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

Map and ranking of Severely Cost Burdened: Spending 50% or More on Housing across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: South Williamsburg (42.3%). Lowest: Park Slope (11.5%). New York City avg: 27.5%. Data: 2020–2024.
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Severely Cost Burdened: Spending 50% or More on Housing · 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 27.5%
Highest neighborhood South Williamsburg: 42.3%
Lowest neighborhood Park Slope: 11.5%

Note: Housing costs include rent or mortgage payments and utilities. A household spending 30% or more of income on housing is considered cost burdened.

Universe: Occupied housing units · Geography: Census Tract · Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-Year Estimates

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Min 11% 25th pct 21% Median 26% 75th pct 30% Max 42%

Neighborhood ranking: Severely Cost Burdened: Spending 50% or More on Housing (2020–24)

#1 South Williamsburg 42.3%+14.8 pts
#2 Borough Park 41.6%+14 pts
#3 Fordham Heights 41.5%+14 pts
#4 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 41.5%+14 pts
#5 Belmont 41.3%+13.8 pts
#6 Concourse-Concourse Village 39.3%+11.8 pts
#7 Melrose 38.8%+11.3 pts
#8 Hunts Point 38.7%+11.2 pts
#9 Bedford Park 38.5%+11 pts
#10 University Heights (North)-Fordham 38.3%+10.8 pts
#11 Brighton Beach 37.9%+10.4 pts
#12 West Farms 37.1%+9.6 pts
#13 Morrisania 37%+9.5 pts
#14 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 36.8%+9.3 pts
#15 Crotona Park East 36.8%+9.3 pts
#16 Westchester Square 36.4%+8.9 pts
#17 Longwood 35.9%+8.4 pts
#18 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 35.8%+8.3 pts
#19 Tremont 35.4%+7.9 pts
#20 Mount Hope 34.9%+7.4 pts
#21 Mott Haven-Port Morris 34.9%+7.4 pts
#22 Norwood 34.8%+7.3 pts
#23 Manhattanville-West Harlem 34.2%+6.7 pts
#24 East Flatbush-Rugby 34.1%+6.6 pts
#25 Jamaica 34%+6.4 pts
#26 Sunset Park (Central) 33.5%+5.9 pts
#27 Williamsbridge-Olinville 33.3%+5.8 pts
#28 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 33.2%+5.7 pts
#29 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 32.5%+5 pts
#30 Parkchester 32.4%+4.9 pts
#31 Chinatown-Two Bridges 32.3%+4.8 pts
#32 East Flushing 32.3%+4.7 pts
#33 East New York-New Lots 32.2%+4.7 pts
#34 Allerton 32.2%+4.7 pts
#35 Gravesend (South) 32%+4.5 pts
#36 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 31.9%+4.4 pts
#37 Cypress Hills 31.7%+4.2 pts
#38 Castle Hill-Unionport 31.6%+4.1 pts
#39 Highbridge 31.6%+4.1 pts
#40 Baisley Park 31.2%+3.7 pts
#41 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 31.1%+3.6 pts
#42 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 31.1%+3.5 pts
#43 Dyker Heights 31%+3.5 pts
#44 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 30.5%+2.9 pts
#45 Corona 30.5%+2.9 pts
#46 College Point 30.2%+2.7 pts
#47 Canarsie 30.2%+2.6 pts
#48 Bensonhurst 30.1%+2.5 pts
#49 Flushing-Willets Point 30%+2.5 pts
#50 Queensboro Hill 29.6%+2.1 pts
#51 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 29.6%+2 pts
#52 East Harlem (South) 29.4%+1.9 pts
#53 Elmhurst 28.9%+1.4 pts
#54 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 28.9%+1.4 pts
#55 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 28.8%+1.3 pts
#56 East Harlem (North) 28.6%+1.1 pts
#57 Brownsville 28.6%+1.1 pts
#58 Washington Heights (South) 28.6%+1.1 pts
#59 Midwood 28.5%+1 pts
#60 East New York (North) 28.5%+1 pts
#61 East Flatbush-Farragut 28.5%+1 pts
#62 Harlem (North) 28.5%+1 pts
#63 Port Richmond 28.4%+0.9 pts
#64 Ozone Park (North) 28.3%+0.8 pts
#65 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 28.3%+0.8 pts
#66 South Jamaica 28.2%+0.7 pts
#67 Gravesend (West) 28.2%+0.7 pts
#68 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 28.2%+0.6 pts
#69 East Flatbush-Erasmus 28.1%+0.5 pts
#70 Ozone Park 28%+0.5 pts
#71 Bath Beach 28%+0.5 pts
#72 East New York-City Line 27.9%+0.4 pts
#73 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 27.9%+0.4 pts
#74 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 27.8%+0.2 pts
#75 St. George-New Brighton 27.6%+0.1 pts
#76 Bushwick (East) 27.6%+0.1 pts
#77 Crown Heights (South) 27.6%+0.1 pts
#78 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 27.5%+0 pts
#79 Ocean Hill 27.3%-0.2 pts
#80 Bushwick (West) 27.2%-0.4 pts
#81 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 27.1%-0.4 pts
#82 Kensington 27.1%-0.5 pts
#83 Hollis 27%-0.5 pts
#84 South Ozone Park 27%-0.5 pts
#85 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 27%-0.6 pts
#86 Flatlands 26.9%-0.6 pts
#87 Wakefield-Woodlawn 26.9%-0.6 pts
#88 Coney Island-Sea Gate 26.9%-0.6 pts
#89 Madison 26.8%-0.7 pts
#90 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 26.8%-0.8 pts
#91 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 26.7%-0.8 pts
#92 South Richmond Hill 26.7%-0.8 pts
#93 Rego Park 26.5%-1 pts
#94 Kew Gardens Hills 26.5%-1 pts
#95 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 26.1%-1.4 pts
