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CDC estimates 38.0% of Manhattan adults feel lonely at least sometimes. Map of 304 census tracts and community districts, from CDC PLACES 2023 data.

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Loneliness in Manhattan, Tract by Tract

By spiral2grow · Published November 13, 2026 · Data: CDC PLACES 2025 release (2023 survey data) and NYC Planning · More research

CDC estimates that 38.0% of Manhattan adults felt lonely at least sometimes in 2023. By community district, the estimate ranged from 35.2% on both the Upper East Side and the Upper West Side to between 42.5% and 42.8% in Central Harlem, Morningside and Hamilton Heights, and East Harlem. The estimated share lacking social and emotional support ranged from 21.7% on the Upper East Side to between 32.6% and 33.2% in East Harlem and Central Harlem.

Key numbers

  • 38.0%of Manhattan adults are estimated to feel lonely always, usually or sometimesCDC PLACES county estimate for 2023; 95% range 34.4% to 41.5%. New York City: 38.5%.
  • 7.6 pointsbetween the lowest and highest community district estimates (35.2% to 42.8%)Upper East Side and Upper West Side (35.2%) vs Central Harlem, Morningside and Hamilton Heights, and East Harlem (42.5% to 42.8%); averages of tract estimates weighted by adults.
  • 26.3%of Manhattan adults are estimated to lack the social and emotional support they needThe lowest estimate of the five boroughs, but its 95% range overlaps those of Staten Island, Brooklyn and Queens. The Bronx: 34.4%.
  • 44.1%in Chinatown and Two Bridges, among the highest of Manhattan’s neighborhoodsAlso among the highest for lacking support (37.9%). Among the lowest: Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, 32.6% and 19.5%.
  • 40.5%of Manhattan adults live in a census tract where the estimate is 40% or higherAbout 592,000 of 1,462,000 adults, across 127 of 304 tracts.

