New York, NY

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Trends

Survey and county figures by year. Dollar values are not adjusted for inflation.

How New York ranks

• #2 Lowest Student-Teacher Ratios of 96 cities · score 99.0
• #4 Most Walkable Cities of 22 cities · score 78.4
• #6 Best Cities for Nightlife of 22 cities · score 73.8
• #8 Best Cities for Healthcare Access of 22 cities · score 61.9
• #9 Best Cities for Park Access of 99 cities · score 80.8
• #10 Most Bike-Friendly Cities of 22 cities · score 45.2
• #10 Best Cities for Car-Free Commuting of 100 cities · score 80.3
• #11 Greenest Cities of 22 cities · score 56.2
• #13 Best Cities for Food Lovers of 22 cities · score 49.5
• #14 Most Family-Friendly Cities of 22 cities · score 34.1
• #15 Best Cities for Arts & Culture of 22 cities · score 39.5
• #16 Best College Cities of 22 cities · score 31.0
• #18 Cities with the Cleanest Air of 95 cities · score 80.8
• #26 Healthiest Cities of 96 cities · score 64.9
• #33 Best Cities Overall of 100 cities · score 56.7
• #36 Safest Cities from Natural Disasters of 55 cities · score 38.9
• #73 Best-Connected Cities of 100 cities · score 27.2
• #96 Most Affordable Cities of 100 cities · score 22.4

Things to do in New York

Places mapped within 5 km of the city center. Use the layers control to show or hide categories.

• Parks 590

  100 Quincy Community Garden, 1100 Bergen Street Community Garden, 45 Somers Street Community Garden…

• Playgrounds 315

  Albert J. Parham Playground Children's Play Area, Breukelen Playground Children's Play Area, Brevoort Playground Children's Play Area…

• Restaurants 802

  "diner", /ND/GO, 5ive Spice…

• Cafes 406

  19 Cafe, 390 Social, ARVACI Coffee…

• Bars & pubs 346

  101 Wilson Bar, 302 Bar Lounge, 33…

• Breweries 2

  Queens Brewery…

• Museums 14

  Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Building 92…

• Art galleries 40

  440 Gallery, 490 Atlantic, Abe Art…

• Theaters & cinemas 97

  4th Floor Studios, 651 ARTS, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema…

• Libraries 35

  Alul Bayt Islamic Library, Arlington Library, Baal Shem Tov Library…

• Attractions 27

  Animal Lifestyles, Aviary, Battle Hill…

• Grocery stores 228

  7th Avenue Gourmet, 812 Corp, APM Fruit & Vegetable…

• Gyms & sports centers 189

  1.2.1 Fitness, 47 BJJ Coop, 5th Ave Fitness…

• Hospitals & clinics 106

  55 Greene Avenue Medical Suites, AG Urgent Care, AHF Healthcare Center…

• Colleges & universities 8

  Boricua College, Brooklyn College, Long Island University Brooklyn Campus…

Local facts

Median household income

$79,713

Median rent

$1,779 / mo

Median home value

$751,700

Median age

38.0

Unemployment

7.7%

Bachelor's degree or higher

41.0%

Poverty rate

17.4%

Renter-occupied homes

67.2%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools

355

Students enrolled

150,534

Students per teacher

11.7 : 1

Free or reduced-price lunch

68.2%

Charter schools

15.8%

School districts serving the city

63

Browse all 355 public schools →

Districts: New York City Geographic District # 2, New York City Geographic District # 6, New York City Geographic District # 3, New York City Geographic District # 4, New York City Geographic District # 5

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity

25.2%

No leisure-time physical activity

27.9%

Adults with diabetes

11.5%

Adults who smoke

11.6%

Frequent mental distress

15.5%

Sleeping under 7 hours

39.5%

Adults without health insurance

10.6%

Routine checkup in past year

79.5%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park

99.3%

Share of city that is parkland

17.4%

EPA walkability index (1-20)

13.4

Median air quality index (county)

39

Unhealthy air days (county)

0

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband

89.0%

Households with no internet

8.7%

Average commute

40.6 min

Work from home

15.0%

Commute by transit

45.6%

Commute on foot

9.4%

Commute by bike

1.5%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Kings County as relatively high overall for natural hazard risk, with 6 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

• Winter weather: very high
• Strong wind: very high
• Heat wave: very high
• Riverine flooding: very high

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