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Area: 0.498 square miles

Population: 39,756

Population density:
Lower East Side (LES):

79,799 people per square mile
New York:

27,483 people per square mile
  • Races in 2022
    • 14,59334.7%White
    • 12,38229.4%Asian
    • 9,26322.0%Hispanic or Latino
    • 3,0417.2%Black
    • 1,4853.5%Two or more races
    • 8782.1%Some other race
    • 2980.7%American Indian
    • 1650.4%Native Hawaiian and Other
      Pacific Islander
Age and Sex of Residents in Lower East Side in New York, NY
  • Distribution of median household income

  • Distribution of median household income
  • 1,869Less than $10,000
  • 3,363$10,000 to $19,999
  • 3,620$20,000 to $29,999
  • 1,780$30,000 to $39,999
  • 2,328$40,000 to $49,999
  • 945$50,000 to $59,999
  • 980$60,000 to $74,999
  • 1,889$75,000 to $99,999
  • 2,165$100,000 to $124,999
  • 1,332$125,000 to $149,999
  • 1,559$150,000 to $199,999
  • 3,517$200,000 or more
  • Distribution of owner-occupied house/condo value

  • Distribution of owner-occupied house/condo value
  • 1,751Less than $50,000
  • 2,189$50,000 to $99,999
  • 964$100,000 to $149,999
  • 482$150,000 to $199,999
  • 364$200,000 to $249,999
  • 125$250,000 to $299,999
  • 629$300,000 to $399,999
  • 734$400,000 to $499,999
  • 3,420$500,000 to $749,999
  • 2,680$750,000 to $999,999
  • 3,978$1,000,000 or more
  • Distribution of rent paid by renters

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters
  • 1,068Less than $100
  • 1,174$100 to $199
  • 2,669$200 to $299
  • 1,818$300 to $399
  • 2,745$400 to $499
  • 1,917$500 to $599
  • 1,395$600 to $699
  • 1,393$700 to $799
  • 1,128$800 to $899
  • 866$900 to $999
  • 1,977$1,000 to $1,249
  • 1,134$1,250 to $1,499
  • 1,752$1,500 to $1,999
  • 8,412$2,000 or more
Zip codes: 10002.

Males:

19,656
Females:

20,100
Median age:
Males:
This neighborhood:

41.0 years
Whole city:

37.0 years
Females:
This neighborhood:

46.1 years
Whole city:

39.8 years

Average household size:
Lower East Side (LES):

4.0 people
New York:

2.4 people

Percentage of family households:
Lower East Side (LES):

25.0%
New York:

38.3%
Percentage of married-couple families (among all households):
Here:

28.9%
New York:

34.8%

Percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households):
Lower East Side (LES):

40.6%
New York:

25.9%

Percentage of single-mother households (among all households):
Lower East Side (LES):

26.3%
New York:

11.8%

Percentage of never married males 15 years old and over:
Lower East Side (LES):

26.4%
New York:

21.7%

Percentage of never married females 15 years old and over:
Lower East Side (LES):

23.4%
city:

22.4%

Percentage of people that speak English not well or not at all:
Lower East Side (LES):

20.0%
New York:

12.2%

Percentage of people born in this state:
Here:

44.6%
New York:

48.0%

Percentage of people born in another U.S. state:
Lower East Side (LES):

18.5%
New York:

11.7%

Percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S.:
Here:

5.5%
city:

3.6%

Percentage of foreign born residents:
Here:

31.5%
New York:

36.8%

Educational Attainment in 2022
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Lower East Side (LES)
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Lower East Side <>
  • 7171 room
  • 3,2022 rooms
  • 2,1633 rooms
  • 2,3594 rooms
  • 1,1625 rooms
  • 7356 rooms
  • 4267 rooms
  • 5028 rooms
  • 7809+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lower East Side (LES)
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lower East Side <>
  • 2,8591 room
  • 4,2262 rooms
  • 3,9793 rooms
  • 3,4094 rooms
  • 2,0255 rooms
  • 9556 rooms
  • 1,3577 rooms
  • 1,1938 rooms
  • 9409+ rooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Lower East Side (LES)
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Lower East Side <>
  • 767no bedroom
  • 4,1911 bedroom
  • 2,7942 bedrooms
  • 1,4993 bedrooms
  • 8514 bedrooms
  • 4715+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lower East Side (LES)
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lower East Side <>
  • 3,379no bedroom
  • 5,2111 bedroom
  • 5,4532 bedrooms
  • 2,0863 bedrooms
  • 5484 bedrooms
  • 9405+ bedrooms
Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
This neighborhood -2113932.9
New York 1.1

