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Midtown

Community district in New York City

Borough: Manhattan

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About Manhattan

The island between the Hudson and East rivers: downtown, Midtown, the Upper East and West Sides, Harlem and Upper Manhattan.

Names you’ll hear here

  • Flatiron
  • Times Square

Landmarks:

  • Bryant Park
  • Carnegie Hall
  • Empire State Building
  • Flatiron Building
  • Grand Central Terminal
  • Madison Square Garden
  • Museum of Modern Art
  • Penn Station
  • Radio City Music Hall
  • Rockefeller Center
  • Times Square

What stands out

  • Among the highest rents in New York City (median $3,490/mo)
  • Among the likeliest to walk or bike to work in New York City (42% of commuters)
  • Among the quickest transit trips to Penn Station in New York City (about 18 min)

Living here

Housing
Higher housing cost. Median home $1.4M · renters pay $3,490/moSurvey estimates for 2020–2024, not current prices, for the whole community district. Rent is what renting households pay, utilities included, counting rent-stabilized and subsidized homes, so it sits well below what a new lease costs. Use them to compare districts, not to budget.
To Penn Station
Under 30 min. About 18 min by transit, weekday morning
Getting to work
Mostly transit, walk or bike. 7% drive · 47% transit · 42% walk or bike
Households
Mostly renters. 73% rent
Tree canopy
Under 10%. 5% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
Home types
Detached 2% · 2–19 units 13% · 20+ units 85%
Built
1939 or earlier 36% · 1940–79 30% · 1980–99 14% · 2000 or later 21%
Ages
Under 15 6% · 15–24 13% · 25–44 44% · 45–64 22% · 65+ 16%
Language at home
English only 73% · Spanish 7% · Other Indo-European (e.g. Hindi, Urdu) 5%English only, or the language besides English that each person 5 or older speaks at home. For tracts the Census groups some languages: Bengali, Hindi and Urdu are among “other Indo-European”.
Recent immigrants
12% born abroad, came to the US 2010 or laterShare of residents, from the 2020–2024 survey.

American Community Survey 2020–2024 and MTA schedules, Midtown. Tiers compare the 59 community districts.

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