Report - May 2020
Bearing the Brunt: Where NYC’s Hard-Hit Sector Workers Live
While coronavirus has devastated much of NYC's economy, our research shows that the impacts are not equally dispersed across the city: workers in the most hard-hit sectors—including restaurants, hotels, retail, and personal care services—predominantly live in lower-income neighborhoods outside Manhattan.
by Jonathan Bowles and Charles Shaviro
| Hard-Hit Sector Workforce, by Neighborhood | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Number of Residents Employed in Hard-Hit Occupations | % of Employed Residents Working in Hard-Hit Occupations | Number of Employed Residents | % Non-White | % Foreign-Born | Median Household Income | % Bachelor's degree, or Higher |
| Elmhurst/South Corona | 16795 | 26.9% | 62463 | 93.9% | 64.1% | $49,078 | 25.5% |
| Jackson Heights/North Corona | 19442 | 24.6% | 79042 | 89.6% | 61.0% | $55,852 | 22.8% |
| Bedford Park/Fordham North/Norwood | 12325 | 24.2% | 50942 | 94.2% | 46.6% | $35,535 | 17.8% |
| Concourse/Highbridge/Mount Eden | 12275 | 23.9% | 51341 | 98.1% | 45.6% | $29,938 | 19.1% |
| Sunset Park/Windsor Terrace | 15111 | 23.9% | 63248 | 75.6% | 48.4% | $55,317 | 36.5% |
| Flushing/Murray Hill/Whitestone | 23076 | 23.7% | 97267 | 74.6% | 57.3% | $54,386 | 31.1% |
| Morris Heights/Fordham South/Mount Hope | 10747 | 22.3% | 48231 | 98.9% | 44.9% | $26,976 | 14.3% |
| Hunts Point/Longwood/Melrose | 10667 | 21.9% | 48810 | 97.9% | 30.8% | $24,849 | 16.5% |
| Sunnyside/Woodside | 14867 | 21.0% | 70714 | 71.1% | 55.5% | $66,705 | 44.3% |
| East Harlem | 10140 | 21.0% | 48371 | 86.3% | 25.1% | $33,564 | 42.9% |
| Bushwick | 13008 | 20.7% | 62883 | 81.1% | 32.3% | $47,569 | 40.6% |
| Washington Heights/Inwood | 20331 | 20.5% | 98999 | 81.2% | 48.9% | $52,051 | 40.3% |
| Castle Hill/Clason Point/Parkchester | 13722 | 19.8% | 69244 | 97.1% | 35.3% | $40,114 | 21.4% |
| Bay Ridge/Dyker Heights | 10717 | 19.2% | 55959 | 45.4% | 40.6% | $67,986 | 49.8% |
| Hamilton Heights/Manhattanville/West Harlem | 11187 | 18.9% | 59161 | 72.5% | 36.6% | $50,867 | 53.2% |
| Astoria/Long Island City | 15886 | 18.5% | 85770 | 51.8% | 41.2% | $63,592 | 57.4% |
| Belmont/Crotona Park East/East Tremont | 10040 | 18.4% | 54675 | 96.0% | 32.8% | $25,595 | 17.3% |
| Richmond Hill/Woodhaven | 11799 | 18.3% | 64591 | 82.3% | 52.9% | $67,914 | 30.7% |
| Borough Park/Kensington/Ocean Parkway | 9936 | 18.3% | 54414 | 28.9% | 31.4% | $47,294 | 33.9% |
| Briarwood/Fresh Meadows/Hillcrest | 11928 | 18.0% | 66125 | 69.9% | 47.1% | $65,679 | 43.3% |
| Pelham Parkway/Morris Park | 9078 | 18.0% | 50561 | 78.0% | 37.5% | $50,877 | 28.9% |
| East New York/Starrett City | 10666 | 17.5% | 60799 | 96.2% | 37.1% | $37,999 | 18.7% |
| Bensonhurst/Bath Beach | 14157 | 17.5% | 80984 | 59.9% | 57.2% | $53,198 | 35.7% |
| Bayside/Douglaston/Little Neck | 8151 | 17.3% | 47244 | 60.7% | 44.6% | $82,805 | 48.9% |
| Lower East Side/Chinatown | 11734 | 17.1% | 68605 | 66.6% | 35.6% | $43,705 | 60.5% |
| Sheepshead Bay/Gerritsen Beach/Homecrest | 10416 | 16.6% | 62787 | 34.5% | 51.8% | $60,814 | 46.7% |
| Co-op City/Pelham Bay | 7545 | 16.4% | 45956 | 72.5% | 22.0% | $59,798 | 32.7% |
| Riverdale/Kingsbridge | 7003 | 16.2% | 43159 | 67.6% | 34.6% | $59,995 | 44.6% |
| Port Richmond/Stapleton/Mariner's Harbor | 11056 | 16.0% | 69060 | 62.2% | 26.1% | $64,666 | 35.7% |
| Ridgewood/Glendale/Middle Village | 13645 | 15.9% | 85867 | 48.2% | 40.6% | $73,644 | 33.2% |
| Brownsville/Ocean Hill | 6458 | 15.7% | 41181 | 97.4% | 31.6% | $28,862 | 21.5% |
| Woodlawn/Williamsbridge/Wakefield | 8109 | 15.7% | 51807 | 93.6% | 43.0% | $51,581 | 30.1% |