Average number of cars or other vehicles available in apartments:
Here -115639.4
city 0.4

Percentage of units with a mortgage:
Lower East Side (LES):

45.0%
New York:

56.2%

Year house built in Lower East Side (LES)
  • Year house built in Lower East Side <>
  • 5682020 or later
  • 2,8152010 to 2019
  • 1,8092000 to 2009
  • 2,2501990 to 1999
  • 3,5671980 to 1989
  • 4,3431970 to 1979
  • 2,4261960 to 1969
  • 3,9311950 to 1959
  • 2,1161940 to 1949
  • 8,7991939 or earlier
Owners and renters by unit type

City-data.com crime index for city in 2020 (higher means more crime):
City:

229.7
U.S. average:

219.5

  • Travel time to work (commute)

  • Travel time to work (commute)
  • 281Less than 5 minutes
  • 3665 to 9 minutes
  • 67710 to 14 minutes
  • 1,55515 to 19 minutes
  • 1,78520 to 24 minutes
  • 1,34125 to 29 minutes
  • 3,79630 to 34 minutes
  • 45935 to 39 minutes
  • 85440 to 44 minutes
  • 2,04745 to 59 minutes
  • 1,33660 to 89 minutes
  • 51290 or more minutes
  • Means of transportation to work

  • Means of transportation to work
  • 8.9%1,771Drove a car alone
  • 4.2%845Carpooled
  • 6.7%1,338Bus
  • 40.0%7,975Subway or elevated rail
  • 1.7%335Long-distance train or commuter rail
  • 1.7%339Ferryboat
  • 6.5%1,297Taxi
  • 8.0%1,600Bicycle
  • 20.1%4,000Walked
  • 8.1%1,608Other means
  • 17.7%3,533Worked at home
  • Time leaving home to go to work

  • Time leaving home to go to work
  • 39112:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.
  • 3545:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m.
  • 3205:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.
  • 6566:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m.
  • 7596:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.
  • 1,5237:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m.
  • 1,4117:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.
  • 3,0608:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m.
  • 1,9578:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.
  • 2,3729:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.
  • 71210:00 a.m. to 10:59 a.m.
  • 17111:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.
  • 67612:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m.
  • 6194:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.

Occupations of males:

  • Percentage of males in management occupations (except farmers):
    Here:

    12.2%
    city:

    11.2%

  • Percentage of males in business and financial operations occupations:
    Here:

    10.1%
    city:

    6.4%

  • Percentage of males in computer and mathematical occupations:
    Here:

    8.8%
    city:

    5.3%

  • Percentage of males in architecture and engineering occupations:
    Here:

    2.0%
    city:

    1.7%

  • Percentage of males in life, physical, and social science occupations:
    Here:

    2.4%
    city:

    1.0%

  • Percentage of males in legal occupations:
    Here:

    1.9%
    city:

    2.1%

  • Percentage of males in education, training, and library occupations:
    Here:

    3.9%
    city:

    4.0%

  • Percentage of males in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
    Here:

    9.3%
    city:

    4.8%

  • Percentage of males in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
    Here:

    1.7%
    city:

    3.4%

  • Percentage of males in service occupations:
    Here:

    16.2%
    city:

    18.7%

  • Percentage of males in sales and office occupations:
    Here:

    20.3%
    city:

    15.0%

  • Percentage of males in construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations:
    Here:

    2.1%
    city:

    7.8%

  • Percentage of males in production occupations:
    Here:

    2.0%
    city:

    2.9%

  • Percentage of males in transportation occupations:
    Here:

    3.8%
    city:

