Do Big 5 Personality traits differ by NYC neighborhood?

Everyone loves a good personality test, it’s such a shame that many of them don't actually work.↗

The Big 5 Personality Traits↗, the most widely accepted personality metric by psychologists, rates people on 5 metrics:


1. Extraversion

2. Agreeableness

3. Emotional Stability

4. Openness to New Experiences

5. Conscientiousness



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This website is my attempt to replicate the efforts of Jokela et al↗ which measured these traits among Londoners broken up by neighborhood.


I am a professional researcher, but this study is for fun. I am not backed by any institution, academic or otherwise. This data is inherently biased (drawn from self-selected responses from a single source (Reddit)). No population level corrections have been made. I plan to correct for income when I have more responses.


The results so far have been really interesting, but we need more responses! If you live in any neighborhood in the 5 boroughs:

These neighborhoods were significantly different from the mean.
Upper West Side: t=-2.357, p=0.019,
Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bed-Stuy): t=3.295, p=0.001,
Crown Heights: t=2.340, p=0.022,
Bushwick: t=1.983, p=0.051,
Astoria: t=-2.942, p=0.005,
Fort Greene: t=2.390, p=0.022





These neighborhoods were significantly different from the mean.
Upper West Side: t=-2.063, p=0.040,
Upper East Side: t=-2.595, p=0.011,
Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bed-Stuy): t=2.435, p=0.017,
Crown Heights: t=2.767, p=0.007,
Williamsburg: t=-2.364, p=0.021,
Harlem: t=2.806, p=0.008



These neighborhoods were significantly different from the mean.
Long Island City: t=2.335, p=0.024,
Yorkville: t=-1.998, p=0.054



These neighborhoods were significantly different from the mean.
Upper West Side: t=-3.151, p=0.002,
Upper East Side: t=-3.548, p=0.001,
Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bed-Stuy): t=3.030, p=0.003,
Crown Heights: t=2.556, p=0.013,
Bushwick: t=2.111, p=0.038,
Yorkville: t=-1.974, p=0.057



These neighborhoods were significantly different from the mean.
Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bed-Stuy): t=-1.927, p=0.057,
Ridgewood: t=-2.348, p=0.022,
Bushwick: t=-2.305, p=0.024,
Jackson Heights: t=2.298, p=0.026