Severely Cost Burdened: Spending 50% or More on Housing (Owners without a mortgage) by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Severely Cost Burdened: Spending 50% or More on Housing (Owners without a mortgage) across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: Chinatown-Two Bridges (48.9%). Lowest: Highbridge (0%). New York City avg: 13.1%.
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Severely Cost Burdened: Spending 50% or More on Housing (Owners without a mortgage) · all 197 New York City neighborhoods · 2020–24

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New York City citywide · Severely Cost Burdened: Spending 50% or More on Housing (Owners without a mortgage) 13.1%
Highest neighborhood Chinatown-Two Bridges: 48.9%
Lowest neighborhood Highbridge: 0%

Note: Housing costs include gross rent for renters and selected monthly owner costs for owners, including costs beyond mortgage payments. Each percentage uses only units in the selected tenure and mortgage group with a computed ratio. Spending 50% or more is part of the 30% or more group.

Universe: Owner-occupied housing units without a mortgage and with a computed housing-cost-to-income ratio · 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 9% Median 13% 75th pct 17% Max 49%

Neighborhood ranking: Severely Cost Burdened: Spending 50% or More on Housing (Owners without a mortgage)

#1 Chinatown-Two Bridges 48.9%+35.8 pts
#2 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 47%+33.8 pts
#3 Fordham Heights 46.8%+33.7 pts
#4 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 37.1%+24 pts
#5 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 35.4%+22.2 pts
#6 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 33.2%+20 pts
#7 Melrose 32%+18.9 pts
#8 Crown Heights (South) 31%+17.9 pts
#9 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 30.5%+17.4 pts
#10 East Harlem (South) 28.8%+15.7 pts
#11 University Heights (North)-Fordham 26.4%+13.3 pts
#12 Mount Hope 24.9%+11.7 pts
#13 Tremont 24.7%+11.5 pts
#14 Long Island City-Hunters Point 24.5%+11.4 pts
#15 Allerton 24.4%+11.3 pts
#16 Mott Haven-Port Morris 24.3%+11.2 pts
#17 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 22.4%+9.3 pts
#18 East Williamsburg 22.4%+9.3 pts
#19 Hunts Point 22.2%+9.1 pts
#20 Bushwick (West) 22.1%+9 pts
#21 South Williamsburg 22%+8.9 pts
#22 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 21.3%+8.2 pts
#23 Bushwick (East) 21.2%+8.1 pts
#24 Borough Park 20.3%+7.2 pts
#25 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 20.2%+7.1 pts
#26 Financial District-Battery Park City 20.2%+7 pts
#27 Elmhurst 19.5%+6.4 pts
#28 East New York-New Lots 19.3%+6.2 pts
#29 Parkchester 19%+5.9 pts
#30 Queensboro Hill 19%+5.8 pts
#31 Bensonhurst 18.7%+5.6 pts
#32 Baisley Park 18.6%+5.5 pts
#33 West Farms 18.4%+5.2 pts
#34 Bayside 18.2%+5.1 pts
#35 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 18.1%+5 pts
#36 Crotona Park East 18.1%+4.9 pts
#37 Ocean Hill 18%+4.9 pts
#38 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 17.8%+4.7 pts
#39 Midwood 17.7%+4.6 pts
#40 Tribeca-Civic Center 17.5%+4.4 pts
#41 Bedford Park 17.3%+4.1 pts
#42 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 17.3%+4.1 pts
#43 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 17.2%+4.1 pts
#44 East Flushing 16.8%+3.7 pts
#45 Ozone Park 16.8%+3.7 pts
#46 Greenpoint 16.7%+3.6 pts
#47 Brighton Beach 16.7%+3.6 pts
#48 Flushing-Willets Point 16.7%+3.6 pts
#49 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 16.6%+3.5 pts
#50 East Village 16.6%+3.5 pts
#51 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 16.5%+3.4 pts
#52 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 16.5%+3.3 pts
#53 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 16.4%+3.3 pts
#54 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 16.4%+3.2 pts
#55 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 16.3%+3.2 pts
#56 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 16.3%+3.2 pts
#57 Williamsbridge-Olinville 16%+2.9 pts
#58 Greenwich Village 16%+2.9 pts
#59 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 15.9%+2.8 pts
#60 East Harlem (North) 15.9%+2.8 pts
#61 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 15.9%+2.7 pts
#62 Astoria (Central) 15.7%+2.5 pts
#63 Kew Gardens 15.5%+2.4 pts
#64 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 15.5%+2.3 pts
#65 Bay Terrace-Clearview 15.4%+2.3 pts
#66 Cypress Hills 15.3%+2.2 pts
#67 Lower East Side 15%+1.9 pts
#68 Kew Gardens Hills 15%+1.9 pts
#69 Sunset Park (Central) 14.9%+1.8 pts
#70 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 14.6%+1.5 pts
#71 Gravesend (West) 14.4%+1.3 pts
#72 Sunset Park (West) 14.2%+1.1 pts
#73 St. Albans 14.2%+1.1 pts
#74 Woodside 14.2%+1 pts
#75 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 14.1%+1 pts
#76 St. George-New Brighton 14.1%+1 pts
#77 East Flatbush-Farragut 14.1%+0.9 pts
#78 Clinton Hill 14%+0.9 pts
#79 Cambria Heights 14%+0.8 pts
#80 North Corona 14%+0.8 pts
#81 Gravesend (South) 13.9%+0.8 pts
#82 Jamaica 13.8%+0.7 pts
#83 Morris Park 13.8%+0.6 pts
#84 Glendale 13.7%+0.6 pts
#85 Westchester Square 13.7%+0.5 pts
#86 Longwood 13.5%+0.4 pts
