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East Village vs West Village
East Village and West Village are official neighborhoods in New York. East Village leads safety (43 vs 24). West Village leads walk. East Village has the lower ACS median rent ($2,399).
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · NYPD Oct 2025 – Jun 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
| Axis | East Village | West Village |
|---|---|---|
| Safety | 43 | 24 |
| Schools | 27 | 67 |
| Walk | 53 | 68 |
| Cost fit | 100 | 82 |
| Vibe | 75 | 100 |
| Median rent | $2,399 | $3,044 |
| Median home | $1,076,273 | $1,411,889 |
| Population | 59,866 | 55,185 |
| Commute to Midtown | 16 min | 15 min |
| Commute to FiDi | 15 min | 15 min |
| Commute to Downtown Brooklyn | 21 min | 25 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
West Village
West 4th, brownstone streets that ignore the grid, and rents that assume you already live here. The postcard is the product.
$3,044 median rent · safety 24 · walk 68
Scores are relative among official New York neighborhoods with the same editorial weights. Read the method.