County profile

Manhattan / New York, NY

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Manhattan is New York County, an island borough of 1.58 million residents and the densest county in the United States. Central Park is the 843 acres in the middle of it, with more than 42 million visits a year and the Central Park Conservancy in day-to-day care. Around the park is a transit-first borough.

Population Density: 74,781: 74,781 residents to the square mile, denser than all 3,142 other counties. Since June 2026, a small building's trash has to reach the curb in an Official NYC Bin. >99% of 3,143 counties
Transit Score: 89: A Transit Score of 89 in New York City, ahead of all 269 other counties that have one. The subway fare is $3 whether the ride is one stop or the length of the line. >99% of 270 counties
Art Museums: 56: 56 art museums in the county, and only one county in the country has more. One of them charges nothing at all to walk in. >99% of 3,143 counties
Home Ownership Rate: 24%: Owner-occupied homes are 24% of the stock, lower than in all but three counties in the country. The rent increase on about a million apartments in the city is set at a public vote. <99% of 3,143 counties
The trade-off — Median Home Price: $1.31M⁴: The median home is $1.31M against a typical household income of $96K. Homes cost more in only six counties in the country, and the median buyer here owes a mansion tax. >99% of 3,143 counties

New York's Radio City Music Hall opened in 1932 and remains the largest indoor theatre in the world. It has hosted the Grammy's and Tony's. New York's Madison Square Garden is the busiest music arena in America.

Demographics and county data

Each comparison is against the US counties that publish the same measurement. Measurements where too many counties share a single value to be ranked show no comparison at all.

