Geographic Mobility: Stayed in the greater New York City area by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Geographic Mobility: Stayed in the greater New York City area across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: Whitestone-Beechhurst (82.7%). Lowest: Midtown-Times Square (60.2%). New York City avg: 71.5%. Data: 2014–2015.
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Geographic Mobility: Stayed in the greater New York City area · all 197 New York City neighborhoods · 2014–15

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New York City citywide · Geographic Mobility: Stayed in the greater New York City area 71.5%
Highest neighborhood Whitestone-Beechhurst: 82.7%
Lowest neighborhood Midtown-Times Square: 60.2%

Note: These measures follow children born 1978–1983 who grew up in each neighborhood. Adult residence is measured using the most recent available address, generally from 2015, when this cohort was ages 31–37. “Greater New York City area” means the Census commuting zone for the New York City area. “Small immediate neighborhood area” means the childhood Census tract.

Universe: Children born 1978–1983 who grew up in each mapped area · Geography: Census tract · Source: IRS tax-return and Census data compiled by Opportunity Insights for The Opportunity Atlas (2018)

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Min 60% 25th pct 69% Median 71% 75th pct 74% Max 83%

Neighborhood ranking: Geographic Mobility: Stayed in the greater New York City area

#1 Whitestone-Beechhurst 82.7%+11.2 pts
#2 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 81.9%+10.4 pts
#3 Middle Village 81.3%+9.7 pts
#4 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 80.5%+9 pts
#5 Queensboro Hill 80.3%+8.8 pts
#6 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 79.1%+7.6 pts
#7 South Williamsburg 78.9%+7.4 pts
#8 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 78.5%+7 pts
#9 Glendale 78.1%+6.6 pts
#10 Auburndale 77.9%+6.4 pts
#11 Ozone Park 77.9%+6.4 pts
#12 Gravesend (West) 77.7%+6.2 pts
#13 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 77.7%+6.2 pts
#14 Brighton Beach 77.6%+6.1 pts
#15 Bensonhurst 77.4%+5.9 pts
#16 Maspeth 77.4%+5.9 pts
#17 Dyker Heights 77.3%+5.8 pts
#18 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 77.3%+5.8 pts
#19 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 77.2%+5.7 pts
#20 Bellerose 76.8%+5.3 pts
#21 College Point 76.7%+5.2 pts
#22 Astoria (Central) 76.5%+5 pts
#23 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 76.5%+5 pts
#24 Bay Terrace-Clearview 76.2%+4.7 pts
#25 Douglaston-Little Neck 76.2%+4.7 pts
#26 Bayside 76.1%+4.6 pts
#27 Greenpoint 76.1%+4.6 pts
#28 Rego Park 75.7%+4.2 pts
#29 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 75.7%+4.2 pts
#30 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 75.6%+4.1 pts
#31 Lower East Side 75.5%+4 pts
#32 Bay Ridge 75.5%+4 pts
#33 Forest Hills 75.4%+3.9 pts
#34 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 75.4%+3.9 pts
#35 Ozone Park (North) 75.4%+3.9 pts
#36 Bath Beach 75.3%+3.8 pts
#37 Gravesend (South) 75.3%+3.8 pts
#38 Williamsburg 75.3%+3.8 pts
#39 Madison 75.2%+3.7 pts
#40 East Village 74.9%+3.4 pts
#41 East Flushing 74.9%+3.4 pts
#42 Richmond Hill 74.7%+3.2 pts
#43 Elmhurst 74.7%+3.2 pts
#44 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 74.4%+2.9 pts
#45 South Richmond Hill 74.4%+2.9 pts
#46 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 74.2%+2.7 pts
#47 Woodside 74%+2.5 pts
