Upper West Side (UWS) neighborhood in New York, New York (NY), 10023, 10024, 10025 detailed profile
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Area: 1.888 square miles
Population: 166,243
Population density:
| Upper West Side (UWS): | 88,058 people per square mile |
| New York: | 27,486 people per square mile |
- 109,30355.8%White
- 32,01416.4%Hispanic or Latino
- 17,0428.7%Asian
- 16,1968.3%Black
- 11,0725.7%American Indian
- 5,2402.7%Some other race
- 4,9192.5%Two or more races

Median household income in 2019:
| Upper West Side (UWS): | $140,436 |
| New York: | $69,407 |
Distribution of median household income
- 7,024Less than $10,000
- 11,415$10,000 to $19,999
- 9,257$20,000 to $29,999
- 9,254$30,000 to $39,999
- 8,991$40,000 to $49,999
- 5,090$50,000 to $59,999
- 6,460$60,000 to $74,999
- 8,030$75,000 to $99,999
- 8,009$100,000 to $124,999
- 6,980$125,000 to $149,999
- 9,537$150,000 to $199,999
- 29,019$200,000 or more
Distribution of owner-occupied house/condo value
- 19,952Less than $50,000
- 9,876$50,000 to $99,999
- 3,801$100,000 to $149,999
- 9,337$150,000 to $199,999
- 3,132$200,000 to $249,999
- 5,274$250,000 to $299,999
- 4,773$300,000 to $399,999
- 4,287$400,000 to $499,999
- 6,672$500,000 to $749,999
- 7,595$750,000 to $999,999
- 27,811$1,000,000 or more
Distribution of rent paid by renters
- 957Less than $100
- 14,962$100 to $199
- 12,817$200 to $299
- 7,711$300 to $399
- 11,860$400 to $499
- 12,866$500 to $599
- 6,780$600 to $699
- 7,273$700 to $799
- 5,510$800 to $899
- 4,759$900 to $999
- 6,820$1,000 to $1,249
- 6,393$1,250 to $1,499
- 8,632$1,500 to $1,999
- 34,761$2,000 or more
Median rent in 2019:
| Upper West Side (UWS): | $2,007 |
| New York: | $1,385 |
| Males: | 74,399 |
| Females: | 91,849 |
Males:
| This neighborhood: | 43.9 years |
| Whole city: | 35.7 years |
| This neighborhood: | 45.6 years |
| Whole city: | 38.8 years |
Average household size:
| Upper West Side (UWS): | 5.4 people |
| New York: | 2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| Upper West Side (UWS): | 31.9% |
| New York: | 41.7% |
| Here: | 37.2% |
| New York: | 36.4% |
Percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households):
| Upper West Side (UWS): | 44.6% |
| New York: | 25.0% |
Percentage of single-mother households (among all households):
| Upper West Side (UWS): | 14.2% |
| New York: | 11.1% |
Percentage of never married males 15 years old and over:
Percentage of never married females 15 years old and over:
| Upper West Side (UWS): | 18.3% |
| New York: | 21.6% |
Percentage of never married females 15 years old and over:
| Upper West Side (UWS): | 21.5% |
| city: | 22.1% |
Percentage of people that speak English not well or not at all:
| Upper West Side (UWS): | 4.5% |
| New York: | 12.0% |
Percentage of people born in this state:
Percentage of people born in another U.S. state:
Percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S.:
Percentage of foreign born residents:
| Here: | 43.5% |
| New York: | 48.7% |
Percentage of people born in another U.S. state:
| Upper West Side (UWS): | 30.3% |
| New York: | 11.3% |
Percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S.:
| Here: | 3.3% |
| city: | 3.8% |
Percentage of foreign born residents:
| Here: | 22.8% |
| New York: | 36.2% |
Owner-occupied
Renter-occupied
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Upper West Side <
> - 3,7681 room
- 5,0632 rooms
- 8,4583 rooms
- 10,2404 rooms
- 7,8095 rooms
- 7,4496 rooms
- 6,5697 rooms
- 3,8588 rooms
- 4,4849+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Upper West Side <
> - 10,6991 room
- 8,3462 rooms
- 13,9403 rooms
- 11,4354 rooms
- 6,9785 rooms
- 6,5966 rooms
- 5,3117 rooms
- 5,3608 rooms
- 3,8939+ rooms
Owner-occupied
Renter-occupied
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Upper West Side <
> - 5,173no bedroom
- 11,0301 bedroom
- 13,4312 bedrooms
- 10,2643 bedrooms
- 5,1984 bedrooms
- 5,1135+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Upper West Side <
> - 11,710no bedroom
- 20,2861 bedroom
- 13,4032 bedrooms
- 7,8433 bedrooms
- 6,2494 bedrooms
- 5,9625+ bedrooms
Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
Average number of cars or other vehicles available in apartments:
| This neighborhood: | 0.6 |
| New York: | 1.1 |
Average number of cars or other vehicles available in apartments:
| Here: | 0.3 |
| city: | 0.4 |
Percentage of units with a mortgage:
| Upper West Side (UWS): | 52.5% |
| New York: | 57.2% |
Housing prices:
- Average estimated value of detached houses in 2019 (6.4% of all units):
Upper West Side (UWS): $503,814 New York: $777,901
- Average estimated '19 value of housing units in 5-or-more-unit structures (59.2% of all units):
Upper West Side (UWS): $1,398,081 New York: $1,071,357
- Year house built in Upper West Side <
> - 8,3672014 or later
- 4,7002010 to 2013
- 10,3602000 to 2009
- 11,1201990 to 1999
- 11,8201980 to 1989
- 7,8051970 to 1979
- 10,3391960 to 1969
- 7,1951950 to 1959
- 6,2921940 to 1949
- 65,0181939 or earlier
City-data.com crime index for city in 2019 (higher means more crime):
| City: | 221.4 |
| U.S. average: | 211.9 |
Travel time to work (commute)
- 1,097Less than 5 minutes
- 2,0115 to 9 minutes
- 3,94610 to 14 minutes
- 6,09615 to 19 minutes
- 12,52020 to 24 minutes
- 7,29925 to 29 minutes
- 21,77730 to 34 minutes
- 5,29735 to 39 minutes
- 6,66340 to 44 minutes
- 9,87045 to 59 minutes
- 5,07160 to 89 minutes
- 2,50790 or more minutes
Means of transportation to work
- 7.2%6,466Drove a car alone
- 5.1%4,562Carpooled
- 6.7%6,034Bus
- 57.5%51,727Subway or elevated rail
- 5.6%5,072Long-distance train or commuter rail
- 12.2%10,968Light rail, streetcar or trolley
- 0.2%158Ferryboat
- 8.0%7,186Taxi
- 7.6%6,860Motorcycle
- 5.6%5,079Bicycle
- 12.8%11,543Walked
- 3.4%3,087Other means
- 13.2%11,857Worked at home
Time leaving home to go to work
- 1,03412:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.
- 1,5295:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m.
- 7955:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.