The map

Adults who feel lonely at least sometimes, by census tract, Manhattan, 2023
Map: share of adults who feel lonely at least sometimes, Manhattan census tracts, 2023Choropleth of 304 Manhattan census tracts. Darker blue means a higher estimate. Estimates are lower on the Upper East Side, the Upper West Side and in Midtown, and higher in Harlem, East Harlem, Morningside Heights, Washington Heights and on the Lower East Side. Community district averages are labeled; the same numbers are in the table below.Chinatown-Two Bridges, tract 2.01: lonely 44.4%, lack support 36.4%Lower East Side, tract 2.02: lonely 39.7%, lack support 31.4%Chinatown-Two Bridges, tract 6: lonely 44.6%, lack support 37.9%Financial District-Battery Park City, tract 7: lonely 39.8%, lack support 24.4%Chinatown-Two Bridges, tract 8: lonely 44.4%, lack support 39.8%Financial District-Battery Park City, tract 9: lonely 35.6%, lack support 24.0%Lower East Side, tract 10.01: lonely 34.2%, lack support 23.1%Lower East Side, tract 10.02: lonely 44.5%, lack support 36.5%Lower East Side, tract 12: lonely 36.4%, lack support 26.1%Financial District-Battery Park City, tract 13: lonely 40.1%, lack support 25.1%Lower East Side, tract 14.01: lonely 35.1%, lack support 24.8%Lower East Side, tract 14.02: lonely 42.5%, lack support 31.6%Financial District-Battery Park City, tract 15.01: lonely 40.5%, lack support 27.7%Financial District-Battery Park City, tract 15.02: lonely 42.1%, lack support 25.1%Chinatown-Two Bridges, tract 16: lonely 43.5%, lack support 36.6%Lower East Side, tract 18: lonely 43.3%, lack support 32.1%East Village, tract 20: lonely 45.3%, lack support 37.5%Tribeca-Civic Center, tract 21: lonely 34.9%, lack support 22.2%Lower East Side, tract 22.01: lonely 41.4%, lack support 31.5%East Village, tract 22.02: lonely 39.4%, lack support 26.1%East Village, tract 24: lonely 44.4%, lack support 36.0%Chinatown-Two Bridges, tract 25: lonely 45.7%, lack support 39.3%East Village, tract 26.01: lonely 43.1%, lack support 32.8%East Village, tract 26.02: lonely 39.9%, lack support 27.0%Chinatown-Two Bridges, tract 27: lonely 39.2%, lack support 32.4%East Village, tract 28: lonely 38.9%, lack support 27.3%Tribeca-Civic Center, tract 29.01: lonely 48.1%, lack support 44.5%Chinatown-Two Bridges, tract 29.02: lonely 42.6%, lack support 36.1%Lower East Side, tract 30.01: lonely 41.4%, lack support 26.9%East Village, tract 30.02: lonely 40.5%, lack support 27.7%Tribeca-Civic Center, tract 31: lonely 45.8%, lack support 30.4%East Village, tract 32: lonely 38.2%, lack support 23.4%Tribeca-Civic Center, tract 33: lonely 33.8%, lack support 20.8%East Village, tract 34: lonely 39.4%, lack support 24.3%Lower East Side, tract 36.01: lonely 41.1%, lack support 31.6%East Village, tract 36.02: lonely 41.7%, lack support 27.7%SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, tract 37: lonely 34.6%, lack support 21.2%East Village, tract 38: lonely 40.1%, lack support 24.6%Tribeca-Civic Center, tract 39: lonely 35.8%, lack support 22.6%East Village, tract 40.01: lonely 39.0%, lack support 23.4%East Village, tract 40.02: lonely 44.2%, lack support 26.9%SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, tract 41: lonely 41.5%, lack support 30.4%East Village, tract 42: lonely 47.3%, lack support 30.7%SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, tract 43: lonely 38.6%, lack support 25.1%Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village, tract 44: lonely 37.3%, lack support 22.5%SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, tract 45: lonely 36.5%, lack support 24.2%SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, tract 47: lonely 34.9%, lack support 20.8%Gramercy, tract 48: lonely 38.5%, lack support 23.6%SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square, tract 49: lonely 35.4%, lack support 20.7%Gramercy, tract 50: lonely 36.1%, lack support 21.7%Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square, tract 52: lonely 40.0%, lack support 24.9%Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square, tract 54: lonely 34.7%, lack support 21.3%Greenwich Village, tract 55.01: lonely 35.4%, lack support 22.3%Greenwich Village, tract 55.02: lonely 36.0%, lack support 22.6%Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square, tract 56: lonely 38.4%, lack support 26.2%Greenwich Village, tract 57: lonely 34.4%, lack support 20.8%Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square, tract 58: lonely 36.8%, lack support 22.7%Greenwich Village, tract 59: lonely 36.6%, lack support 22.3%Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village, tract 