Severely Cost Burdened: Spending 50% or More on Housing (Owners) by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Severely Cost Burdened: Spending 50% or More on Housing (Owners) across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: Chinatown-Two Bridges (48.7%). Lowest: Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village (0%). New York City avg: 19.1%.
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Severely Cost Burdened: Spending 50% or More on Housing (Owners) · 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) 19.1%
Highest neighborhood Chinatown-Two Bridges: 48.7%
Lowest neighborhood Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village: 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 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 15% Median 20% 75th pct 24% Max 49%

Neighborhood ranking: Severely Cost Burdened: Spending 50% or More on Housing (Owners)

#1 Chinatown-Two Bridges 48.7%+29.6 pts
#2 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 45%+25.9 pts
#3 Fordham Heights 44%+24.9 pts
#4 Westchester Square 39.7%+20.5 pts
#5 Borough Park 36.8%+17.7 pts
#6 Melrose 36.3%+17.2 pts
#7 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 35.1%+16 pts
#8 South Williamsburg 32.5%+13.4 pts
#9 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 30.9%+11.8 pts
#10 Manhattanville-West Harlem 30.7%+11.6 pts
#11 Bushwick (West) 29.7%+10.6 pts
#12 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 29.5%+10.4 pts
#13 Canarsie 28.9%+9.8 pts
#14 Hunts Point 28.4%+9.3 pts
#15 East New York-New Lots 28.3%+9.2 pts
#16 Baisley Park 27.9%+8.8 pts
#17 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 27.9%+8.7 pts
#18 Flatlands 27.7%+8.6 pts
#19 Woodside 27.7%+8.6 pts
#20 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 27.6%+8.4 pts
#21 Bensonhurst 27.5%+8.4 pts
#22 Allerton 27.5%+8.4 pts
#23 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 27.2%+8.1 pts
#24 East Flatbush-Rugby 27.1%+8 pts
#25 Williamsbridge-Olinville 26.8%+7.7 pts
#26 Ozone Park 26.6%+7.5 pts
#27 Bedford Park 26.6%+7.5 pts
#28 Jamaica 26.5%+7.4 pts
#29 University Heights (North)-Fordham 26.5%+7.4 pts
#30 Cypress Hills 26.4%+7.3 pts
#31 Dyker Heights 26.4%+7.3 pts
#32 Crown Heights (South) 26.2%+7.1 pts
#33 Tremont 26%+6.9 pts
#34 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 25.9%+6.8 pts
#35 Crotona Park East 25.8%+6.7 pts
#36 Queensboro Hill 25.7%+6.6 pts
#37 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 25.5%+6.4 pts
#38 East Flatbush-Erasmus 25.3%+6.2 pts
#39 Gravesend (South) 25.3%+6.2 pts
#40 Ocean Hill 25.2%+6.1 pts
#41 Parkchester 25.2%+6.1 pts
#42 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 25.2%+6.1 pts
#43 Castle Hill-Unionport 24.7%+5.6 pts
#44 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 24.7%+5.6 pts
#45 East Flushing 24.6%+5.5 pts
#46 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 24.6%+5.5 pts
#47 Corona 24.5%+5.4 pts
#48 Glendale 24.4%+5.3 pts
#49 Sunset Park (Central) 24.1%+5 pts
#50 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 24.1%+5 pts
#51 Harlem (South) 24%+4.9 pts
#52 South Ozone Park 23.8%+4.7 pts
#53 Elmhurst 23.7%+4.6 pts
#54 South Richmond Hill 23.5%+4.4 pts
#55 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 23.5%+4.4 pts
#56 East New York (North) 23.4%+4.3 pts
#57 Crown Heights (North) 23.4%+4.3 pts
#58 Cambria Heights 23.3%+4.2 pts
#59 East Flatbush-Farragut 23.2%+4.1 pts
#60 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 23.2%+4.1 pts
#61 Bayside 23.1%+3.9 pts
#62 Gravesend (West) 23%+3.9 pts
#63 East Elmhurst 22.8%+3.7 pts
#64 Morrisania 22.8%+3.7 pts
#65 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 22.8%+3.7 pts
#66 North Corona 22.7%+3.6 pts
#67 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 22.6%+3.5 pts
#68 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 22.5%+3.4 pts
#69 College Point 22.2%+3.1 pts
#70 Auburndale 22.2%+3.1 pts
#71 Wakefield-Woodlawn 22.2%+3.1 pts
#72 Brighton Beach 22.1%+3 pts
#73 Belmont 22.1%+3 pts
#74 St. Albans 22.1%+3 pts
#75 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 22%+2.8 pts
#76 South Jamaica 21.9%+2.8 pts
#77 Hollis 21.9%+2.8 pts
#78 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 21.7%+2.6 pts
#79 Midwood 21.7%+2.6 pts
#80 Mott Haven-Port Morris 21.6%+2.5 pts
#81 Kew Gardens Hills 21.3%+2.2 pts
#82 Maspeth 21.3%+2.2 pts
#83 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 21.2%+2.1 pts
#84 East Harlem (South) 21.1%+2 pts
#85 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 20.8%+1.7 pts
#86 Ozone Park (North) 20.8%+1.7 pts
#87 Ridgewood 20.8%+1.6 pts
#88 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 20.7%+1.6 pts
#89 Bushwick (East) 20.7%+1.6 pts
#90 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 20.6%+1.5 pts
#91 Morris Park 20.5%+1.4 pts
#92 Madison 20.3%+1.2 pts
#93 Tribeca-Civic Center 20.1%+1 pts
#94 East Williamsburg 20%+0.9 pts
#95 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 19.9%+0.8 pts