| Howard Beach/Ozone Park | 8763 | 15.6% | 56009 | 78.1% | 46.5% | $72,400 | 27.8% |
| Bedford-Stuyvesant | 9999 | 15.6% | 64185 | 74.0% | 20.2% | $47,706 | 43.9% |
| Brighton Beach/Coney Island | 6369 | 15.4% | 41264 | 44.1% | 54.0% | $38,065 | 42.5% |
| Jamaica/Hollis/St. Albans | 14408 | 15.2% | 94580 | 98.2% | 43.1% | $62,228 | 24.4% |
| Central Harlem | 8931 | 14.7% | 60702 | 85.8% | 23.9% | $47,341 | 49.0% |
| Williamsburg/Greenpoint | 11800 | 14.5% | 81292 | 37.0% | 25.1% | $71,248 | 62.0% |
| Flatbush/Midwood | 9791 | 14.2% | 69159 | 59.3% | 43.1% | $55,569 | 41.4% |
| Prospect Lefferts/Wingate/Crown Heights S | 7097 | 14.0% | 50836 | 77.2% | 43.1% | $50,765 | 39.5% |
| New Springville/South Beach | 7266 | 13.2% | 55102 | 33.9% | 30.1% | $81,479 | 40.1% |
| East Flatbush/Farragut/Rugby | 7971 | 13.0% | 61104 | 97.3% | 52.3% | $52,291 | 29.2% |
| Forest Hills/Rego Park | 6823 | 13.0% | 52445 | 52.3% | 52.0% | $74,618 | 63.6% |
| Prospect Heights/Crown Heights North | 8264 | 12.9% | 64085 | 77.7% | 29.2% | $52,917 | 50.7% |
| Tottenville/Great Kills/Annadale | 8561 | 12.7% | 67296 | 17.2% | 17.1% | $91,431 | 42.1% |
| Midtown/Chelsea | 12069 | 12.6% | 95899 | 40.5% | 31.3% | $104,801 | 81.2% |
| Far Rockaway/Breezy Point/Broad Channel | 5104 | 12.3% | 41623 | 65.7% | 27.8% | $53,968 | 37.1% |
| Canarsie/Flatlands | 11090 | 12.1% | 91611 | 77.3% | 42.8% | $74,840 | 37.4% |
| Queens Village/Cambria Heights/Rosedale | 9326 | 12.1% | 77144 | 89.1% | 44.0% | $85,266 | 33.6% |
| Brooklyn Heights/Fort Greene | 7988 | 10.9% | 73489 | 53.6% | 20.6% | $93,434 | 72.4% |
| Soho/Battery Park City/Greenwich Village | 9773 | 10.7% | 91456 | 27.7% | 25.4% | $140,213 | 87.4% |
| Midtown East/Murray Hill/Gramercy/Stuyvescant Town | 9352 | 10.6% | 88275 | 30.4% | 24.5% | $117,921 | 88.2% |
| Park Slope/Carroll Gardens/Red Hook | 6263 | 9.8% | 64161 | 35.7% | 18.5% | $122,002 | 81.7% |
| Upper East Side | 11143 | 9.4% | 118648 | 24.7% | 24.0% | $120,868 | 87.8% |
| West Side/Upper West Side | 9298 | 9.4% | 99276 | 31.8% | 24.2% | $117,421 | 82.6% |
| Food Services Workforce, by Neighborhood | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Number of Residents Employed in Food Services Jobs | % of Employed Residents Working in Food Services Jobs | Number of Employed Residents | % Non-White | % Foreign-Born | Median Household Income | %, Bachelor's degree or Higher |
| Elmhurst/South Corona | 9674 | 15.5% | 62463 | 93.9% | 64.1% | $49,078 | 25.5% |
| Jackson Heights/North Corona | 10593 | 13.4% | 79042 | 89.6% | 61.0% | $55,852 | 22.8% |
| Sunset Park/Windsor Terrace | 7845 | 12.4% | 63248 | 75.6% | 48.4% | $55,317 | 36.5% |
| Hunts Point/Longwood/Melrose | 5521 | 11.3% | 48810 | 97.9% | 30.8% | $24,849 | 16.5% |
| Bedford Park/Fordham North/Norwood | 5599 | 11.0% | 50942 | 94.2% | 46.6% | $35,535 | 17.8% |
| Concourse/Highbridge/Mount Eden | 5620 | 10.9% | 51341 | 98.1% | 45.6% | $29,938 | 19.1% |
| Sunnyside/Woodside | 7451 | 10.5% | 70714 | 71.1% | 55.5% | $66,705 | 44.3% |
| Washington Heights/Inwood | 9953 | 10.1% | 98999 | 81.2% | 48.9% | $52,051 | 40.3% |
| Bushwick | 6195 | 9.9% | 62883 | 81.1% | 32.3% | $47,569 | 40.6% |
| Morris Heights/Fordham South/Mount Hope | 4594 | 9.5% | 48231 | 98.9% | 44.9% | $26,976 | 14.3% |
| Hamilton Heights/Manhattanville/West Harlem | 5579 | 9.4% | 59161 | 72.5% | 36.6% | $50,867 | 53.2% |
| Flushing/Murray Hill/Whitestone | 8684 | 8.9% | 97267 | 74.6% | 57.3% | $54,386 | 31.1% |
| East Harlem | 4301 | 8.9% | 48371 | 86.3% | 25.1% | $33,564 | 42.9% |
| Astoria/Long Island City | 7343 | 8.6% | 85770 | 51.8% | 41.2% | $63,592 | 57.4% |