60: lonely 33.8%, lack support 21.0%Greenwich Village, tract 61: lonely 40.0%, lack support 24.4%Murray Hill-Kips Bay, tract 62: lonely 40.7%, lack support 28.9%Greenwich Village, tract 63: lonely 34.6%, lack support 20.7%Gramercy, tract 64: lonely 38.7%, lack support 23.9%Greenwich Village, tract 65: lonely 40.4%, lack support 24.1%Murray Hill-Kips Bay, tract 66: lonely 39.3%, lack support 24.8%West Village, tract 67: lonely 36.5%, lack support 21.3%Gramercy, tract 68: lonely 40.0%, lack support 24.8%West Village, tract 69: lonely 36.8%, lack support 22.5%Murray Hill-Kips Bay, tract 70.01: lonely 37.5%, lack support 22.4%Murray Hill-Kips Bay, tract 70.02: lonely 38.9%, lack support 22.6%West Village, tract 71: lonely 35.4%, lack support 21.6%Murray Hill-Kips Bay, tract 72: lonely 38.5%, lack support 22.2%West Village, tract 73: lonely 36.3%, lack support 21.7%Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square, tract 74: lonely 39.7%, lack support 24.2%West Village, tract 75: lonely 34.7%, lack support 21.8%Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square, tract 76: lonely 40.9%, lack support 27.3%West Village, tract 77: lonely 35.0%, lack support 20.8%Murray Hill-Kips Bay, tract 78: lonely 37.2%, lack support 23.5%West Village, tract 79: lonely 33.3%, lack support 19.8%Murray Hill-Kips Bay, tract 80: lonely 35.7%, lack support 22.1%Chelsea-Hudson Yards, tract 81: lonely 35.1%, lack support 22.0%Midtown-Times Square, tract 82: lonely 37.1%, lack support 23.8%Chelsea-Hudson Yards, tract 83: lonely 39.2%, lack support 27.2%Midtown-Times Square, tract 84: lonely 38.6%, lack support 27.5%Murray Hill-Kips Bay, tract 86.01: lonely 39.2%, lack support 25.0%United Nations, tract 86.02: no estimate (park or very few residents)East Midtown-Turtle Bay, tract 86.03: lonely 32.0%, lack support 19.3%Chelsea-Hudson Yards, tract 87: lonely 36.9%, lack support 23.5%Murray Hill-Kips Bay, tract 88: lonely 36.1%, lack support 23.0%Chelsea-Hudson Yards, tract 89: lonely 37.4%, lack support 24.8%East Midtown-Turtle Bay, tract 90: lonely 37.0%, lack support 23.7%Chelsea-Hudson Yards, tract 91: lonely 37.1%, lack support 23.8%East Midtown-Turtle Bay, tract 92: lonely 37.7%, lack support 24.3%Chelsea-Hudson Yards, tract 93: lonely 35.2%, lack support 23.7%Midtown-Times Square, tract 94: 96 adults, not shaded (lonely 39.9%)Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square, tract 95: lonely 42.5%, lack support 26.3%Midtown-Times Square, tract 96: lonely 40.7%, lack support 33.8%Chelsea-Hudson Yards, tract 97: lonely 35.9%, lack support 25.3%East Midtown-Turtle Bay, tract 98: lonely 36.5%, lack support 22.9%Chelsea-Hudson Yards, tract 99.01: lonely 35.1%, lack support 23.0%Chelsea-Hudson Yards, tract 99.02: lonely 37.9%, lack support 25.1%Chelsea-Hudson Yards, tract 99.03: lonely 40.0%, lack support 27.3%East Midtown-Turtle Bay, tract 100: lonely 36.2%, lack support 22.8%Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square, tract 101: lonely 41.7%, lack support 30.0%Midtown-Times Square, tract 102: lonely 33.2%, lack support 21.7%Chelsea-Hudson Yards, tract 103: lonely 42.9%, lack support 26.6%Midtown-Times Square, tract 104: lonely 33.1%, lack support 20.7%East Midtown-Turtle Bay, tract 106.01: lonely 30.8%, lack support 18.2%Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, tract 106.02: lonely 34.5%, lack support 22.4%East Midtown-Turtle Bay, tract 108.01: lonely 35.0%, lack support 22.1%East Midtown-Turtle Bay, tract 108.02: lonely 35.5%, lack support 22.5%East Midtown-Turtle Bay, tract 108.03: lonely 35.1%, lack support 22.4%Midtown-Times Square, tract 109: lonely 40.6%, lack support 32.3%Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, tract 110: lonely 35.7%, lack support 21.4%Chelsea-Hudson Yards, tract 111: lonely 39.6%, lack support 27.6%Midtown-Times Square, tract 112.01: lonely 33.9%, lack support 21.1%Midtown-Times Square, tract 112.02: lonely 32.1%, lack support 19.8%East Midtown-Turtle Bay, tract 112.03: lonely 35.0%, lack support 22.1%Midtown-Times Square, tract 113: lonely 42.5%, lack support 34.0%Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, tract 114.01: lonely 31.7%, lack support 19.3%Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, tract 114.02: lonely 32.7%, lack support 19.5%Hell's Kitchen, tract 115: lonely 40.3%, lack support 28.6%Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, tract 116: lonely 38.1%, lack support 24.1%Chelsea-Hudson Yards, tract 117: lonely 37.5%, lack support 25.5%Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, tract 118: lonely 34.2%, lack support 20.3%Midtown-Times