    8.1%

  • Percentage of males in material moving occupations:
    Here:

    2.0%
    city:

    3.3%


Occupations of females:

  • Percentage of females in management occupations (except farmers):
    Here:

    13.2%
    city:

    10.4%

  • Percentage of females in business and financial operations occupations:
    Here:

    12.7%
    city:

    7.1%

  • Percentage of females in computer and mathematical occupations:
    Here:

    3.1%
    city:

    1.9%

  • Percentage of females in community and social services occupations:
    Here:

    2.5%
    city:

    3.0%

  • Percentage of females in legal occupations:
    Here:

    2.4%
    city:

    2.2%

  • Percentage of females in education, training, and library occupations:
    Here:

    7.5%
    city:

    9.5%

  • Percentage of females in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
    Here:

    10.0%
    city:

    4.9%

  • Percentage of females in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
    Here:

    5.0%
    city:

    7.8%

  • Percentage of females in service occupations:
    Here:

    19.7%
    city:

    25.1%

  • Percentage of females in sales and office occupations:
    Here:

    21.2%
    city:

    22.5%


Education in this neighborhood (subdivision or community):

  • Percentage of people 3 years and older in K-12 schools:
    Lower East Side (LES):

    20.5%
    New York:

    15.2%

  • Percentage of people 3 years and older in undergraduate colleges:
    Lower East Side (LES):

    5.9%
    New York:

    5.1%

  • Percentage of people 3 years and older in grad. or professional schools:
    Lower East Side (LES):

    3.9%
    New York:

    2.1%

  • Percentage of students K-12 enrolled in private schools:
    Lower East Side (LES):

    41.2%
    New York:

    19.6%

Percentage of population below poverty level:
Lower East Side (LES):

21.3%
New York:

18.3%

Percentage of married-couple families with both working:
Lower East Side (LES):

115.6%
New York:

65.6%

Most commonly used house heating fuel
  • 49.2%Electricity
  • 30.9%Utility gas
  • 10.0%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 4.6%No fuel used
  • 2.8%Other fuel
  • 2.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas

Roads and streets:

Allen St

Length: 1.12 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 177

Delancey St

Length: 1.02 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 32 to 329

Broome St

Length: 0.88 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 83 to 313

Grand St

Length: 0.88 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 270 to 547

Williamsburg Brg

Length: 0.86 miles
Direction: E-W

Rivington St

Length: 0.81 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 30 to 299

Delancey St S

Length: 0.67 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 166 to 359

Stanton St

Length: 0.65 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 41 to 221

Forsyth St

Length: 0.61 miles
Directions: SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 8 to 192

Eldridge St

Length: 0.59 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 222

Orchard St

Length: 0.55 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 171

Ludlow St

Length: 0.52 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 159

E Broadway

Length: 0.49 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 179 to 313

Essex St

Length: 0.49 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 158

Clinton St

Length: 0.45 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 33 to 198

Columbia St (Abraham Kazan St)

Length: 0.38 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 13 to 7737

Canal St

Length: 0.36 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 22 to 105

Pitt St

Length: 0.33 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 111

Norfolk St

Length: 0.33 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 159

Suffolk St

Length: 0.33 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 160

Ridge St

Length: 0.33 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 138

Fdr Dr

Length: 0.29 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 479 to 605

Hester St

Length: 0.28 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 38 to 125

Baruch Dr

Length: 0.27 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 120

Division St

Length: 0.26 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 75 to 198

Attorney St

Length: 0.24 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 144

Willett St (Bialystoker St)

Length: 0.17 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 25

F D R Dr

Length: 0.14 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE

Stanton St Exn

Length: 0.13 miles
Direction: E-W

Bialystoker Pl

Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 19 to 99

Lewis St

Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 35 to 119

Abraham Pl

Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 36

Sheriff St

Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 37 to 44

F D R Dr (S St Viaduct)

Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: SW-NE

Samuel Dickstein Plz

Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: SW-NE

Mangin St

Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 28 to 45

Baruch Pl

Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 59

Cannon St

Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: SW-NE

Jefferson St

Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: N-S

Alan St (Allen St)

Length: 0.01 miles
Direction: N-S
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