Full city coverage · data-checked August 2026

Map the Gap NYC

In most of New York City, “affordable housing” is priced above what the neighborhood around it can actually pay. The city sets that rent based on an Area Median Income (AMI) of $152,700 — but the median household in Mott Haven earns just $27,364.

This tool shows that gap for every neighborhood in the city, and what it means for your rent. Search your neighborhood to see what counts as “affordable” there and what the median household can actually pay. Then enter your own household income to see where you land.

1 · The Gap Map

All 55 Furman Center neighborhoods, covering the entire city. Tap a circle, or search and tap below. Colors follow HPD’s own published income bands, so each shade marks the category a neighborhood’s median household would fall into if it applied for housing.

Each gap card shows four bands: 30% and 50% AMI are the two tiers the city's Block by Block plan commits the deepest share of new production to; 80% AMI is the ceiling of HPD’s “Low-Income” category and 130% falls in its “Middle-Income” category (121–165%).

The percentage displayed next to each neighborhood represents its median household income compared with the figure used to price affordable housing. The lower the percentage, the larger the gap between what residents in the neighborhood actually earn and what “affordable” housing is being priced for.

0–30% · Extremely Low 31–50% · Very Low 51–80% · Low 81%+ · Moderate or above

2 · Where do you actually land?

Enter your household income. See your real AMI percentage, which lottery bands you'd qualify for, and what rent is genuinely affordable to you versus what's being sold as affordable.