Abortion Regulation: Legal (Restricted)
ACT/SAT Scores: #30
Air Quality: 9.0¹
Alcohol Regulation: #31
All Occupations: $88K¹
American Indians/Alaskan Natives: ↓-1.7%
Amish, Mennonites, etc: ↓-2.4%⁷
Any Airport: 0h 16m
Any Natural Disaster: High³
Architecture & Engineering: $94K¹⁰
Art Museums: 56
Arts, Design, Sports, Media & Entertainment: $96K¹⁰
Asian Americans: ↑10.6%
Asian Language Speakers: ↑7.2%
Avalanche: none³
Average School Rating: 35.7⁶
Beergardens & Brewpubs: 50+
Bike Score: 69
Blacks/African Americans: ↑3.4%
Boating: 780
Broadband Internet: 85%
Buddhists: ↑1.6%⁷
Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance: $43K¹⁰
Business & Financial Operations: $107K¹⁰
Cannabis Regulation: Legal
Cat Friendly Rentals: 37%
Catholics: ↑5.7%⁷
City Population: 8.80M
Climate Change Risk: 3.0
Coastal Flooding: Low³
Cold Wave: none³
Community & Social Service: $63K¹⁰
Commute Time: 33
Computer & Mathematical: $117K¹⁰
Construction & Extraction: $72K¹⁰
County Population: 1.58M
Cuisine Diversity: 56
Cycling: 50+
Dentists: 18.6
Dog Friendly Rentals: 36%
Drought: Very Low³
Earthquakes: High³
Education, Training, & Library: $79K¹⁰
Educational Attainment: 37%
Elevation: 66'⁸
English Speakers: ↓-11.4%
Farmers Markets: 7
Farming, Fishing, & Forestry: $41K¹⁰
Fatal Dog Attacks: 0
Fatal Wildlife Attacks: 0
Fire Ants: none
Fishing: 198
Food Preparation & Serving Related: $41K¹⁰
Forests: 14%
Freshwater Access: 978
Gluten-Free Options: 50+
Golf: 155
Gun Open Carry Regulation: Illegal
Hail: Very Low³
Healthcare Practitioners & Technical: $111K¹⁰
Healthcare Support: $38K¹⁰
Heat Wave: Very High³
High School Graduation Rate: 75%¹
Hiking: 214
Hindus: ↑0.3%⁷
Hispanics/Latinos: ↑16.1%
History Museums: 15
Home Ownership Rate: 24%
Homelessness: 776
Homicide Rate: 2¹
Hospitals: 10
Hurricanes: Medium³
Ice Storms: Very High³
Indo-European Language Speakers: ↑6.3%
Installation, Maintenance, & Repair: $61K¹⁰
Investment Potential: 54 / 100
Jehovah's Witnesses: ↓-0.7%⁷
Jews: ↑5.6%⁷
Landslide: High³
LDS / Mormons: ↓-1.7%⁷
Legal: $155K¹⁰
Life Expectancy: 85¹
Life, Physical, & Social Science: $88K¹⁰
Lightning: High³
Live Music: 123
Major Airport: 0h 16m
Major City Proximity: Major City
Major League Baseball: 0h 16m
Major League Soccer: 0h 23m
Management: $170K¹⁰
Median Age: 38 years¹¹
Median Home Price: $1.31M
Median Rental - 1 BR Apartment: $2,438
Median Rental - 2 BR Apartment: $2,814
Median Rental - 3 BR Apartment: $3,648
Median Rental - 4 BR Apartment: $3,908
Median Rental - Room: $1,705
Median Rental - Single Family Home: $3,158⁴
Median Rental - Studio Apartment: $2,010
Mental Health Providers: 90.1
Meth Labs: 0
Michelin Rated Restaurants: 3 Star
Minor League Baseball: 1h 52m
Mountains: 709'⁸
Multiracials: ↑0.2%
Muslims: ↑2.5%⁷
National Parks: 5h 38m
Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders: ↓-0.1%
NBA Basketball: 0h 10m
NFL Football: 0h 29m
NHL Hockey: 0h 17m
Not Religious / Atheists / Agnostics: ↑13.0%
Nuclear Strike: Direct Target
Obesity Rate: 16%¹
Office & Administrative Support: $53K¹⁰
Orthodox Christians: ↓-0.2%⁷
Other Language Speakers: ↑1.3%
Other Relocation Incentives: none
Park Score: 99%⁹
People 0-9 Years Old: ↓-3.3%
People 10-19 Years Old: ↓-4.9%
People 20-29 Years Old: ↑6.5%
People 30-39 Years Old: ↑6.8%
People 40-49 Years Old: ↑1.1%
People 50-59 Years Old: ↓-2.0%
People 60-69 Years Old: ↓-2.6%
People 70-79 Years Old: ↓-1.4%
People 80+ Years Old: ↓-0.1%
Performing Arts: 18
Personal Care & Service: $44K¹⁰
Political Orientation: 84% Dems
Population Density: 74,781
Population Growth: ↓-6.6%
Poverty Rate: 16.3%
Primary Care Physicians: 13.7¹
Private/Home School Regulation: #15
Production: $48K¹⁰
Property Crime Rate: 1,460
Property Tax: 1.93%
Protective Service: $61K¹⁰
Protestants / Non-Denominationals: ↓-21.9%⁷
Rain: 45"
Regional Theatre: 0
River Flooding: High³
Sales & Related: $67K¹⁰
Sales Tax: 8.9%
Same Sex Households: ↑0.7%
Scenic Beauty: #17
Seacoast Proximity: 0h 23m
Seasons: 46 °F
Shark Attacks: 0
Single Parent Households: ↑10.8%
Skiing: 0h 27m
Small or Major Airport: 0h 16m
Smokers: 12%¹
Snow: 48"
Spanish Speakers: ↑14.9%
State Income Tax: 8.8%
Strong Wind: Very High³
Summer Heat: 84 °F
Summer Mugginess: Sticky
Sunny Days: 224
Termite Infestation: Moderate
Tobacco Regulation: #2
Top School Rating: 90.4⁶
Tornadoes: Very High³
Traffic: 7.26M
Transit Score: 89
Transportation & Material Moving: $51K¹⁰
Tsunami: none³
Typical Expenses: $87K⁵
Typical Expenses: $125K⁵
Typical Expenses: $117K⁵
Typical Expenses: $69K⁵
Typical Expenses: $87K⁵
Typical Expenses: $149K⁵
Typical Expenses: $125K⁵
Typical Expenses: $159K⁵
Typical Expenses: $112K⁵
Typical Expenses: $101K⁵
Typical Expenses: $195K⁵
Typical Expenses: $194K⁵
Unemployment Rate: 9.5%¹
Vegetarian Friendliness: 50+
Violent Crime Rate: 586²
Volcanic Activity: none³
Walk Score: 88
Water Quality: 1/4
Whites: ↓-28.9%
Wildfires: none³
Windiness: 10 mph
Wineries: 12
Winter Cold: 38 °F
Winter Weather: Very High³

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