67fit
West Village
$3K median rent
West 4th, brownstone streets that ignore the grid, and rents that assume you already live here. The postcard is the product.
NightlifeWalk 68Safety 24
New York/Financial District
43fit
Financial District
Official neighborhood: Financial District-Battery Park City
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · NYPD Oct 2025 – Jun 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated 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 score
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
63
$3,501 ACS median vs your rent budget-23 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
ACS median gross rent is $3,501 across all occupied rental units — studios through large apartments mixed together, not a live 1-bed or 2-bed quote.
That is 25% of median household income — under the 30% HUD cost-burden line. A household at this area’s median income ($170K) could “afford” about $4,242 a month at 30% of gross 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 gross household income as the cost-burden line. We do not split ACS median rent into 1-bed vs 2-bed — that table is all occupied rental units. Method.
Within a walk
Inside the official neighborhood or within 800 meters of its centroid, OpenStreetMap maps 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.
Counts from OpenStreetMap, 800 m. Not a Walk Score license. Groceries here beat 3 of 21 other areas in this city set.
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, and local coverage, 2025–2026. Editorial — not part of the fit score.
Common questions
Answers from the same ACS, crime, and OSM figures on this page.
Is Financial District safe?
On this map Financial District has a higher Part I rate than most New York neighborhoods in the set (safety 5 vs city 50). NYPD logged 3.9 violent and 37.9 property incidents per 1,000 ACS residents — 41.8 combined. Rates mix residents and visitors. They are not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Financial District?
ACS median rent is $3,501. Median home value is $1,023,883. About 70% of households rent. These are survey medians, not this week's listings.
Is Financial District walkable?
Walk scores 47 here vs 40 for the New York set — you can walk some errands, but it is not the densest pocket in the city. OpenStreetMap counts within 800 meters: 41 groceries, 95 cafes, 266 transit stops, 120 parks.
Is Financial District good for families?
Nightlife and visitor traffic show up in the amenity mix — not the quietest family default. Nearby school rating is 7.1 / 10. Median age is 34.
How long is the commute from Financial District?
Typical weekday minutes to Midtown: 24. Not live traffic. Open the neighborhood page for the other job centers in New York.
How many people live in Financial District?
About 21,114 residents, median income $170K, 79% with a bachelor's or higher. ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · NYPD Oct 2025 – Jun 2026 · OSM.
What neighborhoods are next to Financial District?
Closest on this map: SoHo / Tribeca, East Village, Lower East Side. Compare Financial District vs SoHo / Tribeca if you are deciding between two official neighborhoods.
Next door
Adjacent on the neighborhood map, ranked with your weights.
Financial District vs SoHo / TribecaFinancial District vs East VillageFinancial District vs Lower East Side
60fit
East Village
$2K median rent
St. Marks to Tompkins, bars stacked on bars, and a residual punk that the brunch menus cannot quite kill.
NightlifeWalk 53Safety 43
52fit
SoHo / Tribeca
$3K median rent
Cast-iron and cobblestones, then quiet streets and art-storage money. Tourists on Broadway; actual residents one block over.
NightlifeWalk 58Safety 0
41fit
Lower East Side
$2K median rent
Orchard Street, public housing, and new condos sharing the same blocks. Night-out density with daytime fruit stands.
NightlifeWalk 31Safety 10
38fit
Brooklyn Heights
$3K median rent
The promenade, the court district, and the first suburb the ferry invented. Quiet money, stoops, and a skyline you do not own.
Family streetsWaterfrontWalk 4Safety 81