Square, tract 119: lonely 41.6%, lack support 35.4%Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, tract 120: lonely 32.4%, lack support 19.7%Hell's Kitchen, tract 121.01: lonely 38.7%, lack support 27.7%Hell's Kitchen, tract 121.02: lonely 36.4%, lack support 25.4%Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, tract 122: lonely 30.7%, lack support 18.1%Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, tract 124: lonely 36.8%, lack support 22.7%Midtown-Times Square, tract 125: lonely 39.9%, lack support 28.5%Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, tract 126.01: lonely 33.6%, lack support 20.4%Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, tract 126.02: lonely 35.7%, lack support 21.0%Hell's Kitchen, tract 127: lonely 36.2%, lack support 24.0%Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, tract 128: lonely 32.4%, lack support 19.5%Hell's Kitchen, tract 129.01: lonely 38.2%, lack support 25.9%Hell's Kitchen, tract 129.02: lonely 38.3%, lack support 28.2%Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, tract 130: lonely 31.4%, lack support 18.7%Midtown-Times Square, tract 131: lonely 38.0%, lack support 25.8%Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, tract 132.01: lonely 36.2%, lack support 22.4%Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, tract 132.02: lonely 37.4%, lack support 23.4%Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, tract 132.03: lonely 36.3%, lack support 21.9%Hell's Kitchen, tract 133: lonely 37.6%, lack support 24.7%Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, tract 134: lonely 35.2%, lack support 21.1%Hell's Kitchen, tract 135.01: lonely 37.8%, lack support 26.5%Hell's Kitchen, tract 135.02: lonely 39.5%, lack support 27.5%Upper East Side-Yorkville, tract 136.01: lonely 31.8%, lack support 19.0%Upper East Side-Yorkville, tract 136.02: lonely 34.4%, lack support 21.0%Upper East Side-Yorkville, tract 136.03: lonely 34.9%, lack support 21.1%Upper East Side-Yorkville, tract 136.04: lonely 35.8%, lack support 21.0%Midtown-Times Square, tract 137: lonely 34.4%, lack support 22.0%Upper East Side-Yorkville, tract 138: lonely 36.4%, lack support 22.4%Hell's Kitchen, tract 139: lonely 35.5%, lack support 23.2%Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, tract 140: lonely 34.1%, lack support 20.9%Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, tract 142: lonely 30.3%, lack support 17.4%Central Park, tract 143: 117 adults, not shaded (lonely 32.4%)Upper East Side-Yorkville, tract 144.01: lonely 33.7%, lack support 20.0%Upper East Side-Yorkville, tract 144.02: lonely 35.4%, lack support 21.6%Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, tract 145: lonely 37.3%, lack support 23.3%Upper East Side-Yorkville, tract 146.01: lonely 37.5%, lack support 22.6%Upper East Side-Yorkville, tract 146.02: lonely 35.8%, lack support 21.8%Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, tract 147: lonely 35.7%, lack support 23.7%Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, tract 148.01: lonely 34.3%, lack support 20.7%Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, tract 148.02: lonely 34.7%, lack support 21.1%Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, tract 149: lonely 33.8%, lack support 21.0%Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, tract 150.01: lonely 31.4%, lack support 18.7%Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, tract 150.02: lonely 30.5%, lack support 17.7%Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, tract 151.01: lonely 44.0%, lack support 33.5%Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, tract 151.02: lonely 36.8%, lack support 25.0%Upper East Side-Yorkville, tract 152: lonely 36.7%, lack support 24.6%Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, tract 153.01: lonely 33.0%, lack support 19.9%Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, tract 153.02: lonely 33.6%, lack support 20.8%Upper East Side-Yorkville, tract 154.01: lonely 36.9%, lack support 22.1%Upper East Side-Yorkville, tract 154.02: lonely 38.8%, lack support 25.3%Upper East Side-Yorkville, tract 154.03: lonely 35.9%, lack support 24.3%Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, tract 155.01: lonely 31.8%, lack support 19.3%Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, tract 155.02: lonely 32.9%, lack support 20.5%Upper East Side-Yorkville, tract 156.01: lonely 39.5%, lack support 25.3%East Harlem (South), tract 156.02: lonely 40.2%, lack support 29.4%Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, tract 157: lonely 34.8%, lack support 