Census tract rankings
The tracts that stand out.
The Census Bureau divides the country into 84,000+ small, stable neighborhoods called tracts, each with 1,200 to 8,000 residents. Here are the ones at the extremes.
Top 200
Where the most people live inside a single tract boundary.
1.Tract 6732-02Fort Bend, TX44,364
2.Tract 5429-02Harris, TX42,523
3.Tract 187San Diego, CA40,415
4.Tract 1720-02Bexar, TX32,434
5.Tract 105-03Broward, FL25,856
6.Tract 171-11Orange, FL25,639
7.Tract 626-14Orange, CA24,017
8.Tract 144-23Duval, FL23,561
9.Tract 5430-07Harris, TX23,471
10.Tract 303-07Collin, TX23,389
Top 200
Highest residents per square mile. Manhattan dominates.
1.Tract 455Queens, NY223,632/sq mi
2.Tract 261New York, NY200,683/sq mi
3.Tract 245New York, NY177,768/sq mi
4.Tract 138New York, NY165,814/sq mi
5.Tract 66New York, NY164,687/sq mi
6.Tract 181New York, NY158,642/sq mi
7.Tract 253New York, NY156,754/sq mi
8.Tract 157New York, NY152,414/sq mi
9.Tract 291New York, NY150,972/sq mi
10.Tract 177New York, NY149,701/sq mi
Top 200
Median household income, latest ACS 5-year.
1.Tract 2046Montgomery, PA$250,000+
2.Tract 1055-08Bucks, PA$250,000+
3.Tract 4097-01Delaware, PA$250,000+
4.Tract 9816-06Cumberland, PA$250,000+
5.Tract 1064-01Oklahoma, OK$250,000+
6.Tract 1791-02Cuyahoga, OH$250,000+
7.Tract 3003-02Chester, PA$250,000+
8.Tract 538-03Wake, NC$250,000+
9.Tract 3002-02Chester, PA$250,000+
10.Tract 27-01Mecklenburg, NC$250,000+
Top 200
Median value of owner-occupied homes.
1.Tract 2624Los Angeles, CA$2,000,000+
2.Tract 2168Los Angeles, CA$2,000,000+
3.Tract 2623-03Los Angeles, CA$2,000,000+
4.Tract 2623-02Los Angeles, CA$2,000,000+
5.Tract 2162-01Los Angeles, CA$2,000,000+
6.Tract 2147Los Angeles, CA$2,000,000+
7.Tract 1945Los Angeles, CA$2,000,000+
8.Tract 1943Los Angeles, CA$2,000,000+
9.Tract 2163-01Los Angeles, CA$2,000,000+
10.Tract 2611-03Los Angeles, CA$2,000,000+
Top 200
Share of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher.
1.Tract 9818Suffolk, MA100.0%
2.Tract 44-94Ingham, MI100.0%
3.Tract 38-01District of Columbia, DC100.0%
4.Tract 9808Honolulu, HI100.0%
5.Tract 122Centre, PA100.0%
6.Tract 9801Coffee, TN100.0%
7.Tract 9800St. Charles, MO100.0%
8.Tract 9808Jefferson, CO100.0%
9.Tract 9-03Pueblo, CO100.0%
10.Tract 9803Mecklenburg, NC100.0%
Top 200
Smallest share of residents below the poverty line.
1.Tract 217-20Denton, TX0.0%
2.Tract 9706-02Carteret, NC0.0%
3.Tract 2238-01Macomb, MI0.0%
4.Tract 9803Harris, TX0.0%
5.Tract 9803Plymouth, MA0.0%
6.Tract 7205Cook, IL0.0%
7.Tract 1-04Westchester, NY0.0%
8.Tract 9110Sumter, FL0.0%
9.Tract 103-11Fulton, GA0.0%
10.Tract 9813Miami-Dade, FL0.0%
All tract rankings
Every list, with state breakdowns
24 rankings across the full ACS, each one available nationally and filtered to any of the 50 states.
Densest census tracts
Residents per square mile, computed from the official tract land-area figure.
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Least-dense inhabited census tracts
Vast, lightly-populated tracts.
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Most populous census tracts
Where the most people live inside a single tract.
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Highest-income census tracts
Median household income for owner- and renter-occupied households combined.
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Lowest-income census tracts
Tracts where half of households earn less than the listed figure.
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Highest per-capita income census tracts
Total tract income divided by every resident, not just earners, a much harder ceiling to hit than household median.
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Highest median home values
Owner-occupied median.
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Lowest median home values
The most affordable owner-occupied tracts in the country by median home value.
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Highest median rent
Gross median rent (contract rent plus utilities) for occupied rental units.
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Lowest median rent
The cheapest tracts to rent in, by gross median rent (contract rent plus utilities).
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Most-educated census tracts
Share of adults 25 and older with at least a bachelor's degree.
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Least-educated census tracts
Smallest share of adults 25 and older holding at least a bachelor's degree.
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Lowest-poverty census tracts
Smallest share of residents living below the federal poverty line.
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Highest-poverty census tracts
Largest share of residents under the federal poverty line.
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Most rent-burdened census tracts
Share of renter households paying more than 30% of income on rent, the federal threshold for housing-cost burden.
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Least rent-burdened census tracts
Smallest share of renter households paying more than 30% of income on rent.
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Youngest census tracts
Lowest median age.
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Oldest census tracts
Highest median age.
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Longest commutes
Mean one-way commute time, in minutes.
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Shortest commutes
Lowest mean one-way commute time, in minutes.
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Most work-from-home census tracts
Share of employed residents whose primary commute is to a home office.
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Most foreign-born census tracts
Share of residents born outside the United States.
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Best-connected census tracts
Share of households with a broadband internet subscription.
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Least-connected census tracts
Smallest share of households with a broadband internet subscription, the sharp end of the digital divide.
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About the data
All numbers come from the latest Census Bureau ACS 5-year release for each tract. Tract boundaries follow the 2024 TIGER/Line vintage. Population-based lists exclude tracts under 1,000 residents to filter out airports, parks, and industrial zones with statistical noise.
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