#48 Morris Park 73.9%+2.4 pts
#49 Sunset Park (Central) 73.9%+2.4 pts
#50 Jamaica 73.9%+2.3 pts
#51 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 73.8%+2.3 pts
#52 Chinatown-Two Bridges 73.8%+2.2 pts
#53 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 73.7%+2.2 pts
#54 North Corona 73.6%+2.1 pts
#55 Sunnyside 73.6%+2.1 pts
#56 Jackson Heights 73.6%+2.1 pts
#57 Oakwood-Richmondtown 73.5%+2 pts
#58 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 73.5%+2 pts
#59 New Dorp-Midland Beach 73.4%+1.9 pts
#60 Ridgewood 73.3%+1.8 pts
#61 Sunset Park (West) 73.3%+1.8 pts
#62 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 73.2%+1.7 pts
#63 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 73.1%+1.6 pts
#64 East Harlem (North) 73.1%+1.6 pts
#65 Kew Gardens Hills 73%+1.5 pts
#66 East Williamsburg 73%+1.5 pts
#67 Borough Park 73%+1.5 pts
#68 Woodhaven 73%+1.5 pts
#69 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 72.9%+1.4 pts
#70 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 72.9%+1.4 pts
#71 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 72.8%+1.3 pts
#72 East Harlem (South) 72.8%+1.3 pts
#73 Hollis 72.7%+1.2 pts
#74 South Ozone Park 72.6%+1.1 pts
#75 Coney Island-Sea Gate 72.6%+1.1 pts
#76 Corona 72.5%+1 pts
#77 Flushing-Willets Point 72.5%+1 pts
#78 Kew Gardens 72.5%+1 pts
#79 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 72.3%+0.8 pts
#80 Flatlands 72.1%+0.6 pts
#81 Queens Village 72%+0.5 pts
#82 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 71.9%+0.4 pts
#83 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 71.8%+0.3 pts
#84 Fort Greene 71.7%+0.2 pts
#85 Harlem (South) 71.7%+0.1 pts
#86 Crown Heights (North) 71.6%+0 pts
#87 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 71.5%-0 pts
#88 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 71.5%-0 pts
#89 Inwood 71.5%-0 pts
#90 Great Kills-Eltingville 71.4%-0.1 pts
#91 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 71.4%-0.1 pts
#92 Westchester Square 71.3%-0.2 pts
#93 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 71.3%-0.2 pts
#94 Bushwick (West) 71.3%-0.2 pts
#95 Harlem (North) 71.3%-0.2 pts
#96 Ocean Hill 71.2%-0.3 pts
#97 Brownsville 71.1%-0.4 pts
#98 East Elmhurst 71.1%-0.4 pts
#99 Spring Creek-Starrett City 71.1%-0.4 pts
#100 East Flatbush-Farragut 71.1%-0.4 pts
#101 Tribeca-Civic Center 71%-0.5 pts
#102 Mott Haven-Port Morris 70.8%-0.7 pts
#103 Pelham Gardens 70.7%-0.8 pts
#104 Kensington 70.7%-0.8 pts
#105 Arden Heights-Rossville 70.7%-0.8 pts
#106 Canarsie 70.5%-1 pts
#107 Bushwick (East) 70.5%-1 pts
#108 East New York (North) 70.5%-1 pts
#109 Hell's Kitchen 70.5%-1 pts
#110 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 70.4%-1.1 pts
#111 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 70.4%-1.2 pts
#112 Prospect Heights 70.3%-1.2 pts
#113 Cypress Hills 70.3%-1.2 pts
#114 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 70.3%-1.2 pts
#115 Hunts Point 70.1%-1.4 pts
#116 East Flatbush-Erasmus 70.1%-1.4 pts
#117 South Jamaica 70.1%-1.4 pts
#118 Washington Heights (South) 70.1%-1.4 pts
#119 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 70.1%-1.4 pts
#120 West Farms 70%-1.5 pts
#121 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 69.9%-1.6 pts
#122 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 69.9%-1.6 pts
#123 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 69.9%-1.6 pts
#124 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 69.9%-1.6 pts
#125 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 69.8%-1.7 pts
