Global CityIntelligence

United States / North America

New York City Intelligence

New York is a dense global city with exceptional opportunity, high housing pressure, improving climate planning, and strong cultural and economic depth. New York is a north america city of about 19.6M metro in United States. On the composite city-intelligence score, New York sits comfortably above the indexed median (84/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
19.6M metro
View of New York, United States

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Visual context

Additional verified imagery for New York, United States. Each photo is sourced from Wikimedia Commons with full attribution and a permissive license.

Overall score

The city is most useful for users comparing opportunity against cost, commute intensity, air-quality exposure, and infrastructure resilience.

Overall84/100
Affordability49/100
Air quality72/100
Energy82/100

Overall city intelligence

Strong

84/100

High opportunity and resilience offset by affordability pressure.

Opportunity density

Exceptional

Deep labor markets, universities, healthcare, culture, and transit networks create unusually broad opportunity.

Cost pressure

Very high

Housing and essential services are the main drag on resident well-being.

New York data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

New York city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score84/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living49/100New York offers exceptional access to work and services, but housing costs place heavy pressure on household resilience.
Air Quality72/100New York has extensive monitoring and policy capacity, but particulate and ozone exposure remain important health signals.
Energy82/100New York has serious clean-energy ambition and infrastructure complexity, with resilience shaped by coastal risk and dense demand.
Safety74/100New York is mid-pack on safety: violent-crime context has improved over decades but property and incident pressure remain present in dense areas.
Internet Speed86/100New York has fast broadband and dense mobile coverage, supporting remote work, financial services, and creative industries.
Climate Risk60/100New York faces meaningful coastal flood, heat, and storm exposure. Adaptation investment is significant but not yet at parity with the hazard.
Resilience87/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety73/100
Low crime75/100
Personal safety76/100
Night safety66/100
Road safety73/100

New York is estimated to be a generally safe city (73/100 in our safety index), with solid personal-safety indicators, though night-time scores run lower.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life81/100
Healthcare86/100
Education90/100
Green space68/100
Cleanliness82/100
Infrastructure96/100
Mobility75/100

New York has a very high quality-of-life estimate (81/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, public transport, cleanliness and infrastructure.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness77/100
Education90/100
Green space68/100
Overall safety73/100

New York scores high for family living (77/100), helped by education access, safety and healthcare.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability76/100
Walkability78/100
Cycling67/100
Infrastructure96/100

New York is high for remote workers (76/100), based on connectivity, walkability, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability74/100
Healthcare86/100
Cleanliness82/100
Outdoor lifestyle39/100

New York is high for retirement (74/100), appealing for healthcare access, a comfortable climate and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in New York

Local public safety guidance for New York, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Verified
United States emergency contacts
ServiceNumberNotes
Universal emergency91124/7911 reaches police, fire, and emergency medical dispatch across the United States.

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in New York, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the United States emergency profile.

Public safety sources

Each emergency contact above is attributed to an official emergency service or government publisher. Confirm current numbers directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in New York

Healthcare context for New York, with national-level information from United States where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Verified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in New York, see the United States healthcare profile.

Official hospital registry

Medicare Care Compare

Federal directory for comparing Medicare-certified hospitals, nursing homes, and other care providers.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Healthcare sources

Each entry above is attributed to an official government, public health, or recognised health-system publisher. Confirm current information directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in New York

Local mobility context for New York, with national-level context from United States where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Verified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in New York, see the United States transport profile.

Airports serving New York
AirportIATAOfficial link
John F. Kennedy International AirportJFKOfficial page
LaGuardia AirportLGAOfficial page
Newark Liberty International AirportEWROfficial page

Transport sources

Each entry above is attributed to an official transport authority, national operator, airport publisher, or government source. Confirm current information directly with these publishers.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for New York. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for New York

VerifiedLast updated 2025-12-04 / data year 2024

  • Air Quality Index

    Verified

    43

    Data year 2024 / updated 2025-12-04

    Annual Median AQI for New York County (Manhattan) in 2024, from the US EPA AirData annual_aqi_by_county_2024 summary (file last modified 2025-12-04). New York City spans five counties; Manhattan is shown as the reference borough and is disclosed in the record. Methodology: US EPA NAAQS AQI breakpoints. No transformation beyond honest selection of the reference county.