| Castle Hill/Clason Point/Parkchester | 5652 | 8.2% | 69244 | 97.1% | 35.3% | $40,114 | 21.4% |
| Bay Ridge/Dyker Heights | 4497 | 8.0% | 55959 | 45.4% | 40.6% | $67,986 | 49.8% |
| Richmond Hill/Woodhaven | 4737 | 7.3% | 64591 | 82.3% | 52.9% | $67,914 | 30.7% |
| Lower East Side/Chinatown | 4963 | 7.2% | 68605 | 66.6% | 35.6% | $43,705 | 60.5% |
| Bensonhurst/Bath Beach | 5690 | 7.0% | 80984 | 59.9% | 57.2% | $53,198 | 35.7% |
| Belmont/Crotona Park East/East Tremont | 3754 | 6.9% | 54675 | 96.0% | 32.8% | $25,595 | 17.3% |
| Riverdale/Kingsbridge | 2935 | 6.8% | 43159 | 67.6% | 34.6% | $59,995 | 44.6% |
| Pelham Parkway/Morris Park | 3327 | 6.6% | 50561 | 78.0% | 37.5% | $50,877 | 28.9% |
| Briarwood/Fresh Meadows/Hillcrest | 4335 | 6.6% | 66125 | 69.9% | 47.1% | $65,679 | 43.3% |
| Ridgewood/Glendale/Middle Village | 5578 | 6.5% | 85867 | 48.2% | 40.6% | $73,644 | 33.2% |
| Co-op City/Pelham Bay | 2782 | 6.1% | 45956 | 72.5% | 22.0% | $59,798 | 32.7% |
| Bedford-Stuyvesant | 3865 | 6.0% | 64185 | 74.0% | 20.2% | $47,706 | 43.9% |
| Central Harlem | 3627 | 6.0% | 60702 | 85.8% | 23.9% | $47,341 | 49.0% |
| Borough Park/Kensington/Ocean Parkway | 3101 | 5.7% | 54414 | 28.9% | 31.4% | $47,294 | 33.9% |
| East New York/Starrett City | 3381 | 5.6% | 60799 | 96.2% | 37.1% | $37,999 | 18.7% |
| Woodlawn/Williamsbridge/Wakefield | 2846 | 5.5% | 51807 | 93.6% | 43.0% | $51,581 | 30.1% |
| Brownsville/Ocean Hill | 2222 | 5.4% | 41181 | 97.4% | 31.6% | $28,862 | 21.5% |
| Brighton Beach/Coney Island | 2168 | 5.3% | 41264 | 44.1% | 54.0% | $38,065 | 42.5% |
| Port Richmond/Stapleton/Mariner's Harbor | 3595 | 5.2% | 69060 | 62.2% | 26.1% | $64,666 | 35.7% |
| Williamsburg/Greenpoint | 4196 | 5.2% | 81292 | 37.0% | 25.1% | $71,248 | 62.0% |
| Prospect Lefferts/Wingate/Crown Heights S | 2614 | 5.1% | 50836 | 77.2% | 43.1% | $50,765 | 39.5% |
| Jamaica/Hollis/St. Albans | 4862 | 5.1% | 94580 | 98.2% | 43.1% | $62,228 | 24.4% |
| Sheepshead Bay/Gerritsen Beach/Homecrest | 3121 | 5.0% | 62787 | 34.5% | 51.8% | $60,814 | 46.7% |
| Howard Beach/Ozone Park | 2709 | 4.8% | 56009 | 78.1% | 46.5% | $72,400 | 27.8% |
| Flatbush/Midwood | 3318 | 4.8% | 69159 | 59.3% | 43.1% | $55,569 | 41.4% |
| Bayside/Douglaston/Little Neck | 2234 | 4.7% | 47244 | 60.7% | 44.6% | $82,805 | 48.9% |
| Prospect Heights/Crown Heights North | 2862 | 4.5% | 64085 | 77.7% | 29.2% | $52,917 | 50.7% |
| New Springville/South Beach | 2448 | 4.4% | 55102 | 33.9% | 30.1% | $81,479 | 40.1% |
| East Flatbush/Farragut/Rugby | 2704 | 4.4% | 61104 | 97.3% | 52.3% | $52,291 | 29.2% |
| Far Rockaway/Breezy Point/Broad Channel | 1645 | 4.0% | 41623 | 65.7% | 27.8% | $53,968 | 37.1% |
| Midtown/Chelsea | 3407 | 3.6% | 95899 | 40.5% | 31.3% | $104,801 | 81.2% |
| Canarsie/Flatlands | 3248 | 3.5% | 91611 | 77.3% | 42.8% | $74,840 | 37.4% |
| Forest Hills/Rego Park | 1839 | 3.5% | 52445 | 52.3% | 52.0% | $74,618 | 63.6% |
| Queens Village/Cambria Heights/Rosedale | 2628 | 3.4% | 77144 | 89.1% | 44.0% | $85,266 | 33.6% |
| Brooklyn Heights/Fort Greene | 2407 | 3.3% | 73489 | 53.6% | 20.6% | $93,434 | 72.4% |
| Park Slope/Carroll Gardens/Red Hook | 2059 | 3.2% | 64161 | 35.7% | 18.5% | $122,002 | 81.7% |
| Tottenville/Great Kills/Annadale | 2029 | 3.0% | 67296 | 17.2% | 17.1% | $91,431 | 42.1% |
| Midtown East/Murray Hill/Gramercy/Stuyvescant Town | 2110 | 2.4% | 88275 | 30.4% | 24.5% | $117,921 | 88.2% |
| West Side/Upper West Side | 2071 | 2.1% | 99276 | 31.8% | 24.2% | $117,421 | 82.6% |
| Soho/Battery Park City/Greenwich Village | 1826 | 2.0% | 91456 | 27.7% | 25.4% | $140,213 | 87.4% |
