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
New York/West Village
67fit
West Village
Official neighborhood: Greenwich Village / West Village
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · NYPD Oct 2025 – Jun 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
West 4th, brownstone streets that ignore the grid, and rents that assume you already live here. The postcard is the product.
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Best in New York for familiesWalkable New YorkUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
24
144 violent · 1248 property · 25.2 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026)-26 vs city set
Schools
67
Rating 7.8 / 10 nearby+20 vs city set
Walk
68
OSM: 62 groceries · 177 cafes · 199 transit · 120 parks+28 vs city set
Cost
72
$3,044 ACS median vs your rent budget-14 vs city set
Vibe
100
OSM: 177 cafes · 588 restaurants · 152 bars · 120 parks+63 vs city set
Commute to work
From West Village, a typical weekday is 15 min to Midtown, 15 min to FiDi, 25 min to Downtown Brooklyn. Not live traffic.
Midtown is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Midtown
15 min
Times Square, Hudson Yards · -12 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
FiDi
15 min
Wall Street, ferries · -14 min vs the city-set median
Downtown Brooklyn
25 min
BAM, Dumbo, Borough Hall · +3 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 $3,044 across all occupied rental units — studios through large apartments mixed together, not a live 1-bed or 2-bed quote.
That is 21% of median household income — under the 30% HUD cost-burden line. A household at this area’s median income ($178K) could “afford” about $4,441 a month at 30% of gross pay.
66% of households rent. Median home value is $1,411,889.
ACS median rent
$3,044
30% income budget
$4,441
Rent / income
21%
Median home
$1,411,889
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for New York city. Up 48% since 2014. West Village is 67% 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 62 groceries, 177 cafes, 120 parks, and 199 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 120 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (199 stops or stations).
177 cafes and 588 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 9 of 21 other areas in this city set.
Population
55,185
Median age
36.7
Median income
$178K
Renters
66%
Bachelor+
87%
Violent / 1k
2.6
Property / 1k
22.6
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 12 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.
West 4th, brownstone streets that ignore the grid, and rents that assume you already live here. The postcard is the product. Every NYC stereotype list still files it as the impossible dream — and the walk-ups stay impossible.
You will walk everywhere and still be late because the streets curve. Subways are the 1/A/C/E/B/D/F/M at the edges, not in the middle. Weight walk and vibe. Nightlife is everywhere and also somehow tasteful. If the bid is absurd, the East Village is the younger, louder sibling.
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 West Village safe?
On this map West Village has a higher Part I rate than most New York neighborhoods in the set (safety 24 vs city 50). NYPD logged 2.6 violent and 22.6 property incidents per 1,000 ACS residents — 25.2 combined. Rates mix residents and visitors. They are not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in West Village?
ACS median rent is $3,044. Median home value is $1,411,889. About 66% of households rent. These are survey medians, not this week's listings.
Is West Village walkable?
Walk scores 68 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: 62 groceries, 177 cafes, 199 transit stops, 120 parks.
Is West Village good for families?
The scores lean family-friendly relative to this city set. Nearby school rating is 7.8 / 10. Median age is 36.7.
How long is the commute from West Village?
Typical weekday minutes to Midtown: 15. Not live traffic. Open the neighborhood page for the other job centers in New York.
How many people live in West Village?
About 55,185 residents, median income $178K, 87% with a bachelor's or higher. ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · NYPD Oct 2025 – Jun 2026 · OSM.
What neighborhoods are next to West Village?
Closest on this map: East Village, Chelsea, SoHo / Tribeca. Compare West Village vs East Village if you are deciding between two official neighborhoods.
Next door
Adjacent on the neighborhood map, ranked with your weights.
West Village vs East VillageWest Village vs ChelseaWest Village vs SoHo / Tribeca
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
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
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
29fit
Hell's Kitchen
$3K median rent
Ninth Avenue restaurants, Port Authority in earshot, and Hudson Yards glass at the south edge. Nightlife that still has walk-ups.
NightlifeWalk 5Safety 29