New York verified air-quality metrics
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air Quality Index432024Verified

Data provenance

Source attribution

Methodology and context

Numeric measurements appear in this section only after they are sourced from accepted official publishers. The dataset is independently validated at build time; malformed records cannot ship to production.

Related comparisons

Pairs that share a city, comparison intent, or region — useful for users planning a wider relocation, remote-work, or business decision.

New York in city collections

Curated city collections that include New York. Each is a comparison-oriented shortlist, not an official ranking.

New York intent guides

Practical intent-focused guides available for New York. Each guide is a comparison-oriented view, not an official ranking.

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Explore New York modules

City pages link to module and ranking pages so crawlers can move through the topic cluster naturally.

Cost of Living in New York

New York offers exceptional access to work and services, but housing costs place heavy pressure on household resilience.

Air Quality in New York

New York has extensive monitoring and policy capacity, but particulate and ozone exposure remain important health signals.

Energy in New York

New York has serious clean-energy ambition and infrastructure complexity, with resilience shaped by coastal risk and dense demand.

Safety in New York

New York is mid-pack on safety: violent-crime context has improved over decades but property and incident pressure remain present in dense areas.

Internet Speed in New York

New York has fast broadband and dense mobile coverage, supporting remote work, financial services, and creative industries.

Climate Risk in New York

New York faces meaningful coastal flood, heat, and storm exposure. Adaptation investment is significant but not yet at parity with the hazard.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in New York

Cost of living estimates for New York — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in New York

Climate profile for New York — Humid Continental climate, annual average 13.9°C, comfort score 74/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in New York

Economy and jobs profile for New York — global hub, economy score 88/100, key industries including technology, aerospace, research. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in New York

Education profile for New York — research center, education score 79/100, 9 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Healthcare and retirement in New York

Healthcare and retirement profile for New York — regional healthcare center, healthcare score 68/100, retirement score 66/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.

Arrival planning guide for New York

Practical arrival planning context for New York — links into transport, public-safety, healthcare, budgeting tools, and methodology. Not an official airport or travel instruction service.

Neighborhood planning guide for New York

Structured neighborhood research checklist for New York — links into transport, public-safety, healthcare, arrival planning, and budgeting tools. Not a real-estate, rental, or safety-ranking service.

Moving to New York planning guide

Structured relocation research checklist for New York — links into country context, arrival planning, neighborhood research, cost tools, healthcare, public safety, and transport. Not immigration, visa, tax, legal, financial, medical, or property advice.

Visual guide to New York

Source-attributed visual context for New York using verified Wikimedia imagery from the existing media catalog, alongside structured city intelligence and planning links. Not a tourism guide or attractions ranking.

Summer 2026 travel planning guide for New York

Summer 2026 travel planning checklist for New York — links into arrival planning, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not a weather forecast, events calendar, hotel-price guide, or tourism ranking.

Weekend trip planning guide for New York

Weekend trip planning checklist for New York — links into arrival planning, Summer 2026 travel context, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not an itinerary, events calendar, hotel-price guide, restaurant guide, or tourism ranking.

Nearby weekend places from New York

Source-backed nearby place records for local-first weekend planning, with verification status, official source links, Wikidata identity, and visual context.

Estimate a monthly budget for New York

Estimate a monthly budget for New York using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for New York

Plan a trip budget for New York using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from New York

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from New York. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Newark, United States

Same region · about 15 km from New York. Explore Newark's city intelligence profile.

Albany, United States

Same region · about 215 km from New York. Explore Albany's city intelligence profile.

Related collections

Regional discovery collections that include New York — named natural regions grouping nearby nature, parks, lakes, coasts, and mountains for local-first day and weekend planning.

Themed collections

Theme-first discovery collections that include New York — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.

Interpretation

The city is most useful for users comparing opportunity against cost, commute intensity, air-quality exposure, and infrastructure resilience. Its standout dimensions are internet speed (86/100) and energy (82/100). The area most worth watching is cost of living (49/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 5 institutional references.

Country context is available on the United States country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where New York appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

5 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.