| Upper East Side | 1449 | 1.2% | 118648 | 24.7% | 24.0% | $120,868 | 87.8% |
| Retail Workforce, by Neighborhood | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Number of Residents Employed in Retail Jobs | % of Employed Residents Working in Retail Trade Jobs | Number of Employed Residents | % Non-White | % Foreign-Born | Median Household Income | %, Bachelor's degree or Higher |
| Borough Park/Kensington/Ocean Parkway | 5914 | 10.9% | 54414 | 28.9% | 31.4% | $47,294 | 33.9% |
| Concourse/Highbridge/Mount Eden | 5367 | 10.5% | 51341 | 98.1% | 45.6% | $29,938 | 19.1% |
| East Harlem | 4962 | 10.3% | 48371 | 86.3% | 25.1% | $33,564 | 42.9% |
| Morris Heights/Fordham South/Mount Hope | 4925 | 10.2% | 48231 | 98.9% | 44.9% | $26,976 | 14.3% |
| Bayside/Douglaston/Little Neck | 4787 | 10.1% | 47244 | 60.7% | 44.6% | $82,805 | 48.9% |
| Bedford Park/Fordham North/Norwood | 5111 | 10.0% | 50942 | 94.2% | 46.6% | $35,535 | 17.8% |
| Flushing/Murray Hill/Whitestone | 9493 | 9.8% | 97267 | 74.6% | 57.3% | $54,386 | 31.1% |
| Briarwood/Fresh Meadows/Hillcrest | 6355 | 9.6% | 66125 | 69.9% | 47.1% | $65,679 | 43.3% |
| East New York/Starrett City | 5779 | 9.5% | 60799 | 96.2% | 37.1% | $37,999 | 18.7% |
| Castle Hill/Clason Point/Parkchester | 6421 | 9.3% | 69244 | 97.1% | 35.3% | $40,114 | 21.4% |
| Sheepshead Bay/Gerritsen Beach/Homecrest | 5801 | 9.2% | 62787 | 34.5% | 51.8% | $60,814 | 46.7% |
| Bushwick | 5799 | 9.2% | 62883 | 81.1% | 32.3% | $47,569 | 40.6% |
| Port Richmond/Stapleton/Mariner's Harbor | 6236 | 9.0% | 69060 | 62.2% | 26.1% | $64,666 | 35.7% |
| Howard Beach/Ozone Park | 5019 | 9.0% | 56009 | 78.1% | 46.5% | $72,400 | 27.8% |
| Pelham Parkway/Morris Park | 4486 | 8.9% | 50561 | 78.0% | 37.5% | $50,877 | 28.9% |
| Belmont/Crotona Park East/East Tremont | 4771 | 8.7% | 54675 | 96.0% | 32.8% | $25,595 | 17.3% |
| Brighton Beach/Coney Island | 3567 | 8.6% | 41264 | 44.1% | 54.0% | $38,065 | 42.5% |
| Bay Ridge/Dyker Heights | 4828 | 8.6% | 55959 | 45.4% | 40.6% | $67,986 | 49.8% |
| Hunts Point/Longwood/Melrose | 4210 | 8.6% | 48810 | 97.9% | 30.8% | $24,849 | 16.5% |
| Sunset Park/Windsor Terrace | 5443 | 8.6% | 63248 | 75.6% | 48.4% | $55,317 | 36.5% |
| Elmhurst/South Corona | 5213 | 8.3% | 62463 | 93.9% | 64.1% | $49,078 | 25.5% |
| Richmond Hill/Woodhaven | 5308 | 8.2% | 64591 | 82.3% | 52.9% | $67,914 | 30.7% |
| Bensonhurst/Bath Beach | 6586 | 8.1% | 80984 | 59.9% | 57.2% | $53,198 | 35.7% |
| Bedford-Stuyvesant | 5216 | 8.1% | 64185 | 74.0% | 20.2% | $47,706 | 43.9% |
| Co-op City/Pelham Bay | 3697 | 8.0% | 45956 | 72.5% | 22.0% | $59,798 | 32.7% |
| Brownsville/Ocean Hill | 3255 | 7.9% | 41181 | 97.4% | 31.6% | $28,862 | 21.5% |
| Jamaica/Hollis/St. Albans | 7465 | 7.9% | 94580 | 98.2% | 43.1% | $62,228 | 24.4% |
| Astoria/Long Island City | 6764 | 7.9% | 85770 | 51.8% | 41.2% | $63,592 | 57.4% |
| Williamsburg/Greenpoint | 6410 | 7.9% | 81292 | 37.0% | 25.1% | $71,248 | 62.0% |
| Tottenville/Great Kills/Annadale | 5262 | 7.8% | 67296 | 17.2% | 17.1% | $91,431 | 42.1% |
| Jackson Heights/North Corona | 6135 | 7.8% | 79042 | 89.6% | 61.0% | $55,852 | 22.8% |
| Sunnyside/Woodside | 5482 | 7.8% | 70714 | 71.1% | 55.5% | $66,705 | 44.3% |
| Lower East Side/Chinatown | 5314 | 7.7% | 68605 | 66.6% | 35.6% | $43,705 | 60.5% |
| Flatbush/Midwood | 5291 | 7.7% | 69159 | 59.3% | 43.1% | $55,569 | 41.4% |
| Soho/Battery Park City/Greenwich Village | 6960 | 7.6% | 91456 | 27.7% | 25.4% | $140,213 | 87.4% |
| Woodlawn/Williamsbridge/Wakefield | 3901 | 7.5% | 51807 | 93.6% | 43.0% | $51,581 | 30.1% |
| Washington Heights/Inwood | 7417 | 7.5% | 98999 | 81.2% | 48.9% | $52,051 | 40.3% |
