Soho
New York · USGS GNIS name record 2045148
Explore statistics nearby
These Census tracts have reference points near Soho. Their figures describe the entire named tract, not this locality. Open a tract to inspect its map, sources and demographic percentages.
Census tract 45 ↗
New York County · NY
- Population
- 957
- Median home value
- $2,000,000+
Census tract 43 ↗
New York County · NY
- Population
- 3,524
- Median home value
- $1,363,600
Census tract 49 ↗
New York County · NY
- Population
- 4,203
- Median home value
- $2,000,000+
Census tract 47 ↗
New York County · NY
- Population
- 2,187
- Median home value
- $2,000,000+
The source behind the name
USGS GNIS Populated Place names in all 50 states and DC. Features in the historical extract or explicitly named historical are excluded; duplicate decision records with identical identities and coordinates are collapsed. GNIS points identify names, not legal or neighborhood boundaries, current occupancy, school attendance or a statistical population. Nearby Census places and tracts remain separately named geographies. Name completeness and currency vary; this is not a claim to include every locally used neighborhood name.
Original USGS record for Soho ↗Dataset snapshot 2026-09-02 · Source record edited 06/07/2022 · NAD83 · approximate source location
USGS description & history
An acronym for SOuth of HOuston (pronounced "how-stun") Street. This eclectic neighborhood in lower Manhattan had a long history before becoming New York City's artistic haven. This part of New York City with lots of cast-iron warehouses and cobblestone streets came to life in the 1850s after its residential population moved further north. Manufacturing businesses moved in for a time but by the 1900s they too had relocated their businesses uptown and left a decrepid, low-rent, sweat-shop filled area known as Hell's Hundred Acres. New labor laws required the sweat-shops to move and slowly people of all kinds moved back into the neighborhood which is now a mixture of residential and comercial buildings and home to a thriving artists scene.
Source notes may describe earlier conditions.Source files & checksums
SHA-256 20c96936a3ba430b345eed1c7395b6aab52875aac8e1e2905fab37b388cab381
SHA-256 45ad8d56b3bb4990ad8105cdda15ee7d2f07afd6941afe75b783f29b02723697
SHA-256 919fac887628b8547ec1b24fae319522a9481a56909c3914d1e0a2b56783147c