NEW YORK is now under coverage.
Local dating, modeled. Every signal in New York, converted into a tactical roadmap.
Greater New York is open as a field office. The headline numbers, each sourced and confidence-flagged:
- $4,750 per month StreetEasy, 2026
- $46,798 per year Census ACS 5-yr, 2020-2024
- 52% Census ACS 5-yr, 2020-2024
By the numbers
12 sourced, confidence-flagged metrics for New York — gender, money, neighborhoods, and political lean. The deep dive, with charts, is in the console below.
- Singles, 22 to 50
4,292,340
- Gender balance
52%
- Median income
$46,798
- 1-bedroom rent
$4,750
- Living wage
$79,477
- Core 22–34 cohort
1,570,000
- Registered Democrats
21%
- Borough squeeze
75%
- Deficit
53.9%
- Subway
$3
- App skew
57%
- Unmarried
51.7%
The shape of the market
On the apps the imbalance is sharper: about 57% of active users are men and 38% women, which distorts who actually matches.
The 25-to-34 core holds about 1.6 million New Yorkers, the densest young-dating cohort anywhere.
Across the metro, 51.7% of adults are unmarried: never married, divorced, or widowed.
How dating actually happens
Only about 14% of matches on curated apps like Hinge turn into a first date.
Roughly 1 in 10 partnered adults met their partner online, and the share climbs sharply for younger and LGB couples.
One in four matches never gets a reply.
53% of online daters say their overall experience has been positive.
Dating safety in New York
78% of active dating-app users report burnout: 80% of women (driven by message volume) and 74% of men (driven by a lack of responses).
60% of Americans support requiring a background check before someone can create a dating profile.
An estimated 26% of men have received unsolicited explicit content, far below the rate for women.
56% of women under 50 have been sent unsolicited explicit images while dating online.
48% of online daters have faced at least one form of harassing behavior on a dating platform.
43% of women under 50 say a match kept contacting them after they said no.
52% of online daters say a scammer or bot has contacted them.
63% of men under 50 say a scammer or bot has contacted them, the highest of any group.
11% of women under 50 have been physically threatened on a dating platform.
40% of daters say platforms do a bad job removing fake and bot accounts; only 20% say they do well.
The LGBTQ+ landscape
53% of LGB adults have used a dating app, far more than straight adults.
About 24% of LGB couples met online, roughly three times the straight rate.
About 70% of LGB adults under 30 have used a dating app, the highest-adoption cohort anywhere.
7.6% of U.S. adults now identify as LGBTQ+, up from 3.5% in 2012.
22.3% of adults aged 18 to 34 identify as LGBTQ+.
Political alignment
24% of Americans say they could never date someone who disagrees with them on abortion.
Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans roughly six to one across the five boroughs (66% to 11% citywide); unaffiliated voters are the second-largest bloc at about 21%, ahead of Republicans, and they skew young.
47% of single daters would not seriously date a Trump voter; among Democratic women that rises to 79%.
69% of Americans would not date someone who is unemployed, rising to 81% of women.
The cost of dating
The squeeze peaks in the Bronx, where about 75% of households cannot meet the cost of living, versus 48% on Staten Island.
53.9% of single, childless New York households fail to meet their true cost of living, running a median deficit of about $30,800 a year.
A single adult in Manhattan needs about $79,500 a year just to cover the basics, the highest of any borough.
Americans reported $1.3 billion in romance-scam losses in a single year, a tax on every crowded market.
A single subway ride costs $2.90, the cheapest reliable date logistics in the city.
Neighborhood intelligence
| Neighborhood | Singles | M / F | Income | 1BR rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn | 688,576 | 49 / 51 | $41,171 | $1,784 |
| Manhattan | 530,134 | 49 / 51 | $61,439 | $2,132 |
| Queens | 526,746 | 53 / 47 | $40,549 | $1,915 |
| The Bronx | 374,342 | 50 / 50 | $28,664 | $1,436 |
| Staten Island | 96,396 | 53 / 47 | $47,218 | $1,689 |
Local date spots
Real venues across New York, scraped from Google Maps and filterable by neighborhood. Ratings and review counts are live Google data — never paid placement.
- Manhattan
La Grande Boucherie
- Queens
Lost in Paradise Rooftop
- Manhattan
Osteria La Baia
- Queens
Blend on the Water
- The Bronx
Pine Restaurant
- Manhattan
Manhatta
- Queens
The Attic
- Queens
Park Side Restaurant
- Manhattan
Marea
- Manhattan
Dutch Fred's
- Brooklyn
The River Café
- Manhattan
La Lanterna di Vittorio
- Manhattan
Ophelia Lounge NYC
- Brooklyn
Khaosan
- Manhattan
The Dickens
- Queens
Maiella
- Manhattan
The Woo Woo
- The Bronx
Enzo's of Arthur Avenue
- Staten Island
Blue
- Queens
Vetro Restaurant & Lounge
- Staten Island
Beso
- The Bronx
Antonio's Trattoria
- Manhattan
Dear Irving on Hudson Rooftop Bar
- The Bronx
Charlies Bar & Kitchen
- Brooklyn
Celestine
- Staten Island
The Stone House at Clove Lakes
- Manhattan
The Consulate - Midtown
- Queens
Dutch Kills
- Manhattan
Sir Henry’s
- Queens
Tavern 157