#96 Washington Heights (North) 26.1%-1.4 pts
#97 Flatbush 25.8%-1.7 pts
#98 Jackson Heights 25.7%-1.8 pts
#99 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 25.7%-1.9 pts
#100 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 25.6%-1.9 pts
#101 Inwood 25.5%-2 pts
#102 North Corona 25.5%-2 pts
#103 Crown Heights (North) 25.3%-2.3 pts
#104 Bayside 25.2%-2.3 pts
#105 Harlem (South) 25.2%-2.3 pts
#106 Richmond Hill 25.2%-2.4 pts
#107 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 25.1%-2.4 pts
#108 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 25.1%-2.4 pts
#109 Morningside Heights 25.1%-2.5 pts
#110 Morris Park 24.7%-2.9 pts
#111 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 24.6%-2.9 pts
#112 Cambria Heights 24.6%-2.9 pts
#113 Maspeth 24.5%-3 pts
#114 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 24.3%-3.2 pts
#115 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 24.1%-3.4 pts
#116 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 24.1%-3.5 pts
#117 East Elmhurst 24%-3.5 pts
#118 Whitestone-Beechhurst 24%-3.5 pts
#119 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 24%-3.5 pts
#120 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 24%-3.5 pts
#121 New Dorp-Midland Beach 24%-3.5 pts
#122 Woodhaven 24%-3.6 pts
#123 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 23.9%-3.6 pts
#124 Auburndale 23.9%-3.6 pts
#125 St. Albans 23.8%-3.7 pts
#126 Bay Ridge 23.5%-4 pts
#127 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 23.3%-4.2 pts
#128 Sunset Park (West) 23.3%-4.2 pts
#129 Kew Gardens 23%-4.5 pts
#130 Ridgewood 22.8%-4.8 pts
#131 Soundview-Clason Point 22.7%-4.9 pts
#132 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 22.5%-5 pts
#133 Queens Village 22.5%-5 pts
#134 East Village 22.5%-5.1 pts
#135 Sunnyside 22.4%-5.2 pts
#136 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 22.2%-5.3 pts
#137 Woodside 22.2%-5.3 pts
#138 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 22.1%-5.4 pts
#139 Middle Village 22.1%-5.4 pts
#140 Spring Creek-Starrett City 22%-5.5 pts
#141 Lower East Side 22%-5.5 pts
#142 Financial District-Battery Park City 22%-5.5 pts
#143 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 21.9%-5.6 pts
#144 Glendale 21.6%-5.9 pts
#145 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 21.5%-6 pts
#146 Pelham Gardens 21.4%-6.2 pts
#147 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 21.2%-6.3 pts
#148 Gramercy 21.1%-6.4 pts
#149 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 21.1%-6.4 pts
#150 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 21%-6.5 pts
#151 Clinton Hill 20.8%-6.7 pts
#152 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 20.8%-6.7 pts
#153 Oakwood-Richmondtown 20.8%-6.8 pts
#154 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 20.7%-6.8 pts
#155 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 20.6%-6.9 pts
#156 Rosedale 20.6%-6.9 pts
#157 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 20.5%-7 pts
#158 Bay Terrace-Clearview 20.2%-7.4 pts
#159 Tribeca-Civic Center 20.1%-7.4 pts
#160 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 20.1%-7.5 pts
#161 East Williamsburg 20%-7.5 pts
#162 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 20%-7.5 pts
#163 Arden Heights-Rossville 20%-7.6 pts
#164 Greenwich Village 19.9%-7.7 pts
#165 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 19.4%-8.2 pts
#166 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 19.2%-8.3 pts
#167 Astoria (Central) 19.1%-8.4 pts
#168 Forest Hills 19.1%-8.5 pts
#169 Laurelton 18.9%-8.6 pts
#170 Hell's Kitchen 18.9%-8.6 pts
#171 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 18.9%-8.7 pts
#172 Upper West Side (Central) 18.8%-8.8 pts
#173 Greenpoint 18.7%-8.8 pts
#174 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 18.7%-8.9 pts
#175 Bellerose 18.6%-9 pts
#176 Great Kills-Eltingville 18.2%-9.3 pts
#177 Fort Greene 18.1%-9.4 pts
#178 Williamsburg 18.1%-9.4 pts
#179 Upper East Side-Yorkville 18.1%-9.5 pts
#180 West Village 17.9%-9.6 pts
#181 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 17.9%-9.6 pts
#182 Midtown-Times Square 17.9%-9.7 pts
#183 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 17.8%-9.8 pts
#184 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 17.4%-10.1 pts
#185 Tottenville-Charleston 17.4%-10.1 pts
#186 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 16.9%-10.6 pts
#187 Long Island City-Hunters Point 16.7%-10.8 pts
#188 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 16.5%-11 pts
#189 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 16.4%-11.1 pts
#190 Douglaston-Little Neck 16.3%-11.2 pts
#191 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 16.1%-11.4 pts
#192 Brooklyn Heights 15.1%-12.4 pts
#193 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 14.2%-13.3 pts
#194 Co-op City 14.1%-13.4 pts
#195 Prospect Heights 14.1%-13.4 pts
#196 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 12.3%-15.3 pts
#197 Park Slope 11.5%-16 pts
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