| Midtown/Chelsea | 7024 | 7.3% | 95899 | 40.5% | 31.3% | $104,801 | 81.2% |
| Upper East Side | 8542 | 7.2% | 118648 | 24.7% | 24.0% | $120,868 | 87.8% |
| Prospect Lefferts/Wingate/Crown Heights S | 3639 | 7.2% | 50836 | 77.2% | 43.1% | $50,765 | 39.5% |
| Central Harlem | 4344 | 7.2% | 60702 | 85.8% | 23.9% | $47,341 | 49.0% |
| Canarsie/Flatlands | 6455 | 7.0% | 91611 | 77.3% | 42.8% | $74,840 | 37.4% |
| East Flatbush/Farragut/Rugby | 4295 | 7.0% | 61104 | 97.3% | 52.3% | $52,291 | 29.2% |
| Hamilton Heights/Manhattanville/West Harlem | 4150 | 7.0% | 59161 | 72.5% | 36.6% | $50,867 | 53.2% |
| Ridgewood/Glendale/Middle Village | 5963 | 6.9% | 85867 | 48.2% | 40.6% | $73,644 | 33.2% |
| Queens Village/Cambria Heights/Rosedale | 5279 | 6.8% | 77144 | 89.1% | 44.0% | $85,266 | 33.6% |
| New Springville/South Beach | 3695 | 6.7% | 55102 | 33.9% | 30.1% | $81,479 | 40.1% |
| Riverdale/Kingsbridge | 2881 | 6.7% | 43159 | 67.6% | 34.6% | $59,995 | 44.6% |
| Prospect Heights/Crown Heights North | 4178 | 6.5% | 64085 | 77.7% | 29.2% | $52,917 | 50.7% |
| Midtown East/Murray Hill/Gramercy/Stuyvescant Town | 5722 | 6.5% | 88275 | 30.4% | 24.5% | $117,921 | 88.2% |
| Brooklyn Heights/Fort Greene | 4716 | 6.4% | 73489 | 53.6% | 20.6% | $93,434 | 72.4% |
| Far Rockaway/Breezy Point/Broad Channel | 2611 | 6.3% | 41623 | 65.7% | 27.8% | $53,968 | 37.1% |
| Forest Hills/Rego Park | 3275 | 6.2% | 52445 | 52.3% | 52.0% | $74,618 | 63.6% |
| West Side/Upper West Side | 6175 | 6.2% | 99276 | 31.8% | 24.2% | $117,421 | 82.6% |
| Park Slope/Carroll Gardens/Red Hook | 3577 | 5.6% | 64161 | 35.7% | 18.5% | $122,002 | 81.7% |
| Accommodations Workforce, by Neighborhood | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Number of Residents Employed in Accommodations Jobs | % of Employed Residents Working in Accommodations Jobs | Number of Employed Residents | % Non-White | % Foreign-Born | Median Household Income | %, Bachelor's degree or Higher |
| Richmond Hill/Woodhaven | 1010 | 1.6% | 64591 | 82.3% | 52.9% | $67,914 | 30.7% |
| Co-op City/Pelham Bay | 691 | 1.5% | 45956 | 72.5% | 22.0% | $59,798 | 32.7% |
| Riverdale/Kingsbridge | 605 | 1.4% | 43159 | 67.6% | 34.6% | $59,995 | 44.6% |
| Pelham Parkway/Morris Park | 728 | 1.4% | 50561 | 78.0% | 37.5% | $50,877 | 28.9% |
| Sunnyside/Woodside | 1008 | 1.4% | 70714 | 71.1% | 55.5% | $66,705 | 44.3% |
| Queens Village/Cambria Heights/Rosedale | 972 | 1.3% | 77144 | 89.1% | 44.0% | $85,266 | 33.6% |
| Forest Hills/Rego Park | 688 | 1.3% | 52445 | 52.3% | 52.0% | $74,618 | 63.6% |
| Jamaica/Hollis/St. Albans | 1231 | 1.3% | 94580 | 98.2% | 43.1% | $62,228 | 24.4% |
| Castle Hill/Clason Point/Parkchester | 819 | 1.2% | 69244 | 97.1% | 35.3% | $40,114 | 21.4% |
| Hamilton Heights/Manhattanville/West Harlem | 681 | 1.2% | 59161 | 72.5% | 36.6% | $50,867 | 53.2% |
| Midtown/Chelsea | 1105 | 1.2% | 95899 | 40.5% | 31.3% | $104,801 | 81.2% |
| Brownsville/Ocean Hill | 502 | 1.2% | 41181 | 97.4% | 31.6% | $28,862 | 21.5% |
| East New York/Starrett City | 751 | 1.2% | 60799 | 96.2% | 37.1% | $37,999 | 18.7% |
| Astoria/Long Island City | 1038 | 1.2% | 85770 | 51.8% | 41.2% | $63,592 | 57.4% |
| Bedford Park/Fordham North/Norwood | 578 | 1.1% | 50942 | 94.2% | 46.6% | $35,535 | 17.8% |
| Hunts Point/Longwood/Melrose | 538 | 1.1% | 48810 | 97.9% | 30.8% | $24,849 | 16.5% |
| Flushing/Murray Hill/Whitestone | 1100 | 1.1% | 97267 | 74.6% | 57.3% | $54,386 | 31.1% |
| Ridgewood/Glendale/Middle Village | 977 | 1.1% | 85867 | 48.2% | 40.6% | $73,644 | 33.2% |
| Belmont/Crotona Park East/East Tremont | 525 | 1.0% | 54675 | 96.0% | 32.8% | $25,595 | 17.3% |
