69fit
West Village
$3K ACS median rent
West 4th, brownstone streets that ignore the grid, and rents that assume you already live here. The postcard is the product.
- Walk index
- 68
- Safety index
- 24
- Published fit
- 69
Nightlife
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45fit
Financial District
Official neighborhood: Financial District-Battery Park City
Published fit 45 uses default walkable weights and a $2,500 ACS rent budget — the same number as the New York table. Your current weights score this 43.
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.
The trading-floor neighborhood that learned to be residential after 2001. Waterfront, chain groceries, empty on weekends.
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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
5
82 violent · 800 property · 41.8 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026)-45 vs city set
Schools
43
Rating 7.1 / 10 nearby-4 vs city set
Walk
47
OSM: 41 groceries · 95 cafes · 266 transit · 120 parks+7 vs city set
Cost
71
$3,501 ACS median vs published $2,500 rent budget-22 vs city set
Vibe
46
OSM: 95 cafes · 307 restaurants · 38 bars · 120 parks+9 vs city set
Commute to work
From Financial District, a typical weekday is 24 min to Midtown, 6 min to FiDi, 26 min to Downtown Brooklyn. Not live traffic.
FiDi is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Midtown
24 min
Times Square, Hudson Yards · -3 min vs the city-set median
FiDi
6 min
Wall Street, ferries · -23 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
Downtown Brooklyn
26 min
BAM, Dumbo, Borough Hall · +4 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 $3,501 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 25% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($170K) could “afford” about $4,242 a month at 30% of pay.
70% of households rent. Median home value is $1,023,883.
ACS median rent
$3,501
30% income budget
$4,242
Rent / income
25%
Median home
$1,023,883
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for New York city. Up 48% since 2014. Financial District is 92% 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: 41 groceries, 95 cafes, 120 parks, and 266 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 120 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (266 stops or stations).
95 cafes and 307 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 3 of the other 21 areas in this city.
Population
21,114
Median age
34
Median income
$170K
Renters
70%
Bachelor+
79%
Violent / 1k
3.9
Property / 1k
37.9
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 3 census tracts · NYPD Oct 2025 – Jun 2026 · OSM 2026-09-01
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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.
The trading-floor neighborhood that learned to be residential after 2001. Waterfront, chain groceries, empty on weekends. The 2/3/4/5/A/C/J/Z all dump you here, which is the commute pitch. Battery Park and the harbor are the park.
New towers made it livable; they did not make it a village. Weight walk and cost relative to the Village. Families who work in these buildings stop commuting and accept the Sunday quiet. Everyone else goes to Brooklyn.
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.
770 reports
- Vendor Enforcement248
- Illegal Parking123
- Homeless Person Assistance44
- Noise26
- Noise - Residential22
- Homeless Person Assistance
- Traffic Signal Condition
- Street Sign - Missing
- Homeless Person Assistance
- Taxi Report
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.
In r/nyc lately: a few posts that name Financial District.
- Who Actually Owns Wall Street’s ‘Charging Bull’?
r/nyc · Aug 26 · 79 upvotes · 18 comments
- Comptroller touts $309.7 billion pension fund as opponent targets Wall Street fees
r/nyc · Aug 18 · 19 upvotes · 1 comment
- Morgan Stanley picks Dallas for expansion outside NYC — stepping up Wall Street exodus following Mamdani election: ‘Wake-up call’
r/nyc · Aug 21 · 16 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 Financial District safe?
Financial District shows more Part I than most of this New York set (safety 5 vs city 50). NYPD logged 3.9 violent and 37.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 41.8 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Financial District?
ACS median rent is $3,501 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 70% of households rent. Median home value is $1,023,883. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Financial District walkable?
Walk is 47 here vs 40 for the New York set — some errands work on foot; some still need a ride. Inside 800 meters: 41 groceries, 95 cafes, 266 transit stops, 120 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Financial District good for families?
There is more night and visitor traffic in the mix — not the quietest family default. Nearby school rating is 7.1 / 10. Median age is 34. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Financial District?
24 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 Financial District?
About 21,114 people. Median income $170K. 79% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Financial District?
SoHo / Tribeca, East Village, Lower East Side sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official neighborhoods, start with Financial District vs SoHo / Tribeca.
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.
Financial District vs SoHo / TribecaFinancial District vs East VillageFinancial District vs Lower East Side
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
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
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
40fit
Brooklyn Heights
$3K ACS median rent
The promenade, the court district, and the first suburb the ferry invented. Quiet money, stoops, and a skyline you do not own.
- Walk index
- 4
- Safety index
- 81
- Published fit
- 40
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