62fit
East Village
$2K ACS median rent
St. Marks to Tompkins, bars stacked on bars, and a residual punk that the brunch menus cannot quite kill.
- Walk index
- 53
- Safety index
- 43
- Published fit
- 62
Nightlife
69fit
West Village
Official neighborhood: Greenwich Village / West Village
Published fit 69 uses default walkable weights and a $2,500 ACS rent budget — the same number as the New York table. Your current weights score this 67.
Data period. ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · NYPD Oct 2025 – Jun 2026 · OSM Sep 2026. ACS and NYPD retrieved 2026-09-01; OSM retrieved 2026-09-01. Editorial copy last revised Sep 2026.
West 4th, brownstone streets that ignore the grid, and rents that assume you already live here. The postcard is the product.
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Best in New York for familiesWalkable New YorkUnder $2,500 rent
Why this published score
Default walkable weights, $2,500 ACS rent budget. Same axes as the city table and the FAQ.
Safety
24
144 violent · 1248 property · 25.2 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026)-26 vs city set
Schools
67
Rating 7.8 / 10 nearby+20 vs city set
Walk
68
OSM: 62 groceries · 177 cafes · 199 transit · 120 parks+28 vs city set
Cost
82
$3,044 ACS median vs published $2,500 rent budget-11 vs city set
Vibe
100
OSM: 177 cafes · 588 restaurants · 152 bars · 120 parks+63 vs city set
Commute to work
From West Village, a typical weekday is 15 min to Midtown, 15 min to FiDi, 25 min to Downtown Brooklyn. Not live traffic.
Midtown is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Midtown
15 min
Times Square, Hudson Yards · -12 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
FiDi
15 min
Wall Street, ferries · -14 min vs the city-set median
Downtown Brooklyn
25 min
BAM, Dumbo, Borough Hall · +3 min vs the city-set median
Minutes are baked from neighborhood geography to three job centers — not Google, not this hour’s traffic.
Cost of living
The ACS median rent is $3,044 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 21% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($178K) could “afford” about $4,441 a month at 30% of pay.
66% of households rent. Median home value is $1,411,889.
ACS median rent
$3,044
30% income budget
$4,441
Rent / income
21%
Median home
$1,411,889
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for New York city. Up 48% since 2014. West Village is 67% above the 2024 city median.
Overlapping 5-year ACS windows (B25064), not asking rent. Census does not publish a rent series for each official neighborhood, so the line is the city place. The dashed mark is this area’s ACS 2024 median.
HUD treats 30% of income as the cost-burden line. We do not split ACS rent into 1-bed vs 2-bed. Method.
Within a walk
Within a short walk of this official neighborhood: 62 groceries, 177 cafes, 120 parks, and 199 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 120 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (199 stops or stations).
177 cafes and 588 restaurants make this one of the busier food pockets in the New York set.
OpenStreetMap, 800 meters. Not a Walk Score license. More groceries than 9 of the other 21 areas in this city.
Population
55,185
Median age
36.7
Median income
$178K
Renters
66%
Bachelor+
87%
Violent / 1k
2.6
Property / 1k
22.6
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 12 census tracts · NYPD Oct 2025 – Jun 2026 · OSM 2026-09-01
Nightlife
Crime is NYPD Part I reports per 1,000 ACS residents — not a judgment of who lives here. Home and rent figures are ACS medians, not live MLS. Read the method.
On the ground
What it is like to live here, beyond the scores.
West 4th, brownstone streets that ignore the grid, and rents that assume you already live here. The postcard is the product. Every NYC stereotype list still files it as the impossible dream — and the walk-ups stay impossible.
You will walk everywhere and still be late because the streets curve. Subways are the 1/A/C/E/B/D/F/M at the edges, not in the middle. Weight walk and vibe. Nightlife is everywhere and also somehow tasteful. If the bid is absurd, the East Village is the younger, louder sibling.
Compiled from Zillow neighborhood guides, 5280 Magazine, Chicago and San Francisco resident guides, Mpls With Love, Eastside LA reporting, Seattle Times coverage, Boston planning-neighborhood writing, Philadelphia neighborhood writing, Portland neighborhood writing, Washington neighborhood-cluster writing, and local writing, 2025–2026. Editorial — not part of the fit score.
Reported here lately
City 311 service requests in this official unit, last 14 days. This is what neighbors filed with the city — not a chat thread, and not part of the fit score.
996 reports
- Encampment110
- Illegal Parking74
- Noise - Street/Sidewalk60
- Homeless Person Assistance52
- Noise - Residential46
- Traffic Signal Condition
- Noise
- Taxi
- Taxi
- Street Condition
NYC 311 from 2020–present, last 14 days, mapped to 2020 NTAs. No addresses stored. Method.
On Reddit
Public posts from r/nyc that mention this neighborhood. Not Nextdoor, not people on this block, and not part of the fit score.
One r/nyc post in this snapshot names West Village.
- If you work at PDPAOLA in the West Village and wonder why some of the displays are knocked over when you come in tomorrow morning, here is your answer.
r/nyc · Aug 30 · 4160 upvotes · 254 comments
The line above is a reading of the titles, not a verdict. Up to 3 links, last 90 days, snapshot 2026-09-01. Method.
Common questions
Straight answers from the numbers on this page.
Is West Village safe?
West Village shows more Part I than most of this New York set (safety 24 vs city 50). NYPD logged 2.6 violent and 22.6 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 25.2 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in West Village?
ACS median rent is $3,044 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 66% of households rent. Median home value is $1,411,889. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is West Village walkable?
Walk is 68 here vs 40 for the New York set — some errands work on foot; some still need a ride. Inside 800 meters: 62 groceries, 177 cafes, 199 transit stops, 120 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is West Village good for families?
The scores lean family relative to this city set. Nearby school rating is 7.8 / 10. Median age is 36.7. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from West Village?
15 typical weekday minutes to Midtown. Not the app on your phone this hour. Other job centers are further down this page.
How many people live in West Village?
About 55,185 people. Median income $178K. 87% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to West Village?
East Village, Chelsea, SoHo / Tribeca sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official neighborhoods, start with West Village vs East Village.
Next door
Closest on this schematic map, scored with the same published walkable weights as the New York table. Distances here are not street geography.
West Village vs East VillageWest Village vs ChelseaWest Village vs SoHo / Tribeca
54fit
SoHo / Tribeca
$3K ACS median rent
Cast-iron and cobblestones, then quiet streets and art-storage money. Tourists on Broadway; actual residents one block over.
- Walk index
- 58
- Safety index
- 0
- Published fit
- 54
Nightlife
45fit
Chelsea
$3K ACS median rent
Galleries, the High Line, and a waterfront that turned into towers. The gayborhood label stuck; the warehouses did not.
- Walk index
- 30
- Safety index
- 19
- Published fit
- 45
NightlifePlannedWaterfront
41fit
Lower East Side
$2K ACS median rent
Orchard Street, public housing, and new condos sharing the same blocks. Night-out density with daytime fruit stands.
- Walk index
- 31
- Safety index
- 10
- Published fit
- 41
Nightlife
32fit
Hell's Kitchen
$3K ACS median rent
Ninth Avenue restaurants, Port Authority in earshot, and Hudson Yards glass at the south edge. Nightlife that still has walk-ups.
- Walk index
- 5
- Safety index
- 29
- Published fit
- 32
Nightlife