| Morris Heights/Fordham South/Mount Hope | 478 | 1.0% | 48231 | 98.9% | 44.9% | $26,976 | 14.3% |
| Washington Heights/Inwood | 963 | 1.0% | 98999 | 81.2% | 48.9% | $52,051 | 40.3% |
| Bay Ridge/Dyker Heights | 585 | 1.0% | 55959 | 45.4% | 40.6% | $67,986 | 49.8% |
| Bayside/Douglaston/Little Neck | 455 | 1.0% | 47244 | 60.7% | 44.6% | $82,805 | 48.9% |
| East Harlem | 459 | 0.9% | 48371 | 86.3% | 25.1% | $33,564 | 42.9% |
| Lower East Side/Chinatown | 606 | 0.9% | 68605 | 66.6% | 35.6% | $43,705 | 60.5% |
| Prospect Lefferts/Wingate/Crown Heights S | 464 | 0.9% | 50836 | 77.2% | 43.1% | $50,765 | 39.5% |
| Jackson Heights/North Corona | 729 | 0.9% | 79042 | 89.6% | 61.0% | $55,852 | 22.8% |
| Howard Beach/Ozone Park | 518 | 0.9% | 56009 | 78.1% | 46.5% | $72,400 | 27.8% |
| Midtown East/Murray Hill/Gramercy/Stuyvescant Town | 669 | 0.8% | 88275 | 30.4% | 24.5% | $117,921 | 88.2% |
| Canarsie/Flatlands | 701 | 0.8% | 91611 | 77.3% | 42.8% | $74,840 | 37.4% |
| Sunset Park/Windsor Terrace | 497 | 0.8% | 63248 | 75.6% | 48.4% | $55,317 | 36.5% |
| Bensonhurst/Bath Beach | 632 | 0.8% | 80984 | 59.9% | 57.2% | $53,198 | 35.7% |
| Elmhurst/South Corona | 513 | 0.8% | 62463 | 93.9% | 64.1% | $49,078 | 25.5% |
| Woodlawn/Williamsbridge/Wakefield | 352 | 0.7% | 51807 | 93.6% | 43.0% | $51,581 | 30.1% |
| Briarwood/Fresh Meadows/Hillcrest | 470 | 0.7% | 66125 | 69.9% | 47.1% | $65,679 | 43.3% |
| Far Rockaway/Breezy Point/Broad Channel | 279 | 0.7% | 41623 | 65.7% | 27.8% | $53,968 | 37.1% |
| Concourse/Highbridge/Mount Eden | 312 | 0.6% | 51341 | 98.1% | 45.6% | $29,938 | 19.1% |
| Upper East Side | 746 | 0.6% | 118648 | 24.7% | 24.0% | $120,868 | 87.8% |
| West Side/Upper West Side | 585 | 0.6% | 99276 | 31.8% | 24.2% | $117,421 | 82.6% |
| Tottenville/Great Kills/Annadale | 384 | 0.6% | 67296 | 17.2% | 17.1% | $91,431 | 42.1% |
| Bushwick | 362 | 0.6% | 62883 | 81.1% | 32.3% | $47,569 | 40.6% |
| Brooklyn Heights/Fort Greene | 445 | 0.6% | 73489 | 53.6% | 20.6% | $93,434 | 72.4% |
| Prospect Heights/Crown Heights North | 353 | 0.6% | 64085 | 77.7% | 29.2% | $52,917 | 50.7% |
| Borough Park/Kensington/Ocean Parkway | 327 | 0.6% | 54414 | 28.9% | 31.4% | $47,294 | 33.9% |
| Flatbush/Midwood | 426 | 0.6% | 69159 | 59.3% | 43.1% | $55,569 | 41.4% |
| New Springville/South Beach | 300 | 0.5% | 55102 | 33.9% | 30.1% | $81,479 | 40.1% |
| Port Richmond/Stapleton/Mariner's Harbor | 379 | 0.5% | 69060 | 62.2% | 26.1% | $64,666 | 35.7% |
| Brighton Beach/Coney Island | 211 | 0.5% | 41264 | 44.1% | 54.0% | $38,065 | 42.5% |
| Central Harlem | 233 | 0.4% | 60702 | 85.8% | 23.9% | $47,341 | 49.0% |
| Williamsburg/Greenpoint | 318 | 0.4% | 81292 | 37.0% | 25.1% | $71,248 | 62.0% |
| Bedford-Stuyvesant | 284 | 0.4% | 64185 | 74.0% | 20.2% | $47,706 | 43.9% |
| Park Slope/Carroll Gardens/Red Hook | 281 | 0.4% | 64161 | 35.7% | 18.5% | $122,002 | 81.7% |
| East Flatbush/Farragut/Rugby | 248 | 0.4% | 61104 | 97.3% | 52.3% | $52,291 | 29.2% |
| Sheepshead Bay/Gerritsen Beach/Homecrest | 272 | 0.4% | 62787 | 34.5% | 51.8% | $60,814 | 46.7% |
| Soho/Battery Park City/Greenwich Village | 261 | 0.3% | 91456 | 27.7% | 25.4% | $140,213 | 87.4% |
| Personal Care Services Workforce, by Neighborhood | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Number of Residents Employed in Personal Care Services Jobs | % of Employed Residents Working in Personal Care Services Jobs | Number of Employed Residents | % Non-White | % Foreign-Born | Median Household Income | %, Bachelor's degree or Higher |
| Flushing/Murray Hill/Whitestone | 3799 | 3.9% | 97267 | 74.6% | 57.3% | $54,386 | 31.1% |