21.3%Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, tract 158.01: lonely 34.6%, lack support 20.6%East Harlem (South), tract 158.02: lonely 43.3%, lack support 27.9%Upper West Side-Lincoln Square, tract 159: lonely 32.5%, lack support 20.0%Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, tract 160.01: lonely 31.5%, lack support 18.6%East Harlem (South), tract 160.02: lonely 40.8%, lack support 25.8%Upper West Side (Central), tract 161: lonely 34.4%, lack support 20.7%East Harlem (South), tract 162: lonely 42.7%, lack support 33.4%Upper West Side (Central), tract 163: lonely 33.4%, lack support 20.9%East Harlem (South), tract 164: lonely 41.9%, lack support 32.1%Upper West Side (Central), tract 165: lonely 34.1%, lack support 21.2%East Harlem (South), tract 166: lonely 41.4%, lack support 30.6%Upper West Side (Central), tract 167: lonely 33.0%, lack support 20.3%East Harlem (South), tract 168: lonely 41.4%, lack support 32.1%Upper West Side (Central), tract 169: lonely 34.0%, lack support 20.9%East Harlem (South), tract 170: lonely 41.3%, lack support 32.1%Upper West Side (Central), tract 171: lonely 33.7%, lack support 20.8%East Harlem (South), tract 172: lonely 43.4%, lack support 33.1%Upper West Side (Central), tract 173: lonely 34.1%, lack support 21.4%East Harlem (South), tract 174.01: lonely 40.4%, lack support 30.7%East Harlem (South), tract 174.02: lonely 42.3%, lack support 31.1%Upper West Side (Central), tract 175: lonely 33.9%, lack support 21.5%Upper West Side (Central), tract 177: lonely 34.3%, lack support 22.5%East Harlem (North), tract 178: lonely 41.2%, lack support 30.2%Upper West Side (Central), tract 179: lonely 34.6%, lack support 22.0%East Harlem (North), tract 180: lonely 44.1%, lack support 34.4%Upper West Side (Central), tract 181: lonely 34.8%, lack support 22.7%East Harlem (North), tract 182: lonely 43.9%, lack support 33.4%Upper West Side (Central), tract 183: lonely 35.2%, lack support 22.6%East Harlem (North), tract 184: lonely 43.4%, lack support 34.2%Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, tract 185: lonely 34.6%, lack support 22.0%Harlem (South), tract 186: lonely 44.3%, lack support 34.9%Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, tract 187: lonely 36.2%, lack support 24.5%East Harlem (North), tract 188: lonely 42.7%, lack support 33.0%Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, tract 189: lonely 40.9%, lack support 30.0%Harlem (South), tract 190: lonely 39.5%, lack support 29.7%Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, tract 191: lonely 35.2%, lack support 22.8%East Harlem (North), tract 192: lonely 45.5%, lack support 36.1%Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, tract 193: lonely 40.3%, lack support 28.2%East Harlem (North), tract 194: lonely 42.0%, lack support 32.6%Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, tract 195: lonely 37.4%, lack support 24.5%East Harlem (North), tract 196: lonely 43.6%, lack support 35.2%Morningside Heights, tract 197.01: lonely 41.4%, lack support 26.8%Harlem (South), tract 197.02: lonely 38.0%, lack support 26.4%East Harlem (North), tract 198: lonely 39.3%, lack support 30.4%Morningside Heights, tract 199: lonely 41.5%, lack support 26.1%Harlem (South), tract 200: lonely 39.0%, lack support 28.9%Morningside Heights, tract 201.01: lonely 48.6%, lack support 31.2%Harlem (South), tract 201.02: lonely 41.3%, lack support 30.2%Morningside Heights, tract 203: lonely 51.7%, lack support 33.1%Morningside Heights, tract 205: lonely 46.0%, lack support 27.2%East Harlem (North), tract 206: lonely 41.7%, lack support 32.5%Morningside Heights, tract 207.01: lonely 42.9%, lack support 27.2%Harlem (North), tract 208: lonely 41.6%, lack support 31.2%Morningside Heights, tract 209.01: lonely 44.1%, lack support 34.9%East Harlem (North), tract 210: lonely 43.1%, lack support 33.9%Morningside Heights, tract 211: lonely 39.4%, lack support 26.8%Harlem (North), tract 212: lonely 40.5%, lack support 31.2%Manhattanville-West Harlem, tract 213.03: lonely 43.9%, lack support 33.7%Harlem (North), tract 214: lonely 41.5%, lack support 32.9%Harlem (North), tract 215: lonely 43.8%, lack support 33.7%Harlem (South), tract 216: lonely 40.8%, lack support 30.5%Manhattanville-West Harlem, tract 217.03: lonely 55.4%, lack support 34.8%Harlem (South), tract 218: lonely 41.6%, lack support 31.8%Manhattanville-West Harlem, tract 219: lonely 45.0%, lack support 35.2%Harlem (South), tract 220: lonely 40.9%, lack support 30.0%Harlem (North), tract 221.02: lonely 40.1%, lack support 30.3%Harlem (South), tract 222: lonely 40.5%, lack support 30.2%Manhattanville-West