South Shore
Community district in New York City
Borough: Staten Island
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About Staten Island
The least populous borough, across New York Harbor, joined to Manhattan by the free ferry and to Brooklyn by the Verrazzano.
What stands out
- Highest share of homeowners in New York City (21% rent)
- Most likely to drive to work in New York City (76% of commuters)
- Among the leafiest in New York City (39% tree canopy)
Living here
- Housing
- Middle housing cost. Median home $710K · renters pay $1,890/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
- Over an hour. About 97 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mostly car. 76% drive · 20% transit · 2% walk or bike
- Households
- Mostly owners. 21% rent
- Tree canopy
- 30% or more. 39% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 40% · Attached 34% · 2–19 units 23% · 20+ units 2%
- Built
- 1939 or earlier 8% · 1940–79 40% · 1980–99 36% · 2000 or later 17%
- Ages
- Under 15 17% · 15–24 12% · 25–44 25% · 45–64 28% · 65+ 18%
- Language at home
- English only 72% · Polish, Russian or other Slavic 8% · Chinese 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
- 4% born abroad, came to the US 2010 or laterShare of residents, from the 2020–2024 survey.
American Community Survey 2020–2024 and MTA schedules, South Shore. Tiers compare the 59 community districts.