Town guide

Manhattan, New York

Manhattan is a borough in New York County, New York, home to about 1,629,477 people across 23 square miles. Its ZIP codes are 10001, 10002, 10003, 10004, 10005, 10006, 10007, 10009, 10010, 10011, 10012, 10013, 10014, 10016, 10017, 10018, 10019, 10020, 10021, 10022, 10023, 10024, 10025, 10026, 10027, 10028, 10029, 10030, 10031, 10032, 10033, 10034, 10035, 10036, 10037, 10038, 10039, 10040, 10044, 10065, 10069, 10075, 10103, 10110, 10111, 10112, 10115, 10119, 10128, 10152, 10153, 10154, 10162, 10165, 10167, 10168, 10169, 10170, 10171, 10172, 10173, 10174, 10177, 10199, 10271, 10278, 10279, 10280 and 10282, and parts of 10463 are in Manhattan too.

Homes sold for a median of $1,253 per square foot across 47 ZIP codes in the three months ending August 2026, and 15 of 47 were seller’s markets.

Population1,629,47771,910 per sq mi
Median home value$1,090,500Census, as estimated by owners
Price per sq ft$1,253Sold homes, 3 months to August 2026
Sold over asking9%Median of 47 ZIP codes

ZIP codes in Manhattan

70 ZIP codes, 1 shared with neighboring towns
New York, NY10020Not enough recent sales for market figures yet.

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New York, NY10103Not enough recent sales for market figures yet.

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New York, NY10110Not enough recent sales for market figures yet.

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New York, NY10111Not enough recent sales for market figures yet.

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New York, NY10112Not enough recent sales for market figures yet.

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New York, NY10115Not enough recent sales for market figures yet.

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New York, NY10119Not enough recent sales for market figures yet.

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New York, NY10153Not enough recent sales for market figures yet.

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New York, NY10154Not enough recent sales for market figures yet.

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New York, NY10162Not enough recent sales for market figures yet.

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New York, NY10165Not enough recent sales for market figures yet.

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New York, NY10167Not enough recent sales for market figures yet.

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New York, NY10168Not enough recent sales for market figures yet.

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New York, NY10169Not enough recent sales for market figures yet.

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New York, NY10170Not enough recent sales for market figures yet.

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New York, NY10171Not enough recent sales for market figures yet.

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New York, NY10172Not enough recent sales for market figures yet.

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New York, NY10173Not enough recent sales for market figures yet.

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New York, NY10174Not enough recent sales for market figures yet.

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New York, NY10177Not enough recent sales for market figures yet.

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New York, NY10199Not enough recent sales for market figures yet.

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New York, NY10271Not enough recent sales for market figures yet.

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Around Manhattan

Distances

Nearest major airportLaGuardia Airport (LGA)5 miles away
Nearest city of 250,000+Jersey City, NJ7 miles away
Nearest city of 1 million+New York, NY8 miles away

Straight-line distances from the center of Manhattan; driving is longer.

Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population over time

Manhattan had 1,694,251 residents in the 2020 census, up 10% since 2000.

It’s the 3rd largest of 1,007 towns in New York by population.

New York County grew from 2,050,600 residents in 1900 to 1,694,251 in 2020.

Manhattan population by census2000: 1,537,195, 2010: 1,585,873, 2020: 1,694,2511,537,19520001,585,87320101,694,2512020

New York County, 1900–2020

New York County population, 1900 to 20201900: 2,050,600, 1910: 2,762,522, 1920: 2,284,103, 1930: 1,867,312, 1940: 1,889,924, 1950: 1,960,101, 1960: 1,698,281, 1970: 1,539,233, 1980: 1,428,285, 1990: 1,487,536, 2000: 1,537,195, 2010: 1,585,873, 2020: 1,694,2512.1M’00’102.3M’20’301.9M’40’501.7M’60’701.4M’80’901.5M’00’101.7M’20

Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).

Weather by month

Average highs peak around 85°F in summer, and winter lows average 28°F. About 49.6 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 30 inches of snow.

Average high and low temperature and precipitation by month near ManhattanJan: high 40°F, low 28°F, 3.6 in; Feb: high 42°F, low 30°F, 3.2 in; Mar: high 50°F, low 36°F, 4.3 in; Apr: high 62°F, low 46°F, 4.1 in; May: high 71°F, low 55°F, 4 in; Jun: high 80°F, low 64°F, 4.5 in; Jul: high 85°F, low 70°F, 4.6 in; Aug: high 83°F, low 69°F, 4.6 in; Sep: high 76°F, low 62°F, 4.3 in; Oct: high 65°F, low 51°F, 4.4 in; Nov: high 54°F, low 42°F, 3.6 in; Dec: high 44°F, low 34°F, 4.4 in40°28°Jan3.642°30°Feb3.250°36°Mar4.362°46°Apr4.171°55°May4.080°64°Jun4.585°70°Jul4.683°69°Aug4.676°62°Sep4.365°51°Oct4.454°42°Nov3.644°34°Dec4.4Rain and melted snow, inches

Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, New York Cntrl Pk Twr, NY weather station (about a mile away).