Harlem, tract 223.01: lonely 40.9%, lack support 30.2%Manhattanville-West Harlem, tract 223.02: lonely 42.4%, lack support 31.3%Harlem (North), tract 224: lonely 45.9%, lack support 37.0%Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, tract 225: lonely 42.0%, lack support 31.6%Harlem (North), tract 226: lonely 42.3%, lack support 32.6%Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, tract 227: lonely 40.8%, lack support 30.4%Harlem (North), tract 228: lonely 43.0%, lack support 33.7%Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, tract 229: lonely 42.5%, lack support 32.3%Harlem (North), tract 230: lonely 44.7%, lack support 35.9%Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, tract 231: lonely 42.3%, lack support 32.2%Harlem (North), tract 232: lonely 47.1%, lack support 38.1%Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, tract 233: lonely 41.3%, lack support 29.8%Harlem (North), tract 234: lonely 44.1%, lack support 34.0%Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, tract 235.01: lonely 40.7%, lack support 30.3%Harlem (North), tract 235.02: lonely 46.0%, lack support 37.2%Harlem (North), tract 236: lonely 44.2%, lack support 36.1%Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill, tract 237: lonely 42.7%, lack support 32.0%Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, tract 238.02: lonely 39.9%, lack support 29.3%Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, tract 238.03: lonely 38.0%, lack support 26.3%Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, tract 238.04: lonely 38.3%, lack support 26.9%Washington Heights (South), tract 239: lonely 42.0%, lack support 31.5%Randall's Island, tract 240: lonely 41.9%, lack support 41.6%Washington Heights (South), tract 241: lonely 40.3%, lack support 30.0%East Harlem (North), tract 242: lonely 45.2%, lack support 36.6%Washington Heights (South), tract 243.01: lonely 42.9%, lack support 32.5%Harlem (North), tract 243.02: lonely 46.1%, lack support 37.2%Washington Heights (South), tract 245: lonely 41.6%, lack support 31.2%Washington Heights (South), tract 247: lonely 40.1%, lack support 29.8%Washington Heights (South), tract 249: lonely 41.0%, lack support 31.0%Washington Heights (South), tract 251: lonely 42.9%, lack support 33.5%Washington Heights (South), tract 253: lonely 40.9%, lack support 29.9%Washington Heights (South), tract 255: lonely 41.4%, lack support 28.4%Harlem (South), tract 257: lonely 39.9%, lack support 29.2%Harlem (North), tract 259: lonely 41.8%, lack support 31.6%Washington Heights (South), tract 261: lonely 43.1%, lack support 33.7%Washington Heights (South), tract 263: lonely 40.7%, lack support 30.1%Washington Heights (North), tract 265: lonely 38.7%, lack support 27.2%Washington Heights (North), tract 267: lonely 42.8%, lack support 27.8%Washington Heights (North), tract 269: lonely 42.4%, lack support 32.6%Washington Heights (North), tract 271: lonely 39.5%, lack support 27.9%Washington Heights (North), tract 273: lonely 34.1%, lack support 21.8%Washington Heights (North), tract 275: lonely 32.3%, lack support 20.8%Washington Heights (North), tract 277: lonely 41.6%, lack support 31.6%Washington Heights (North), tract 279: lonely 40.2%, lack support 29.3%Washington Heights (North), tract 281: lonely 33.2%, lack support 21.0%Washington Heights (North), tract 283: lonely 39.8%, lack support 29.4%Washington Heights (North), tract 285: lonely 42.2%, lack support 32.4%Washington Heights (North), tract 287: lonely 38.0%, lack support 26.7%Inwood, tract 291: lonely 40.5%, lack support 30.3%Inwood, tract 293: lonely 41.7%, lack support 32.0%Inwood, tract 295: lonely 38.3%, lack support 27.4%Inwood Hill Park, tract 297: no estimate (park or very few residents)Inwood, tract 299: lonely 42.0%, lack support 32.6%Inwood, tract 303: lonely 38.5%, lack support 27.6%Inwood, tract 307: lonely 33.0%, lack support 21.3%Kingsbridge-Marble Hill, tract 309: lonely 41.8%, lack support 31.9%Highbridge Park, tract 311: no estimate (park or very few residents)Financial District-Battery Park City, tract 317.03: lonely 35.0%, lack support 22.9%Financial District-Battery Park City, tract 317.04: lonely 34.9%, lack support 22.7%The Battery-Governors Island-Ellis Island-Liberty Island, tract 319: no estimate (park or very few residents)Washington Hts40.2%Morningside Hts42.6%Upper West Side35.2%Chelsea37.4%Greenwich Village36.7%Financial District38.4%Central Harlem42.8%East Harlem42.5%Upper East Side35.2%Murray Hill37.0%Midtown38.1%Lower East Side41.8%
under 35%35% to 37.9%38% to 40.9%41% to 43.9%44% or moreno estimate, or under 200 adults