| Jackson Heights/North Corona | 1985 | 2.5% | 79042 | 89.6% | 61.0% | $55,852 | 22.8% |
| Elmhurst/South Corona | 1395 | 2.2% | 62463 | 93.9% | 64.1% | $49,078 | 25.5% |
| Sunset Park/Windsor Terrace | 1326 | 2.1% | 63248 | 75.6% | 48.4% | $55,317 | 36.5% |
| Bedford Park/Fordham North/Norwood | 1037 | 2.0% | 50942 | 94.2% | 46.6% | $35,535 | 17.8% |
| Washington Heights/Inwood | 1998 | 2.0% | 98999 | 81.2% | 48.9% | $52,051 | 40.3% |
| Woodlawn/Williamsbridge/Wakefield | 1010 | 1.9% | 51807 | 93.6% | 43.0% | $51,581 | 30.1% |
| Forest Hills/Rego Park | 1021 | 1.9% | 52445 | 52.3% | 52.0% | $74,618 | 63.6% |
| Sheepshead Bay/Gerritsen Beach/Homecrest | 1222 | 1.9% | 62787 | 34.5% | 51.8% | $60,814 | 46.7% |
| Concourse/Highbridge/Mount Eden | 976 | 1.9% | 51341 | 98.1% | 45.6% | $29,938 | 19.1% |
| Belmont/Crotona Park East/East Tremont | 990 | 1.8% | 54675 | 96.0% | 32.8% | $25,595 | 17.3% |
| Morris Heights/Fordham South/Mount Hope | 750 | 1.6% | 48231 | 98.9% | 44.9% | $26,976 | 14.3% |
| Bensonhurst/Bath Beach | 1249 | 1.5% | 80984 | 59.9% | 57.2% | $53,198 | 35.7% |
| New Springville/South Beach | 823 | 1.5% | 55102 | 33.9% | 30.1% | $81,479 | 40.1% |
| Bay Ridge/Dyker Heights | 807 | 1.4% | 55959 | 45.4% | 40.6% | $67,986 | 49.8% |
| Bayside/Douglaston/Little Neck | 675 | 1.4% | 47244 | 60.7% | 44.6% | $82,805 | 48.9% |
| Far Rockaway/Breezy Point/Broad Channel | 569 | 1.4% | 41623 | 65.7% | 27.8% | $53,968 | 37.1% |
| Prospect Heights/Crown Heights North | 871 | 1.4% | 64085 | 77.7% | 29.2% | $52,917 | 50.7% |
| Riverdale/Kingsbridge | 582 | 1.3% | 43159 | 67.6% | 34.6% | $59,995 | 44.6% |
| Tottenville/Great Kills/Annadale | 886 | 1.3% | 67296 | 17.2% | 17.1% | $91,431 | 42.1% |
| Hamilton Heights/Manhattanville/West Harlem | 777 | 1.3% | 59161 | 72.5% | 36.6% | $50,867 | 53.2% |
| Ridgewood/Glendale/Middle Village | 1127 | 1.3% | 85867 | 48.2% | 40.6% | $73,644 | 33.2% |
| Sunnyside/Woodside | 926 | 1.3% | 70714 | 71.1% | 55.5% | $66,705 | 44.3% |
| East New York/Starrett City | 755 | 1.2% | 60799 | 96.2% | 37.1% | $37,999 | 18.7% |
| Lower East Side/Chinatown | 851 | 1.2% | 68605 | 66.6% | 35.6% | $43,705 | 60.5% |
| Port Richmond/Stapleton/Mariner's Harbor | 846 | 1.2% | 69060 | 62.2% | 26.1% | $64,666 | 35.7% |
| Castle Hill/Clason Point/Parkchester | 830 | 1.2% | 69244 | 97.1% | 35.3% | $40,114 | 21.4% |
| Central Harlem | 727 | 1.2% | 60702 | 85.8% | 23.9% | $47,341 | 49.0% |
| East Flatbush/Farragut/Rugby | 724 | 1.2% | 61104 | 97.3% | 52.3% | $52,291 | 29.2% |
| Brownsville/Ocean Hill | 479 | 1.2% | 41181 | 97.4% | 31.6% | $28,862 | 21.5% |
| Briarwood/Fresh Meadows/Hillcrest | 768 | 1.2% | 66125 | 69.9% | 47.1% | $65,679 | 43.3% |
| Richmond Hill/Woodhaven | 744 | 1.2% | 64591 | 82.3% | 52.9% | $67,914 | 30.7% |
| Flatbush/Midwood | 756 | 1.1% | 69159 | 59.3% | 43.1% | $55,569 | 41.4% |
| Borough Park/Kensington/Ocean Parkway | 594 | 1.1% | 54414 | 28.9% | 31.4% | $47,294 | 33.9% |
| Williamsburg/Greenpoint | 876 | 1.1% | 81292 | 37.0% | 25.1% | $71,248 | 62.0% |
| Pelham Parkway/Morris Park | 537 | 1.1% | 50561 | 78.0% | 37.5% | $50,877 | 28.9% |
| Bushwick | 652 | 1.0% | 62883 | 81.1% | 32.3% | $47,569 | 40.6% |
| Brighton Beach/Coney Island | 423 | 1.0% | 41264 | 44.1% | 54.0% | $38,065 | 42.5% |
| Bedford-Stuyvesant | 634 | 1.0% | 64185 | 74.0% | 20.2% | $47,706 | 43.9% |
| Midtown East/Murray Hill/Gramercy/Stuyvescant Town | 851 | 1.0% | 88275 | 30.4% | 24.5% | $117,921 | 88.2% |
| Howard Beach/Ozone Park | 517 | 0.9% | 56009 | 78.1% | 46.5% | $72,400 | 27.8% |
| Jamaica/Hollis/St. Albans | 850 | 0.9% | 94580 | 98.2% | 43.1% | $62,228 | 24.4% |