Jobs in New York County

2,322,720 jobs at 93,904 businesses in New York County. The biggest industries by employees:

Largest industries in New York CountyProfessional services: 364,722 jobs; Finance and insurance: 320,456 jobs; Health care and social assistance: 272,800 jobs; Information: 232,070 jobs; Hotels and restaurants: 222,587 jobs; Educational services: 173,795 jobs; Administrative and support: 140,200 jobs; Retail trade: 115,257 jobsProfessional services 16% Finance and insurance 14% Health care and social assistance 12% Information 10% Hotels and restaurants 10% Educational services 8% Administrative and support 6% Retail trade 5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).

Health care

64,189 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Manhattan’s ZIP codes.

Nearest hospitals

  • Lenox Hill HospitalGeneral hospital · emergency room · CMS rating 5 of 5 · New YorkUnder a mile
  • Hospital for Special SurgeryGeneral hospital · no emergency room · CMS rating 5 of 5 · New York1.1 miles
  • Mount Sinai HospitalGeneral hospital · emergency room · CMS rating 4 of 5 · New York1.1 miles

Providers with an office here

Primary care doctors4,439
Specialist doctors17,224
Dentists3,411
Nurse practitioners and physician assistants11,292
Mental health providers20,666
Physical and occupational therapists5,771
Optometrists766
Chiropractors620
Pharmacies1,072

Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.

Places in and around Manhattan

Parks (274 nearby)

  • Central Park · 842 acres0.3 mi
  • Hudson River Park · 411 acres2.9 mi
  • Randalls Island Park · 211 acres2.6 mi
  • North Hudson Park · 157 acres2.5 mi
  • Riverside Park · 102 acres2.0 mi
  • Wards Island Park · 83 acres2.1 mi

Grocery stores (225 nearby)

  • D'Agostino0.5 mi
  • Pioneer Supermarket0.5 mi
  • Morton Williams0.6 mi
  • Gristedes0.6 mi

Pharmacies (228 nearby)

  • Eisler Chemists0.5 mi
  • Duane Reade0.5 mi
  • Caligor Pharmacy0.5 mi
  • Park West Pharmacy0.5 mi

Libraries (56 nearby)

  • The New York Society Library0.3 mi
  • Institute for the Study of the Ancient World0.4 mi
  • Yorkville Library0.6 mi
  • Zabar Art Library0.7 mi
  • Rabbi Edward E. Klein Memorial Library0.7 mi

Museums (51 nearby)

  • Henry Luce Nature Observatory0.1 mi
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art0.2 mi
  • New-York Historical Society0.4 mi
  • Hayden Planetarium0.4 mi
  • Rose Center for Earth and Space0.4 mi

Theaters and performance venues (178 nearby)

  • Delacorte Theater0.2 mi
  • Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre0.2 mi
  • Koreana Art and Antiques0.4 mi
  • Koreana Art and Antiques0.4 mi
  • Bernard & S Dean Levy Inc.0.4 mi

Counts are within about 3.5 miles of the center of town.

Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.

Colleges, teams and notable people

Established in 1624.

Colleges and universities

  • Columbia University
  • New York University
  • The Rockefeller University
  • Fordham University
  • The New School
  • City College of New York
  • Cooper Union
  • Pace University

Sports teams

  • New York Knicks National Basketball Association
  • New York Rangers Q1215892
  • New York Athletic Club National Premier Soccer League
  • Columbia Lions Ivy League
  • New York Golden Blades World Hockey Association

Notable people born here

  • Theodore Roosevelt (1858) · 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
  • Scarlett Johansson (1984) · American actress (born 1984)
  • Eleanor Roosevelt (1884) · American diplomat and activist, First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (1884–1962)
  • Al Pacino (1940) · American actor (born 1940)
  • Herman Melville (1819) · American writer and poet (1819–1891)
  • Sigourney Weaver (1949) · American actress (born 1949)
  • Groucho Marx (1890) · American comedian (1890–1977)
  • James Cagney (1899) · American actor and dancer (1899–1986)

Source: Wikidata (wikidata.org), the free knowledge base; people are listed by place of birth.

Schools in Manhattan

Public schools here are run by New York City Geographic District # 2, New York City Geographic District # 4, New York City Geographic District # 6 and others. Check each district’s attendance zones for a specific address.

