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East Village vs Lower East Side
East Village and Lower East Side are official neighborhoods in New York. East Village leads safety (43 vs 10). East Village leads walk. Lower East Side has the lower ACS median rent ($1,780).
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · NYPD Oct 2025 – Jun 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
| Axis | East Village | Lower East Side |
|---|---|---|
| Safety | 43 | 10 |
| Schools | 27 | 7 |
| Walk | 53 | 31 |
| Cost fit | 100 | 100 |
| Vibe | 75 | 43 |
| Median rent | $2,399 | $1,780 |
| Median home | $1,076,273 | $890,452 |
| Population | 59,866 | 32,164 |
| Commute to Midtown | 16 min | 18 min |
| Commute to FiDi | 15 min | 15 min |
| Commute to Downtown Brooklyn | 21 min | 18 min |
East Village
St. Marks to Tompkins, bars stacked on bars, and a residual punk that the brunch menus cannot quite kill.
$2,399 median rent · safety 43 · walk 53
Lower East Side
Orchard Street, public housing, and new condos sharing the same blocks. Night-out density with daytime fruit stands.
$1,780 median rent · safety 10 · walk 31
Scores are relative among official New York neighborhoods with the same editorial weights. Read the method.