NYC Income Disparity Map Shows Crazy Divide Between Rich and Poor, Block by Block

NEW YORK, NY — It's a tale of two cities, in shades of orange and blue. The latest interactive map from California-based mapping software company Esri shows, in stark visual form, how NYC's richest (dark blue) and poorest (dark orange) residents are distributed within city bounds, with lighter shades of each color representing those of us in the middle.

The data woven into the map was sourced from various city, state and federal government agencies, according to Esri.

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We've embedded the full, interactive "story" below. Scroll down through the story's intro until you reach the map of NYC as colored by median household income per rectangular census tract — or, a little further down, by dots of wealthy and low-income households. Zoom and pan within either of these view modes to find your borough, your neighborhood and even your block.