Each shape is a 2020 census tract; labels give the community district average. On a computer, hover over a tract to see its estimate; every tract is in the data download below. Source: CDC PLACES 2025 release (model-based estimates from 2023 survey data); tract shapes from NYC Planning. Governors, Liberty and Ellis Islands, which have no estimate, are not drawn.

By community district

The districts north of Central Park and on the Lower East Side had the highest estimates for both measures; the Upper East Side, the Upper West Side, Greenwich Village and East Midtown had the lowest.

Adults who feel lonely at least sometimes, by Manhattan community district, 2023

Community district values are averages of CDC PLACES tract estimates, weighted by each tract’s adults. The pale bar is CDC’s own estimate for Manhattan as a whole.

Loneliness and lack of support by Manhattan community district, 2023
Community districtCDAdultsTractsFeel lonelyLack support
Central Harlem10105,6742542.8%33.2%
Morningside Heights, Hamilton Heights995,3482042.6%30.4%
East Harlem11101,8172442.5%32.6%
Lower East Side, Chinatown3144,1863141.8%31.0%
Washington Heights, Inwood12151,8942940.2%29.5%
Financial District, Tribeca165,6091238.4%24.6%
Midtown, Flatiron, Union Square553,3592238.1%25.0%
Chelsea, Hell’s Kitchen4118,0522337.4%25.2%
East Midtown, Murray Hill6145,5922537.0%22.9%
Greenwich Village, SoHo283,8582036.7%22.7%
Upper West Side7191,0792935.2%22.7%
Upper East Side, Roosevelt Island8198,3894235.2%21.7%
Marble Hill (part of Manhattan, in Bronx CD 8)6,738141.8%31.9%
All Manhattan tracts (our average)1,461,71230438.6%26.5%

By neighborhood

Manhattan neighborhoods (NTAs with at least 5,000 adults), highest to lowest loneliness, 2023
NeighborhoodCommunity districtAdultsFeel lonelyLack support
Chinatown-Two BridgesLower East Side, Chinatown36,65844.1%37.9%
Harlem (North)Central Harlem67,04943.9%34.7%
Morningside HeightsMorningside Heights, Hamilton Heights34,86143.3%28.3%
Manhattanville-West HarlemMorningside Heights, Hamilton Heights18,53443.3%32.6%
East Harlem (North)East Harlem51,41543.1%33.7%
East Harlem (South)East Harlem49,12741.8%31.2%
Hamilton Heights-Sugar HillMorningside Heights, Hamilton Heights41,95341.8%31.3%
Marble Hill (Manhattan part of Kingsbridge-Marble Hill)Bronx CD 86,73841.8%31.9%
Washington Heights (South)Washington Heights, Inwood61,36941.4%30.9%
East VillageLower East Side, Chinatown65,27541.2%27.5%
Harlem (South)Central Harlem38,62540.9%30.5%
Lower East SideLower East Side, Chinatown42,25340.8%30.6%
InwoodWashington Heights, Inwood30,06739.5%29.2%
Washington Heights (North)Washington Heights, Inwood60,45839.3%28.2%
Midtown South-Flatiron-Union SquareMidtown, Flatiron, Union Square29,99639.0%24.8%
Financial District-Battery Park CityFinancial District, Tribeca45,40538.9%24.7%
GramercyEast Midtown, Murray Hill26,48038.5%23.7%
Murray Hill-Kips BayEast Midtown, Murray Hill58,11838.0%23.6%
SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson SquareGreenwich Village, SoHo21,10437.9%24.9%
Upper West Side-Manhattan ValleyUpper West Side44,61237.8%25.8%
Hell’s KitchenChelsea, Hell’s Kitchen54,72837.5%25.6%
Chelsea-Hudson YardsChelsea, Hell’s Kitchen63,32437.4%24.7%
Greenwich VillageGreenwich Village, SoHo30,72237.2%22.6%
Tribeca-Civic CenterFinancial District, Tribeca20,20437.1%24.3%
Midtown-Times SquareMidtown, Flatiron, Union Square23,36337.0%25.3%
Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper VillageEast Midtown, Murray Hill19,61636.6%22.2%
Upper East Side-YorkvilleUpper East Side, Roosevelt Island72,49436.2%22.5%
Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt IslandUpper East Side, Roosevelt Island73,81136.0%22.5%
West VillageGreenwich Village, SoHo32,03235.4%21.3%
Upper West Side-Lincoln SquareUpper West Side59,94834.8%22.1%
East Midtown-Turtle BayEast Midtown, Murray Hill41,37834.8%21.7%
Upper West Side (Central)Upper West Side86,51934.1%21.5%
Upper East Side-Carnegie HillUpper East Side, Roosevelt Island52,08432.6%19.5%

Manhattan and the other boroughs

Manhattan’s loneliness estimate (38.0%) is close to the citywide figure (38.5%). Its estimate for lack of social and emotional support (26.3%) is the lowest of the five boroughs, though its 95% range overlaps those of Staten Island, Brooklyn and Queens; only the Bronx’s range (30.7% to 38.4%) sits fully above it.

