Best PlacesGarment District, Manhattan, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Garment District, Manhattan, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Garment District, Manhattan ranks 435th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Garment District, Manhattan
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Garment District, Manhattan's strengths and weaknesses
Where Garment District, Manhattan ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
Where Garment District, Manhattan ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Garment District, Manhattan
A household needs to earn about $284,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Garment District, Manhattan home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $195,677, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Garment District, Manhattan's effective rate of 0.64%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Garment District, Manhattan
Garment District, Manhattan runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Garment District, Manhattan.
Who works in Garment District, Manhattan, and how
Work in Garment District, Manhattan centers on professional & technical and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 5%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 75%
Life in Garment District, Manhattan
Garment District, Manhattan has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of neighborhoods and more late-night spots per resident than 99% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 16 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Garment District, Manhattan and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Garment District, Manhattan, month by month
Garment District, Manhattan sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 35° | 28° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 44° |
| July | 88° | 78° | 70° |
| October | 69° | 60° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Garment District, Manhattan
Laguardia sits about 6 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 16.3 million passengers in 2025, with 118 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Garment District, Manhattan
Schools across Garment District, Manhattan average an A+, better than 99% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Brooklyn School Of InquiryA+ · 93% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mark Twain Is 239 For The Gifted And TalentedA+ · 83% proficient
Top high schools
- Professional Pathways High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Garment District, Manhattan school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Garment District, Manhattan measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Garment District, Manhattan against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Garment District, Manhattan
Is Garment District, Manhattan a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Garment District, Manhattan ranks 435th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on transit, big-city access, and walkability, and lowest on tree cover and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Garment District, Manhattan expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,110,442. The overall cost of living runs about 141% above the national average. Set against a $195,677 median income, cost of living beats 60% of neighborhoods.
Is Garment District, Manhattan safe?
Garment District, Manhattan is safer than 6% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,152 per resident a year.
Compare Garment District, Manhattan with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Garment District, Manhattan. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Garment District, Manhattan represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Garment District, Manhattan detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Garment District, Manhattan: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Garment District, Manhattan: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Garment District, Manhattan: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Garment District, Manhattan: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Garment District, Manhattan detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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