Public schools (350)
SchoolGradesStudentsTypeDistance
47 American Sign Language and English Lower School (the)New YorkPre-K–8172Public2.8 mi
Battery Park City SchoolNew YorkPre-K–8797Public5.6 mi
Bilingual Bicultural School (the)New YorkPre-K–5291Public1.7 mi
Castle Bridge SchoolNew YorkPre-K–5195Public4.6 mi
Central Park East INew YorkPre-K–5169Public1.5 mi
Central Park East IINew YorkPre-K–8407Public1.5 mi
Children's Workshop School (the)New YorkPre-K–5277Public3.5 mi
Dream Charter School East HarlemNew YorkPre-K–8554Charter1.4 mi
Earth SchoolNew YorkPre-K–5175Public3.8 mi
East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter SchoolNew YorkPre-K–12922Charter1.5 mi
East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School IINew YorkPre-K–8346Charter1.5 mi
East Village Community School (the)New YorkPre-K–5477Public3.4 mi
Ella Baker SchoolNew YorkPre-K–8337Public0.9 mi
Global Community Charter SchoolNew YorkPre-K–8477Charter3.2 mi
Harlem Link Charter SchoolNew YorkPre-K–8309Charter1.7 mi
Harlem Village Academy East Charter SchoolNew YorkPre-K–8349Charter2.3 mi
James Weldon Johnson SchoolNew YorkPre-K–8516Public1.9 mi
Lexington Academy (the)New YorkPre-K–8433Public1.4 mi
Locke School of Arts and Engineering (the)New YorkPre-K–5327Public1.7 mi
Mosaic Preparatory AcademyNew YorkPre-K–5206Public1.7 mi
Neighborhood SchoolNew YorkPre-K–5215Public3.8 mi
New York French-American Charter SchoolNew YorkPre-K–8286Charter2.2 mi
Peck Slip School (the)New YorkPre-K–5307Public5.1 mi
PS 1 Alfred E SmithNew YorkPre-K–5200Public4.8 mi
PS 102 Jacques CartierNew YorkPre-K–5221Public1.9 mi
PS 108 Assemblyman Angelo Del Toro Educational ComplexNew YorkPre-K–8367Public1.6 mi
PS 11 Sarah J Garnett Elementary School (the)New YorkPre-K–5662Public2.9 mi
PS 110 Florence NightingaleNew YorkPre-K–5227Public4.4 mi
PS 111 Adolph S OchsNew YorkPre-K–5398Public1.4 mi
PS 112 Jose Celso BarbosaNew YorkPre-K–2221Public2.3 mi

And 320 more.

Private schools (117)
SchoolGradesStudentsAffiliationDistance
Academy of St JosephNew YorkPre-K–894Roman Catholic3.6 mi
Bank Street School for ChildrenNew YorkPre-K–8369Nonsectarian1.9 mi
Battery Park MontessoriNew YorkPre-K–K4Nonsectarian5.5 mi
Beit Rabban Day SchoolNew YorkPre-K–8114Jewish1.0 mi
Beth Jacob Parochial SchoolNew YorkPre-K–8146Jewish4.3 mi
British International School of NyNew YorkPre-K–12262Nonsectarian2.8 mi
Calhoun SchoolNew YorkPre-K–12578Nonsectarian0.9 mi
Columbia Grammar & Preparatory SchoolNew YorkPre-K–121,138Nonsectarian0.9 mi
Corlears SchoolNew YorkPre-K–577Nonsectarian3.2 mi
Dwight SchoolNew YorkPre-K–12774Nonsectarian0.7 mi
Dwight SchoolNew YorkPre-K–12780Nonsectarian0.7 mi
Episcopal School in the City of New YorkNew YorkPre-K–K22Episcopal0.6 mi
German School ManhattanNew YorkPre-K–567Nonsectarian4.9 mi
Grace Church High SchoolNew YorkPre-K–12762Episcopal3.6 mi
Guidepost Montessori at East VillageNew YorkPre-K–K1Nonsectarian4.0 mi
Guidepost Montessori Columbus SquareNew YorkPre-K–K21Nonsectarian1.1 mi
Hudsonway Immersion SchoolNew YorkPre-K–782Nonsectarian1.5 mi
Incarnation SchoolNew YorkPre-K–8151Roman Catholic4.9 mi
Islamic Cultural Center SchoolNew YorkPre-K–8141Islamic1.1 mi
La Scuola D'ItaliaNew YorkPre-K–12127Nonsectarian0.9 mi
Lascuola Ditalia New YorkNew YorkPre-K–12127Nonsectarian0.9 mi
Lycee Francais De New YorkNew YorkPre-K–121,089Nonsectarian1.0 mi
Lyceum Kennedy International SchoolNew YorkPre-K–12163Nonsectarian1.9 mi
Manhattan Christian AcademyNew YorkPre-K–11162Christian (no specific denomination)6.4 mi
Manhattan Country SchoolNew YorkPre-K–8239Nonsectarian0.7 mi
Manhattan Day SchoolNew YorkPre-K–8331Jewish0.9 mi
Manhattan Star AcademyNew YorkPre-K64Nonsectarian0.9 mi
Marymount School of NyNew YorkPre-K–12715Roman Catholic0.3 mi
Mesivta Tifereth JerusalemNew YorkPre-K–1298Jewish4.6 mi
Montessori School of NyNew YorkPre-K–K6Nonsectarian1.4 mi

And 87 more.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, NCES: Common Core of Data (2024-2025) for public schools; Private School Universe Survey (2023-2024) for private schools. Listed by address; we don’t rate schools.

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