#87 Crown Heights (North) 13.4%+0.3 pts
#88 Ridgewood 13.4%+0.2 pts
#89 Whitestone-Beechhurst 13.3%+0.2 pts
#90 Upper West Side (Central) 13.3%+0.2 pts
#91 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 13.3%+0.2 pts
#92 Bellerose 13.2%+0.1 pts
#93 Middle Village 13.2%+0.1 pts
#94 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 13.2%+0.1 pts
#95 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 13.2%+0.1 pts
#96 Great Kills-Eltingville 13.2%+0.1 pts
#97 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 12.9%-0.2 pts
#98 Fort Greene 12.9%-0.2 pts
#99 South Ozone Park 12.9%-0.2 pts
#100 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 12.8%-0.3 pts
#101 West Village 12.8%-0.3 pts
#102 South Richmond Hill 12.8%-0.3 pts
#103 Castle Hill-Unionport 12.7%-0.4 pts
#104 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 12.7%-0.5 pts
#105 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 12.6%-0.5 pts
#106 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 12.5%-0.6 pts
#107 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 12.4%-0.7 pts
#108 Gramercy 12.4%-0.8 pts
#109 Arden Heights-Rossville 12.4%-0.8 pts
#110 Corona 12.3%-0.8 pts
#111 Rego Park 12.2%-1 pts
#112 Hell's Kitchen 12.1%-1 pts
#113 Washington Heights (South) 11.9%-1.2 pts
#114 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 11.9%-1.2 pts
#115 Douglaston-Little Neck 11.9%-1.2 pts
#116 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 11.9%-1.3 pts
#117 Bay Ridge 11.8%-1.4 pts
#118 East New York (North) 11.7%-1.5 pts
#119 Madison 11.6%-1.5 pts
#120 Laurelton 11.5%-1.6 pts
#121 Canarsie 11.3%-1.8 pts
#122 Flatlands 11.2%-1.9 pts
#123 Auburndale 11.2%-1.9 pts
#124 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 11.1%-2 pts
#125 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 11%-2.1 pts
#126 Jackson Heights 11%-2.1 pts
#127 Bath Beach 11%-2.1 pts
#128 Tottenville-Charleston 11%-2.2 pts
#129 Midtown-Times Square 10.9%-2.2 pts
#130 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 10.8%-2.3 pts
#131 East Elmhurst 10.7%-2.5 pts
#132 Woodhaven 10.4%-2.7 pts
#133 East Flatbush-Erasmus 10.4%-2.8 pts
#134 Forest Hills 10.2%-2.9 pts
#135 Sunnyside 10.2%-2.9 pts
#136 Wakefield-Woodlawn 10%-3.1 pts
#137 Concourse-Concourse Village 9.9%-3.2 pts
#138 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 9.9%-3.2 pts
#139 Brooklyn Heights 9.9%-3.3 pts
#140 East Flatbush-Rugby 9.7%-3.4 pts
#141 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 9.7%-3.5 pts
#142 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 9.5%-3.6 pts
#143 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 9.4%-3.7 pts
#144 Prospect Heights 9.3%-3.8 pts
#145 Dyker Heights 9.2%-3.9 pts
#146 Soundview-Clason Point 9.2%-3.9 pts
#147 Spring Creek-Starrett City 9%-4.2 pts
#148 Maspeth 9%-4.2 pts
#149 Inwood 8.9%-4.2 pts
#150 College Point 8.8%-4.3 pts
#151 Harlem (South) 8.8%-4.3 pts
#152 Rosedale 8.7%-4.4 pts
#153 Kensington 8.4%-4.7 pts
#154 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 8.4%-4.7 pts
#155 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 8.4%-4.8 pts
#156 Park Slope 8.3%-4.8 pts
#157 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 8.3%-4.9 pts
#158 Williamsburg 8.3%-4.9 pts
#159 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 8.2%-4.9 pts
#160 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 8%-5.1 pts
#161 New Dorp-Midland Beach 8%-5.1 pts
#162 Harlem (North) 7.8%-5.3 pts
#163 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 7.6%-5.5 pts
#164 Flatbush 7.4%-5.7 pts
#165 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 7.4%-5.7 pts
#166 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 7.4%-5.7 pts
#167 Washington Heights (North) 7.3%-5.8 pts
#168 Hollis 7.2%-5.9 pts
#169 Queens Village 7.2%-6 pts
#170 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 6.9%-6.2 pts
#171 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 6.8%-6.3 pts
#172 Norwood 6.6%-6.5 pts
#173 Oakwood-Richmondtown 6.2%-6.9 pts
#174 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 6.2%-6.9 pts
#175 East New York-City Line 6.1%-7 pts
#176 Coney Island-Sea Gate 6%-7.1 pts
#177 Upper East Side-Yorkville 6%-7.1 pts
#178 Ozone Park (North) 5.9%-7.2 pts
#179 Co-op City 5.9%-7.2 pts
#180 Richmond Hill 5.8%-7.3 pts
#181 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 5.7%-7.4 pts
#182 Morningside Heights 5.6%-7.5 pts
#183 South Jamaica 5.6%-7.6 pts
#184 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 5.5%-7.7 pts
#185 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 5.4%-7.7 pts
#186 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 5.2%-8 pts
#187 Brownsville 4.8%-8.3 pts
#188 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 4.8%-8.3 pts
#189 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 4.4%-8.7 pts
#190 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 4.4%-8.7 pts
#191 Port Richmond 3.9%-9.2 pts
#192 Pelham Gardens 3%-10.2 pts
#193 Morrisania 1.5%-11.7 pts
#194 Highbridge 0%-13.1 pts
#195 Belmont 0%-13.1 pts
#196 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 0%-13.1 pts
#197 Manhattanville-West Harlem 0%-13.1 pts
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