- 2,5036:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m.
- 3,2726:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.
- 7,9957:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m.
- 8,4607:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.
- 17,8038:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m.
- 14,0118:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.
- 14,5429:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.
- 3,80210:00 a.m. to 10:59 a.m.
- 1,31611:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.
- 3,34412:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m.
- 3,1644:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.
Occupations of males:
- Percentage of males in management occupations (except farmers):
Here: 20.3% city: 11.1%
- Percentage of males in business and financial operations occupations:
Here: 11.5% city: 6.0%
- Percentage of males in computer and mathematical occupations:
Here: 7.2% city: 4.4%
- Percentage of males in architecture and engineering occupations:
Here: 2.5% city: 1.5%
- Percentage of males in life, physical, and social science occupations:
Here: 2.0% city: 0.8%
- Percentage of males in community and social services occupations:
Here: 1.0% city: 1.3%
- Percentage of males in legal occupations:
Here: 6.8% city: 2.0%
- Percentage of males in education, training, and library occupations:
Here: 7.1% city: 3.7%
- Percentage of males in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
Here: 9.4% city: 4.8%
- Percentage of males in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
Here: 4.2% city: 3.0%
- Percentage of males in service occupations:
Here: 7.5% city: 19.4%
- Percentage of males in sales and office occupations:
Here: 14.4% city: 16.1%
- Percentage of males in construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations:
Here: 2.0% city: 8.1%
- Percentage of males in production occupations:
Here: 1.5% city: 3.0%
- Percentage of males in transportation occupations:
Here: 1.6% city: 8.3%
Occupations of females:
- Percentage of females in management occupations (except farmers):
Here: 16.3% city: 9.3%
- Percentage of females in business and financial operations occupations:
Here: 10.7% city: 6.5%
- Percentage of females in computer and mathematical occupations:
Here: 1.6% city: 1.6%
- Percentage of females in life, physical, and social science occupations:
Here: 3.2% city: 1.0%
- Percentage of females in community and social services occupations:
Here: 3.3% city: 2.9%
- Percentage of females in legal occupations:
Here: 6.6% city: 2.1%
- Percentage of females in education, training, and library occupations:
Here: 11.1% city: 9.1%
- Percentage of females in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
Here: 10.1% city: 4.9%
- Percentage of females in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
Here: 7.7% city: 7.7%
- Percentage of females in service occupations:
Here: 9.5% city: 26.0%
- Percentage of females in sales and office occupations:
Here: 17.5% city: 24.6%
Education in this neighborhood (subdivision or community):
- Percentage of people 3 years and older in K-12 schools:
Upper West Side (UWS): 26.3% New York: 15.1%
- Percentage of people 3 years and older in undergraduate colleges:
Upper West Side (UWS): 7.3% New York: 5.5%
- Percentage of people 3 years and older in grad. or professional schools:
Upper West Side (UWS): 6.1% New York: 1.8%
- Percentage of students K-12 enrolled in private schools:
Upper West Side (UWS): 89.3% New York: 19.1%
Percentage of population below poverty level:
| Upper West Side (UWS): | 10.1% |
| New York: | 16.0% |
Median year owner moved in (as recorded in 2019):
Median year renter moved in (as recorded in 2019):
| Upper West Side (UWS): | 2003 |
| New York: | 2003 |
Median year renter moved in (as recorded in 2019):
| Upper West Side (UWS): | 2008 |
| New York: | 2013 |
Percentage of married-couple families with both working:
| Upper West Side (UWS): | 123.9% |
| New York: | 65.6% |
- 35.2%Utility gas
- 21.3%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 14.0%Electricity
- 13.1%Wood
- 4.8%No fuel used
- 4.2%Other fuel
- 3.5%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 2.5%Solar energy
- 1.4%Coal or coke
Highways in this neighborhood:
State Hwy 9a (Henry Hudson Pkwy)
Length: 1.11 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Roads and streets:
Riverside Dr
Length: 3.21 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Columbus Ave
Length: 2.73 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 997
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 997
Amsterdam Ave
Length: 2.73 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 999
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 999
Central Park W
Length: 2.72 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 498
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 498
Broadway
Length: 2.71 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1835 to 2799
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1835 to 2799
W End Ave
Length: 2.67 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 999
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 999
W 72nd St (W 72 St)
Length: 0.84 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 2 to 399
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 2 to 399
W 71 St
Length: 0.83 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
W 70th St (W 70 St)
Length: 0.83 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 499
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 499
W 86th St (W 86 St)
Length: 0.82 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 7 to 3445
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 7 to 3445
W 85 St (W 85th St)
Length: 0.82 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
W 87 St (W 87th St)
Length: 0.82 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 2 to 399
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 2 to 399
W 88th St (W 88 St)
