73fit
Upper East Side
$3K median rent
Doorman buildings, school-district hunting, and a museum wall along the park. The east 80s are quieter than the listings imply.
Family streetsWalk 73Safety 67
New York/Hell's Kitchen
29fit
Hell's Kitchen
Official neighborhood: Hell's Kitchen
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · NYPD Oct 2025 – Jun 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
Ninth Avenue restaurants, Port Authority in earshot, and Hudson Yards glass at the south edge. Nightlife that still has walk-ups.
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Best in New York for familiesWalkable New YorkUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
29
227 violent · 887 property · 22.8 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026)-21 vs city set
Schools
20
Rating 6.4 / 10 nearby-27 vs city set
Walk
5
OSM: 38 groceries · 55 cafes · 82 transit · 35 parks-35 vs city set
Cost
87
$2,529 ACS median vs your rent budget+1 vs city set
Vibe
23
OSM: 55 cafes · 298 restaurants · 70 bars · 35 parks-14 vs city set
Commute to work
From Hell's Kitchen, a typical weekday is 6 min to Midtown, 24 min to FiDi, 29 min to Downtown Brooklyn. Not live traffic.
Midtown is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Midtown
6 min
Times Square, Hudson Yards · -21 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
FiDi
24 min
Wall Street, ferries · -5 min vs the city-set median
Downtown Brooklyn
29 min
BAM, Dumbo, Borough Hall · +7 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 $2,529 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 27% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($111K) could “afford” about $2,765 a month at 30% of pay.
82% of households rent. Median home value is $974,363.
ACS median rent
$2,529
30% income budget
$2,765
Rent / income
27%
Median home
$974,363
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for New York city. Up 48% since 2014. Hell's Kitchen is 39% 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: 38 groceries, 55 cafes, 35 parks, and 82 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 35 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (82 stops or stations).
55 cafes and 298 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 2 of the other 21 areas in this city.
Population
48,870
Median age
38.7
Median income
$111K
Renters
82%
Bachelor+
75%
Violent / 1k
4.6
Property / 1k
18.2
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 9 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.
Ninth Avenue restaurants, Port Authority in earshot, Hudson Yards glass at the south edge. Nightlife that still has walk-ups. The A/C/E at 42nd and 59th bookend it. This is the Midtown-adjacent neighborhood people actually live in, not the one they hotel in.
Tourist overflow from Times Square is the tax on the east edge. The blocks toward the Hudson are quieter and pricier. Weight walk and vibe. Families exist; they are not the brand. Compare to Chelsea if you want galleries instead of ninth-avenue menus.
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.
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.
977 reports
- Encampment138
- Illegal Parking91
- Noise - Residential79
- UNSANITARY CONDITION56
- Homeless Person Assistance48
- Obstruction
- Illegal Parking
- Illegal Parking
- Illegal Parking
- UNSANITARY 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 Hell's Kitchen.
- Current municipal strategy. 9th Avenue, 37th Street, Hell's Kitchen.
r/nyc · Aug 17 · 7 upvotes · 6 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 Hell's Kitchen safe?
Hell's Kitchen shows more Part I than most of this New York set (safety 29 vs city 50). NYPD logged 4.6 violent and 18.2 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 22.8 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Hell's Kitchen?
ACS median rent is $2,529 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 82% of households rent. Median home value is $974,363. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Hell's Kitchen walkable?
Walk is 5 here vs 40 for the New York set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 38 groceries, 55 cafes, 82 transit stops, 35 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Hell's Kitchen good for families?
There is more night and visitor traffic in the mix — not the quietest family default. Nearby school rating is 6.4 / 10. Median age is 38.7. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Hell's Kitchen?
6 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 Hell's Kitchen?
About 48,870 people. Median income $111K. 75% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Hell's Kitchen?
Chelsea, Upper West Side, Upper East Side sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official neighborhoods, start with Hell's Kitchen vs Chelsea.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Hell's Kitchen vs ChelseaHell's Kitchen vs Upper West SideHell's Kitchen vs Upper East Side
72fit
Upper West Side
$3K median rent
Pre-war co-ops, the park, and a grocery on every other corner. Family default for people who still want a subway.
Family streetsWaterfrontWalk 74Safety 52
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
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
43fit
Chelsea
$3K median rent
Galleries, the High Line, and a waterfront that turned into towers. The gayborhood label stuck; the warehouses did not.
NightlifePlannedWaterfrontWalk 30Safety 19