#126 Longwood 69.7%-1.8 pts
#127 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 69.6%-1.9 pts
#128 Allerton 69.6%-1.9 pts
#129 East Flatbush-Rugby 69.6%-1.9 pts
#130 Morrisania 69.6%-1.9 pts
#131 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 69.6%-1.9 pts
#132 Manhattanville-West Harlem 69.6%-1.9 pts
#133 East New York-City Line 69.5%-2 pts
#134 Crotona Park East 69.5%-2 pts
#135 Flatbush 69.3%-2.2 pts
#136 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 69.3%-2.2 pts
#137 Crown Heights (South) 69.2%-2.3 pts
#138 East New York-New Lots 69.2%-2.3 pts
#139 Cambria Heights 69.2%-2.3 pts
#140 Rosedale 69.2%-2.4 pts
#141 Clinton Hill 69.1%-2.4 pts
#142 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 69.1%-2.4 pts
#143 Castle Hill-Unionport 69%-2.5 pts
#144 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 69%-2.6 pts
#145 Tottenville-Charleston 68.9%-2.6 pts
#146 Baisley Park 68.9%-2.7 pts
#147 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 68.8%-2.7 pts
#148 Melrose 68.8%-2.7 pts
#149 Tremont 68.8%-2.7 pts
#150 West Village 68.8%-2.7 pts
#151 Belmont 68.8%-2.7 pts
#152 Upper East Side-Yorkville 68.8%-2.8 pts
#153 Washington Heights (North) 68.7%-2.8 pts
#154 Morningside Heights 68.5%-3 pts
#155 Wakefield-Woodlawn 68.5%-3 pts
#156 Soundview-Clason Point 68.5%-3 pts
#157 University Heights (North)-Fordham 68.3%-3.2 pts
#158 Long Island City-Hunters Point 68.3%-3.3 pts
#159 Mount Hope 68.2%-3.3 pts
#160 Greenwich Village 68.2%-3.3 pts
#161 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 68.2%-3.3 pts
#162 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 68.2%-3.4 pts
#163 Highbridge 68.1%-3.4 pts
#164 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 68.1%-3.4 pts
#165 Co-op City 68%-3.5 pts
#166 Park Slope 68%-3.5 pts
#167 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 67.9%-3.6 pts
#168 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 67.9%-3.6 pts
#169 Laurelton 67.9%-3.6 pts
#170 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 67.9%-3.6 pts
#171 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 67.8%-3.7 pts
#172 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 67.8%-3.7 pts
#173 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 67.8%-3.7 pts
#174 St. Albans 67.8%-3.7 pts
#175 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 67.8%-3.7 pts
#176 Fordham Heights 67.7%-3.8 pts
#177 Norwood 67.7%-3.8 pts
#178 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 67.7%-3.8 pts
#179 Parkchester 67.7%-3.8 pts
#180 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 67.6%-3.9 pts
#181 Upper West Side (Central) 67.5%-4 pts
#182 Port Richmond 67.5%-4.1 pts
#183 Midwood 67.2%-4.3 pts
#184 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 67.2%-4.3 pts
#185 Bedford Park 67.1%-4.4 pts
#186 Williamsbridge-Olinville 67.1%-4.4 pts
#187 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 67%-4.5 pts
#188 Concourse-Concourse Village 67%-4.5 pts
#189 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 66.4%-5.1 pts
#190 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 66.1%-5.4 pts
#191 St. George-New Brighton 65.8%-5.7 pts
#192 Gramercy 64.3%-7.2 pts
#193 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 64.1%-7.4 pts
#194 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 63.7%-7.8 pts
#195 Brooklyn Heights 63.6%-7.9 pts
#196 Financial District-Battery Park City 62.9%-8.6 pts
#197 Midtown-Times Square 60.2%-11.3 pts
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