| East Harlem | 418 | 0.9% | 48371 | 86.3% | 25.1% | $33,564 | 42.9% |
| Astoria/Long Island City | 741 | 0.9% | 85770 | 51.8% | 41.2% | $63,592 | 57.4% |
| Co-op City/Pelham Bay | 375 | 0.8% | 45956 | 72.5% | 22.0% | $59,798 | 32.7% |
| Hunts Point/Longwood/Melrose | 398 | 0.8% | 48810 | 97.9% | 30.8% | $24,849 | 16.5% |
| Soho/Battery Park City/Greenwich Village | 726 | 0.8% | 91456 | 27.7% | 25.4% | $140,213 | 87.4% |
| Canarsie/Flatlands | 686 | 0.7% | 91611 | 77.3% | 42.8% | $74,840 | 37.4% |
| Prospect Lefferts/Wingate/Crown Heights S | 380 | 0.7% | 50836 | 77.2% | 43.1% | $50,765 | 39.5% |
| Queens Village/Cambria Heights/Rosedale | 447 | 0.6% | 77144 | 89.1% | 44.0% | $85,266 | 33.6% |
| Brooklyn Heights/Fort Greene | 420 | 0.6% | 73489 | 53.6% | 20.6% | $93,434 | 72.4% |
| Midtown/Chelsea | 533 | 0.6% | 95899 | 40.5% | 31.3% | $104,801 | 81.2% |
| Park Slope/Carroll Gardens/Red Hook | 346 | 0.5% | 64161 | 35.7% | 18.5% | $122,002 | 81.7% |
| West Side/Upper West Side | 467 | 0.5% | 99276 | 31.8% | 24.2% | $117,421 | 82.6% |
| Upper East Side | 406 | 0.3% | 118648 | 24.7% | 24.0% | $120,868 | 87.8% |
Notes
1. For this report, we conduct an analysis of occupation data from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2018 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, on the borough and neighborhood level, to assess where the city's hardest-hit workers in the restaurants, retail trade, accommodations, and personal care services industries live and work. We leverage the 2018 census occupational classification system in conjunction with the Census Bureau's Public Use Microdata Areas — which line up with the city's 59 community districts. Please note we use restaurants as shorthand for the “food services and drinking places” sector and hotels as shorthand for the accommodations sector.
The included occupations are as follows:
- Restaurants/Food Services: Food service managers; Chefs and head cooks; First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers; Cooks; Bartenders; Food preparation workers; Fast food and counter workers; Waiters and waitresses; Food servers, nonrestaurant; Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers; Dishwashers; Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop; Food preparation and serving related workers, all other.
- Retail: Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products; First-line supervisors of retail sales workers; First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers; Cashiers; Counter and rental clerks; Parts salespersons; Retail salespersons; Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel; Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing; Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers; Sales and related workers, all other.
- Accommodations: Lodging managers; Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges; Tour and travel guides; Travel agents; Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks; Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.
- Personal Care Services: Barbers, Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists; Manicurists and pedicurists; Skincare specialists; Other personal appearance workers; Personal care and service workers, all other.
2. Citywide, 67.8 percent of the population is non-white and 38.6 percent is foreign born.
General operating support for the Center for an Urban Future has been provided by The Clark Foundation and the Bernard F. and Alva B. Gimbel Foundation. CUF is also grateful for support from Fisher Brothers and Winston C. Fisher for the Middle Class Jobs Project.
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