Number of Residents Served per Manhattan Compost Site by Zip Code

Each compost site in the 10004 zip code of downtown Manhattan serves 52 people, making it the neighborhood with the most compost sites relative to its population size. In zip code 10040 in Washington Heights, each compost site must serve as many as 909 people.

This analysis assumes an equal dispersement of the resident population to each compost site within their zip code, which may not reflect actual resident choice.
Chart: Lizzie WalshSource: NYC Capital Planning, US CensusGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper