W83 Newsletter Feature March 2019

"Who Is My Neighbor?"

The Upper West Side By The Numbers

210,000
population of the UWS, give or take

59th Street to 110th
north/south borders

Central Park West to Hudson River
east/west borders

43
average age on UWS

$108,000
average per capita income

78%
college educated
(2x NYC average)

43%
masters degrees
(4x NYC average)

55%
female

$1 million
mean annual income of top 5%
(2x NYC average)

$19,000
mean annual income of bottom 20%
(2x NYC average)

1 in 10
people on UWS live below the poverty line

19% 
work in management

10% 
work in entertainment

7%
work in legal
(3x more lawyers than NYC average)

67%
white
(33% more than NYC average)

14%
hispanic
(below NYC average)

8%
african american
(below NYC average)

9%
asian

32%
married

50% 
in one-person households
(2x NYC average)

(stats from The Statistical Atlas)