Length: 0.82 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
W 100 St
Length: 0.81 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
W 84th St (W 84 St, Edgar Allen Poe St)
Length: 0.80 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
W 89th St (W 89 St)
Length: 0.80 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
W 95 St (W 95th St)
Length: 0.80 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
W 94 St (W 94th St)
Length: 0.79 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
W 66 St
Length: 0.78 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 499
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 499
W 76th St (W 76 St)
Length: 0.78 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
W 83rd St (W 83 St)
Length: 0.78 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
W 96 St (W 96th St)
Length: 0.77 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
W 77 St (W 77th St)
Length: 0.77 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
W 108th St (W 108 St)
Length: 0.77 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
W 75 St (W 75th St)
Length: 0.77 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
W 104 St (W 104th St)
Length: 0.77 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
W 106th St (W 106 St, Duke Ellington Blvd)
Length: 0.77 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
W 90 St (W 90th St)
Length: 0.77 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
W 93rd St (W 93 St)
Length: 0.76 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
W 74th St (W 74 St)
Length: 0.76 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
W 91st St (W 91 St)
Length: 0.75 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
W 109 St (W 109th St)
Length: 0.75 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 1224
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 1224
W 107th St (W 107 St)
Length: 0.75 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
W 105 St (W 105th St)
Length: 0.75 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
W 92nd St (W 92 St)
Length: 0.75 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
W 60th St
Length: 0.75 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 299
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 299
W 82 St (W 82nd St)
Length: 0.75 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
W 97th St
Length: 0.75 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
W 73rd St (W 73 St)
Length: 0.74 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
W 81st St (W 81 St)
Length: 0.73 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
W 65th St (W 65 St)
Length: 0.64 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 299
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 299
W 78th St (W 78 St)
Length: 0.55 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 100 to 399
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 100 to 399
Manhattan Ave
Length: 0.54 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 235
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 235
W 79th St (W 79 St)
Length: 0.53 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
W 102nd St (W 102 St)
Length: 0.53 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
W 80th St (W 80 St)
Length: 0.53 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 100 to 399
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 100 to 399
W 62 St (W 62nd St)
Length: 0.52 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 258
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 258
W 103rd St (W 103 St)
Length: 0.51 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
W 69 St
Length: 0.50 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 499
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 499
W 68 St
Length: 0.49 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 199
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 199
W 61st St (W 61 St)
Length: 0.49 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 299
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 299
W 67 St
Length: 0.46 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 199
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 199
W 101st St (W 101 St)
Length: 0.44 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
W 64th St (W 64 St)
Length: 0.43 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 299
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 299
W 59th St
Length: 0.43 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 300 to 599
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 300 to 599
Riverside Blvd
Length: 0.40 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
W 63rd St (Thelonius Monk Cir, W 63 St)
Length: 0.38 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 299
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 299
W 99 St (W 99th St)
Length: 0.34 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 200 to 399
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 200 to 399
W 98 St (W 98th St)
Length: 0.32 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 200 to 399
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 200 to 399
Freedom Pl
Length: 0.20 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 179
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 179
W 61 Dr (W 61st Dr, )
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Direction: SE-NW
W 79th St
Length: 0.07 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
W 64th St
Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Direction: SE-NW
Pomander Walk
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 24
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 24
E Tower Dr
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Direction: SW-NE
W 63rd St
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Direction: SE-NW
W 70th St
Length: 0.02 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Direction: SE-NW
Railroad features:
Metro North Commuter RR (Amtrak RR)
Length: 0.69 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE






