sq mi+7,125 people/sq mi
#101 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 40,014 people/sq mi+6,198 people/sq mi
#102 Woodside 39,744 people/sq mi+5,928 people/sq mi
#103 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 39,423 people/sq mi+5,607 people/sq mi
#104 Ozone Park (North) 39,421 people/sq mi+5,605 people/sq mi
#105 East Flatbush-Farragut 39,347 people/sq mi+5,531 people/sq mi
#106 Madison 38,917 people/sq mi+5,101 people/sq mi
#107 Mott Haven-Port Morris 38,532 people/sq mi+4,716 people/sq mi
#108 Bay Ridge 38,397 people/sq mi+4,581 people/sq mi
#109 Dyker Heights 37,504 people/sq mi+3,688 people/sq mi
#110 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 37,454 people/sq mi+3,638 people/sq mi
#111 East Flatbush-Rugby 37,274 people/sq mi+3,458 people/sq mi
#112 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 35,206 people/sq mi+1,390 people/sq mi
#113 Wakefield-Woodlawn 34,863 people/sq mi+1,047 people/sq mi
#114 Co-op City 34,563 people/sq mi+747 people/sq mi
#115 Jamaica 33,798 people/sq mi-18 people/sq mi
#116 Kew Gardens 33,756 people/sq mi-60 people/sq mi
#117 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 33,378 people/sq mi-438 people/sq mi
#118 Glendale 33,080 people/sq mi-736 people/sq mi
#119 Soundview-Clason Point 32,759 people/sq mi-1,057 people/sq mi
#120 Coney Island-Sea Gate 31,926 people/sq mi-1,890 people/sq mi
#121 Flatlands 31,618 people/sq mi-2,198 people/sq mi
#122 South Jamaica 31,436 people/sq mi-2,380 people/sq mi
#123 Greenpoint 31,408 people/sq mi-2,408 people/sq mi
#124 East New York-New Lots 31,007 people/sq mi-2,809 people/sq mi
#125 Gravesend (South) 30,885 people/sq mi-2,931 people/sq mi
#126 Long Island City-Hunters Point 30,783 people/sq mi-3,033 people/sq mi
#127 Castle Hill-Unionport 30,385 people/sq mi-3,431 people/sq mi
#128 Canarsie 30,352 people/sq mi-3,464 people/sq mi
#129 Richmond Hill 30,212 people/sq mi-3,604 people/sq mi
#130 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 29,233 people/sq mi-4,583 people/sq mi
#131 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 28,978 people/sq mi-4,838 people/sq mi
#132 Kew Gardens Hills 28,946 people/sq mi-4,870 people/sq mi
#133 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 28,280 people/sq mi-5,536 people/sq mi
#134 East Elmhurst 28,213 people/sq mi-5,603 people/sq mi
#135 Sunset Park (West) 28,199 people/sq mi-5,617 people/sq mi
#136 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 27,800 people/sq mi-6,016 people/sq mi
#137 South Ozone Park 27,554 people/sq mi-6,262 people/sq mi
#138 Sunnyside 27,414 people/sq mi-6,402 people/sq mi
#139 Middle Village 27,187 people/sq mi-6,629 people/sq mi
#140 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 27,122 people/sq mi-6,694 people/sq mi
#141 East Flushing 27,110 people/sq mi-6,706 people/sq mi
#142 East Williamsburg 27,098 people/sq mi-6,718 people/sq mi
#143 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 26,638 people/sq mi-7,178 people/sq mi
#144 Westchester Square 26,621 people/sq mi-7,195 people/sq mi
#145 Ozone Park 26,510 people/sq mi-7,306 people/sq mi
#146 Midtown-Times Square 26,171 people/sq mi-7,645 people/sq mi
#147 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 25,976 people/sq mi-7,840 people/sq mi
#148 Pelham Gardens 25,823 people/sq mi-7,993 people/sq mi
#149 Baisley Park 25,529 people/sq mi-8,287 people/sq mi
#150 Hollis 25,379 people/sq mi-8,437 people/sq mi
#151 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 25,330 people/sq mi-8,486 people/sq mi
#152 Morris Park 23,753 people/sq mi-10,063 people/sq mi
#153 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 23,540 people/sq mi-10,276 people/sq mi
#154 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 23,262 people/sq mi-10,554 people/sq mi
#155 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 22,396 people/sq mi-11,420 people/sq mi
#156 Queens Village 22,160 people/sq mi-11,656 people/sq mi
#157 St. George-New Brighton 22,109 people/sq mi-11,707 people/sq mi
#158 Queensboro Hill 21,537 people/sq mi-12,279 people/sq mi
#159 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 21,006 people/sq mi-12,810 people/sq mi
#160 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 20,910 people/sq mi-12,906 people/sq mi
#161 St. Albans 20,552 people/sq mi-13,264 people/sq mi
#162 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 20,297 people/sq mi-13,519 people/sq mi
#163 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 20,100 people/sq mi-13,716 people/sq mi
#164 Maspeth 19,459 people/sq mi-14,357 people/sq mi
#165 Laurelton 19,399 people/sq mi-14,417 people/sq mi
#166 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 18,223 people/sq mi-15,593 people/sq mi
#167 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 17,481 people/sq mi-16,335 people/sq mi
#168 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 17,376 people/sq mi-16,440 people/sq mi
#169 Auburndale 17,207 people/sq mi-16,609 people/sq mi
#170 Spring Creek-Starrett City 16,900 people/sq mi-16,916 people/sq mi
#171 Cambria Heights 16,851 people/sq mi-16,965 people/sq mi
#172 Rosedale 16,717 people/sq mi-17,099 people/sq mi
#173 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 16,589 people/sq mi-17,227 people/sq mi
#174 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 16,469 people/sq mi-17,347 people/sq mi
#175 Bay Terrace-Clearview 16,454 people/sq mi-17,362 people/sq mi
#176 Port Richmond 15,841 people/sq mi-17,975 people/sq mi
#177 Whitestone-Beechhurst 15,657 people/sq mi-18,159 people/sq mi
#178 Bayside 14,022 people/sq mi-19,794 people/sq mi
#179 Great Kills-Eltingville 13,920 people/sq mi-19,896 people/sq mi
#180 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 13,606 people/sq mi-20,210 people/sq mi
#181 Bellerose 13,558 people/sq mi-20,258 people/sq mi
#182 Arden Heights-Rossville 13,100 people/sq mi-20,716 people/sq mi
#183 New Dorp-Midland Beach 13,057 people/sq mi-20,759 people/sq mi
#184 College Point 12,594 people/sq mi-21,222 people/sq mi
#185 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 12,317 people/sq mi-21,499 people/sq mi
#186 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 11,878 people/sq mi-21,938 people/sq mi
#187 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 11,749 people/sq mi-22,067 people/sq mi
#188 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 11,498 people/sq mi-22,318 people/sq mi
#189 Oakwood-Richmondtown 10,550 people/sq mi-23,266 people/sq mi
#190 Douglaston-Little Neck 10,487 people/sq mi-23,329 people/sq mi
#191 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 10,388 people/sq mi-23,428 people/sq mi
#192 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 10,072 people/sq mi-23,744 people/sq mi
#193 Hunts Point 8,807 people/sq mi-25,009 people/sq mi
#194 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 6,519 people/sq mi-27,297 people/sq mi
#195 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 5,676 people/sq mi-28,140 people/sq mi
#196 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 5,077 people/sq mi-28,739 people/sq mi
#197 Tottenville-Charleston 3,835 people/sq mi-29,981 people/sq mi
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