#96 Brownsville 19.8%+0.7 pts
#97 Whitestone-Beechhurst 19.6%+0.5 pts
#98 Flushing-Willets Point 19.6%+0.5 pts
#99 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 19.6%+0.4 pts
#100 East New York-City Line 19.3%+0.2 pts
#101 East Village 19.3%+0.1 pts
#102 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 18.9%-0.2 pts
#103 New Dorp-Midland Beach 18.9%-0.2 pts
#104 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 18.8%-0.3 pts
#105 Arden Heights-Rossville 18.8%-0.3 pts
#106 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 18.7%-0.4 pts
#107 Sunset Park (West) 18.7%-0.4 pts
#108 Bay Terrace-Clearview 18.7%-0.4 pts
#109 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 18.6%-0.5 pts
#110 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 18.4%-0.7 pts
#111 Greenpoint 18%-1.1 pts
#112 Bellerose 18%-1.1 pts
#113 Soundview-Clason Point 17.9%-1.2 pts
#114 Tottenville-Charleston 17.9%-1.2 pts
#115 Rego Park 17.8%-1.3 pts
#116 Woodhaven 17.8%-1.3 pts
#117 Port Richmond 17.8%-1.3 pts
#118 Queens Village 17.8%-1.4 pts
#119 Richmond Hill 17.7%-1.4 pts
#120 Longwood 17.6%-1.5 pts
#121 Bath Beach 17.5%-1.6 pts
#122 Financial District-Battery Park City 17.5%-1.6 pts
#123 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 17.5%-1.7 pts
#124 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 17.3%-1.8 pts
#125 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 17.3%-1.8 pts
#126 Sunnyside 17.2%-1.9 pts
#127 St. George-New Brighton 17.2%-1.9 pts
#128 Clinton Hill 17%-2.1 pts
#129 Flatbush 17%-2.1 pts
#130 Laurelton 17%-2.1 pts
#131 Rosedale 17%-2.1 pts
#132 Great Kills-Eltingville 16.9%-2.2 pts
#133 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 16.8%-2.3 pts
#134 Bay Ridge 16.8%-2.3 pts
#135 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 16.8%-2.3 pts
#136 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 16.7%-2.4 pts
#137 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 16.6%-2.5 pts
#138 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 16.6%-2.5 pts
#139 Middle Village 16.6%-2.5 pts
#140 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 16.6%-2.5 pts
#141 Jackson Heights 16.6%-2.6 pts
#142 Greenwich Village 16.5%-2.6 pts
#143 Astoria (Central) 16.3%-2.8 pts
#144 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 16.2%-2.9 pts
#145 Kensington 16%-3.1 pts
#146 Lower East Side 15.6%-3.5 pts
#147 Fort Greene 15.4%-3.7 pts
#148 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 15.2%-4 pts
#149 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 15%-4.1 pts
#150 Long Island City-Hunters Point 15%-4.1 pts
#151 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 14.9%-4.2 pts
#152 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 14.9%-4.2 pts
#153 Douglaston-Little Neck 14.7%-4.4 pts
#154 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 14.6%-4.5 pts
#155 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 14.5%-4.6 pts
#156 Pelham Gardens 14.5%-4.6 pts
#157 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 14.2%-4.9 pts
#158 Upper West Side (Central) 14.1%-5 pts
#159 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 14.1%-5 pts
#160 Norwood 14%-5.2 pts
#161 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 13.7%-5.4 pts
#162 Hell's Kitchen 13.6%-5.5 pts
#163 Concourse-Concourse Village 13.5%-5.6 pts
#164 Gramercy 13.4%-5.7 pts
#165 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 13.3%-5.8 pts
#166 Kew Gardens 13.2%-5.9 pts
#167 West Village 13.2%-5.9 pts
#168 Midtown-Times Square 12.9%-6.2 pts
#169 Oakwood-Richmondtown 12.9%-6.2 pts
#170 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 12.5%-6.6 pts
#171 East Harlem (North) 12.3%-6.8 pts
#172 Spring Creek-Starrett City 12.1%-7 pts
#173 Forest Hills 12.1%-7 pts
#174 Washington Heights (South) 11.8%-7.3 pts
#175 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 11.5%-7.7 pts
#176 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 11.3%-7.8 pts
#177 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 11.3%-7.8 pts
#178 West Farms 11.2%-7.9 pts
#179 Harlem (North) 10.8%-8.3 pts
#180 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 10.5%-8.6 pts
#181 Williamsburg 10.5%-8.6 pts
#182 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 10.2%-9 pts
#183 Co-op City 9.7%-9.4 pts
#184 Mount Hope 9.5%-9.6 pts
#185 Brooklyn Heights 9.5%-9.6 pts
#186 Upper East Side-Yorkville 9.4%-9.7 pts
#187 Park Slope 9.3%-9.8 pts
#188 Coney Island-Sea Gate 8.9%-10.2 pts
#189 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 8.4%-10.7 pts
#190 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 8.3%-10.8 pts
#191 Prospect Heights 7.9%-11.2 pts
#192 Morningside Heights 7.5%-11.6 pts
#193 Inwood 7.2%-11.9 pts
#194 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 6.4%-12.7 pts
#195 Washington Heights (North) 6.2%-12.9 pts
#196 Highbridge 3.9%-15.2 pts
#197 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 0%-19.1 pts
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