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

Map and ranking of Severely Cost Burdened: Spending 50% or More on Housing (Renters) across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: South Williamsburg (44.7%). Lowest: Park Slope (13.2%). New York City avg: 28.9%.
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Severely Cost Burdened: Spending 50% or More on Housing (Renters) · 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 (Renters) 28.9%
Highest neighborhood South Williamsburg: 44.7%
Lowest neighborhood Park Slope: 13.2%

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: Renter-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 13% 25th pct 25% Median 30% 75th pct 35% Max 45%

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

#1 South Williamsburg 44.7%+15.8 pts
#2 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 44.2%+15.2 pts
#3 Borough Park 43.6%+14.7 pts
#4 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 42.7%+13.8 pts
#5 Concourse-Concourse Village 42.7%+13.7 pts
#6 Brighton Beach 42.5%+13.6 pts
#7 Belmont 41.8%+12.8 pts
#8 Fordham Heights 41.5%+12.6 pts
#9 Port Richmond 41.2%+12.3 pts
#10 College Point 39.9%+10.9 pts
#11 Bedford Park 39.7%+10.7 pts
#12 Hunts Point 39.5%+10.6 pts
#13 University Heights (North)-Fordham 39.5%+10.5 pts
#14 Melrose 39%+10.1 pts
#15 East Flatbush-Rugby 38.8%+9.8 pts
#16 East Flushing 38.7%+9.7 pts
#17 West Farms 38.5%+9.6 pts
#18 Morrisania 38.4%+9.5 pts
#19 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 38.4%+9.4 pts
#20 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 38.2%+9.3 pts
#21 Crotona Park East 37.9%+9 pts
#22 Longwood 37.8%+8.8 pts
#23 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 37.3%+8.4 pts
#24 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 37.2%+8.3 pts
#25 Oakwood-Richmondtown 37%+8 pts
#26 Sunset Park (Central) 36.9%+8 pts
#27 Baisley Park 36.9%+7.9 pts
#28 Williamsbridge-Olinville 36.3%+7.4 pts
#29 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 36.3%+7.3 pts
#30 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 36.3%+7.3 pts
#31 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 36.2%+7.3 pts
#32 Whitestone-Beechhurst 36.2%+7.2 pts
#33 Dyker Heights 36.1%+7.2 pts
#34 Tremont 36.1%+7.2 pts
#35 Norwood 36.1%+7.2 pts
#36 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 36%+7.1 pts
#37 Gravesend (South) 36%+7.1 pts
#38 New Dorp-Midland Beach 36%+7 pts
#39 Mott Haven-Port Morris 35.9%+7 pts
#40 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 35.9%+7 pts
#41 Jamaica 35.9%+7 pts
#42 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 35.8%+6.9 pts
#43 Queens Village 35.8%+6.8 pts
#44 Mount Hope 35.7%+6.8 pts
#45 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 35.6%+6.6 pts
#46 Westchester Square 35.4%+6.5 pts
#47 Bath Beach 35.4%+6.5 pts
#48 Castle Hill-Unionport 35.3%+6.3 pts
#49 Ozone Park (North) 35.1%+6.2 pts
#50 Flushing-Willets Point 35%+6.1 pts
#51 Parkchester 35%+6 pts
#52 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 34.8%+5.9 pts
#53 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 34.8%+5.9 pts
#54 Manhattanville-West Harlem 34.5%+5.6 pts
#55 Queensboro Hill 34.4%+5.5 pts
#56 Cypress Hills 34.4%+5.5 pts
#57 South Ozone Park 34.4%+5.5 pts
#58 St. George-New Brighton 34.4%+5.5 pts
#59 Rego Park 34.1%+5.1 pts
#60 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 34.1%+5.1 pts
#61 South Jamaica 33.8%+4.9 pts
#62 East Flatbush-Farragut 33.7%+4.8 pts
#63 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 33.7%+4.7 pts
#64 East New York-New Lots 33.6%+4.7 pts
#65 Coney Island-Sea Gate 33.5%+4.6 pts
#66 Highbridge 33.3%+4.3 pts
#67 Allerton 33.2%+4.2 pts
#68 Kensington 32.9%+3.9 pts
#69 Cambria Heights 32.8%+3.8 pts
#70 Hollis 32.6%+3.7 pts
#71 Kew Gardens Hills 32.5%+3.6 pts
#72 Corona 32.4%+3.5 pts
#73 Richmond Hill 32.4%+3.5 pts
#74 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 32.2%+3.3 pts
#75 Woodhaven 32.1%+3.2 pts
#76 Madison 32.1%+3.2 pts
#77 Jackson Heights 32%+3.1 pts
#78 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 32%+3.1 pts
#79 Midwood 31.8%+2.9 pts
#80 Canarsie 31.6%+2.6 pts
#81 Kew Gardens 31.6%+2.6 pts
#82 Gravesend (West) 31.4%+2.5 pts
#83 Bensonhurst 31.2%+2.3 pts
#84 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 31.2%+2.3 pts
#85 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 31.2%+2.3 pts
#86 Harlem (North) 31.2%+2.2 pts
#87 Wakefield-Woodlawn 31.1%+2.1 pts
#88 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 31%+2.1 pts
#89 Washington Heights (North) 31%+2 pts
#90 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 30.9%+2 pts
#91 South Richmond Hill 30.8%+1.9 pts
#92 Elmhurst 30.8%+1.8 pts
#93 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 30.7%+1.8 pts
#94 East New York (North) 30.7%+1.8 pts
#95 Morningside Heights 30.6%+1.7 pts
#96 Middle Village 30.6%+1.7 pts
#97 Pelham Gardens 30.5%+1.6 pts