The five boroughs and New York City: CDC’s own estimates with 95% ranges, 2023
AreaFeel lonelyLack support
Manhattan38.0% (34.4 to 41.5)26.3% (23.2 to 29.4)
Brooklyn36.3% (32.9 to 39.7)30.5% (27.3 to 33.7)
Queens38.2% (34.6 to 41.9)31.9% (28.5 to 35.4)
Bronx40.6% (36.7 to 44.7)34.4% (30.7 to 38.4)
Staten Island34.2% (30.2 to 38.2)27.8% (24.3 to 31.3)
New York City38.5% (36.5 to 40.5)30.9% (29.2 to 32.7)

What this means

  • Loneliness is common in every part of Manhattan. Even in the districts with the lowest estimates, about one adult in three (35.2%) is estimated to feel lonely at least sometimes.
  • These numbers show where, not why. They come from a statistical model that combines a national health survey with each area’s population makeup, such as age, sex, and race and ethnicity. They do not show that a neighborhood, a living situation or a relationship causes loneliness.
  • CDC describes loneliness as the gap between the relationships a person wants and the ones they have (measure definition). So it is not the same as living alone, and people can feel it with a partner or family around them.
  • If loneliness has been weighing on you, talking it through can help. Individual therapy is one place to start, and couples counseling can help when distance has grown inside a relationship.
  • If you are in crisis or thinking about harming yourself, call or text 988 (the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) any time, or call 911.

How we did this

CDC’s PLACES project publishes model-based estimates of health measures for every U.S. county, city and census tract. Its 2025 release uses 2023 survey data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). We used two measures: feelings of loneliness (adults who report always, usually or sometimes feeling lonely) and lack of social and emotional support (adults who report sometimes, rarely or never getting the social and emotional support they need). We used crude (not age-adjusted) prevalence throughout, because that is the only kind PLACES publishes for tracts.

PLACES has estimates for 304 of Manhattan’s 310 census tracts (2020 boundaries). To group tracts into community districts and neighborhoods, we used NYC Planning’s 2020 census tract file, which assigns each tract to a neighborhood tabulation area (NTA) and a community district tabulation area (CDTA, NYC Planning’s tract-based version of a community district). Each district or neighborhood figure is the average of its tract estimates, weighted by each tract’s adult population as listed in PLACES. CDC does not publish these district averages; they are our calculation, and they have no confidence ranges of their own. The borough and city figures are CDC’s own estimates.

Limits

  • These are model estimates, not counts. CDC builds them from survey answers and population data (multilevel regression and post-stratification), so tract differences mostly reflect who lives where. Single tracts carry more uncertainty than districts: tract estimates range from 30.3% to 55.4%, and the highest is a tract with only 527 adults.
  • CDC models each geography separately, so our average of all Manhattan tracts (38.6%) does not match CDC’s county estimate (38.0%). Compare districts with each other, and use CDC’s county figure for Manhattan as a whole.
  • The borough estimates for loneliness overlap within their 95% ranges, so the boroughs cannot be ranked with confidence on that measure. For lack of support, Manhattan’s range (23.2% to 29.4%) sits fully below the Bronx’s (30.7% to 38.4%) but overlaps those of Staten Island, Brooklyn and Queens, so that is the only clear-cut borough comparison. The same applies to the neighborhood figures: neighboring values a few tenths of a point apart should be read as similar.
  • Six tracts have no estimate: parks, the United Nations tract, and the harbor islands. Two tracts with fewer than 200 adults (Central Park, 117 adults, and one Midtown tract) are shaded gray on the map. Central Park and Randall’s Island (1,275 adults) are left out of the neighborhood table because they have so few residents; Randall’s Island is included in East Harlem’s district average. Marble Hill is part of Manhattan but belongs to a Bronx community district, so it has its own row.
  • Nothing here measures relationships, marital status or therapy use. The data cannot say whether couples, single people or any other group feel lonelier.

Sources

Cite this study

spiral2grow. (2026). Loneliness in Manhattan, Tract by Tract. spiral2grow Marriage & Family Therapy, New York, NY. https://www.spiral2grow.com/research/manhattan-loneliness-map/

Download the data: manhattan-loneliness-map.csv (every Manhattan tract with its neighborhood and district, district and neighborhood averages, and CDC’s borough and city estimates). Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with credit to spiral2grow and a link to this page.

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