#98 East Harlem (North) 30.5%+1.6 pts
#99 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 30.4%+1.4 pts
#100 Ozone Park 30.3%+1.4 pts
#101 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 30.3%+1.3 pts
#102 Chinatown-Two Bridges 30.2%+1.2 pts
#103 Brownsville 30%+1.1 pts
#104 East Harlem (South) 30%+1.1 pts
#105 East New York-City Line 30%+1.1 pts
#106 Washington Heights (South) 30%+1.1 pts
#107 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 29.8%+0.8 pts
#108 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 29.7%+0.8 pts
#109 Bayside 29.5%+0.6 pts
#110 Bushwick (East) 29.4%+0.5 pts
#111 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 29.2%+0.2 pts
#112 Maspeth 28.8%-0.1 pts
#113 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 28.7%-0.2 pts
#114 East Flatbush-Erasmus 28.7%-0.3 pts
#115 St. Albans 28.6%-0.4 pts
#116 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 28.2%-0.8 pts
#117 Rosedale 28.1%-0.9 pts
#118 Inwood 27.9%-1 pts
#119 Crown Heights (South) 27.9%-1.1 pts
#120 Ocean Hill 27.8%-1.1 pts
#121 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 27.7%-1.2 pts
#122 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 27.7%-1.3 pts
#123 Auburndale 27.7%-1.3 pts
#124 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 27.6%-1.3 pts
#125 Laurelton 27.6%-1.4 pts
#126 Bay Ridge 27.5%-1.4 pts
#127 Arden Heights-Rossville 27.2%-1.7 pts
#128 Flatbush 27.2%-1.8 pts
#129 Morris Park 26.9%-2 pts
#130 Bushwick (West) 26.8%-2.1 pts
#131 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 26.7%-2.2 pts
#132 Gramercy 26.6%-2.3 pts
#133 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 26.5%-2.5 pts
#134 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 26.5%-2.5 pts
#135 Bay Terrace-Clearview 26.3%-2.6 pts
#136 North Corona 26.2%-2.7 pts
#137 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 26%-2.9 pts
#138 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 26%-3 pts
#139 Forest Hills 25.9%-3 pts
#140 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 25.8%-3.2 pts
#141 Flatlands 25.7%-3.3 pts
#142 Crown Heights (North) 25.6%-3.3 pts
#143 Harlem (South) 25.6%-3.4 pts
#144 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 25.5%-3.5 pts
#145 Sunset Park (West) 25.1%-3.9 pts
#146 East Elmhurst 25%-3.9 pts
#147 Great Kills-Eltingville 24.9%-4 pts
#148 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 24.8%-4.2 pts
#149 Soundview-Clason Point 24.6%-4.3 pts
#150 Lower East Side 24.2%-4.7 pts
#151 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 24.1%-4.9 pts
#152 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 23.8%-5.1 pts
#153 Sunnyside 23.8%-5.2 pts
#154 Financial District-Battery Park City 23.7%-5.3 pts
#155 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 23.4%-5.5 pts
#156 Ridgewood 23.3%-5.6 pts
#157 Clinton Hill 23.2%-5.7 pts
#158 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 23.1%-5.8 pts
#159 East Village 23.1%-5.9 pts
#160 Spring Creek-Starrett City 23%-5.9 pts
#161 Greenwich Village 22.3%-6.7 pts
#162 Upper East Side-Yorkville 21.9%-7.1 pts
#163 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 21.7%-7.3 pts
#164 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 21.6%-7.3 pts
#165 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 21.5%-7.4 pts
#166 Douglaston-Little Neck 21.5%-7.5 pts
#167 Upper West Side (Central) 21.5%-7.5 pts
#168 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 21.1%-7.8 pts
#169 Brooklyn Heights 20.5%-8.4 pts
#170 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 20.5%-8.5 pts
#171 Tribeca-Civic Center 20.1%-8.9 pts
#172 East Williamsburg 20.1%-8.9 pts
#173 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 20%-9 pts
#174 West Village 20%-9 pts
#175 Hell's Kitchen 19.9%-9 pts
#176 Bellerose 19.9%-9.1 pts
#177 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 19.8%-9.1 pts
#178 Woodside 19.8%-9.1 pts
#179 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 19.8%-9.2 pts
#180 Midtown-Times Square 19.7%-9.3 pts
#181 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 19.6%-9.4 pts
#182 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 19.6%-9.4 pts
#183 Williamsburg 19.6%-9.4 pts
#184 Astoria (Central) 19.5%-9.5 pts
#185 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 19.3%-9.7 pts
#186 Greenpoint 18.9%-10 pts
#187 Fort Greene 18.9%-10.1 pts
#188 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 18.8%-10.1 pts
#189 Glendale 18.7%-10.3 pts
#190 Prospect Heights 17.6%-11.3 pts
#191 Co-op City 17.5%-11.4 pts
#192 Long Island City-Hunters Point 17.2%-11.8 pts
#193 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 16.4%-12.5 pts
#194 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 15.9%-13 pts
#195 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 15.5%-13.4 pts
#196 Tottenville-Charleston 14.9%-14.1 pts
#197 Park Slope 13.2%-15.7 pts
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