New York City Neighborhood Data Profiles
BK10: Bay Ridge/Dyker Heights
DEMOGRAPHICS
In 2016, there were about 118,804 people in Bay Ridge/Dyker Heights, 24.1% of the population identified as Asian in 2016, 1.7% identified as black, 16.0% identified as Hispanic, and 55.8% identified as white. Median household income in 2016 was $67,873, about 15% more than citywide median household income ($58,860). The poverty rate in Bay Ridge/Dyker Heights was 15.0% in 2016 compared to 20.1% citywide.
HOUSING
Real median gross rent in Bay Ridge/Dyker Heights increased from $1,222 in 2006 to $1,467 in 2016. Median asking rent — rent for units being advertised for lease — in 2016 was $2,000 in Bay Ridge/Dyker Heights, compared to $2,550 in Brooklyn and $2,800 citywide. In 2016, 30.6% of renter households in Bay Ridge/Dyker Heights were severely rent burdened (spent more than 50% of household income on rent). The rental vacancy rate in Bay Ridge/Dyker Heights was 4.3%. In 2016, the homeownership rate in Bay Ridge/Dyker Heights was 42.9%. There were 397 property sales in Bay Ridge/Dyker Heights in 2017. Sales prices for all residential property types increased by 17% in Bay Ridge/Dyker Heights between 2016 and 2017, compared to an increase of 10% in Brooklyn and an increase of 8.3% citywide.
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND CONDITIONS
In 2017, 62.6% of 4th grade students attending schools in Bay Ridge/Dyker Heights performed at grade level in math, compared to 41.6% in Brooklyn, and 40% citywide; 60.8% of Bay Ridge/Dyker Heights 4th graders performed at grade level in English language arts, compared to 43.4% in Brooklyn, and 42% citywide. The serious crime rate was 6.6 serious crimes per 1,000 residents in 2017, compared to 11.4 serious crimes per 1,000 residents citywide.
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Neighborhood Indicators: BK10 Bay Ridge/Dyker Heights
Demographics
| Indicator | 2000 | 2006 | 2010 | 2016 | 2017 | Rank (2010) | Rank (16/17) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor Market | |||||||
| Unemployment rate | 6.06% | 8.18% | 9.18% | 6.81% | 45 | 26 | |
| Population aged 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher | 30.6% | 35.5% | 32.7% | 40.4% | 13 | 17 | |
| Population aged 25+ without a high school diploma | 17.6% | 23.0% | 18.7% | 27 | |||
| Households | |||||||
| Single-person households | 29.9% | 30.3% | 30.8% | 25 | |||
| Population | |||||||
| Born in New York State | 56.3% | 54.2% | 51.0% | 20 | |||
| Race and Ethnicity | |||||||
| Percent Asian | 13.6% | 16.7% | 24.8% | 24.1% | 12 | 12 | |
| Percent black | 1.1% | 1.7% | 0.8% | 1.7% | 52 | 51 | |
| Percent Hispanic | 10.8% | 15.6% | 14.0% | 16.0% | 41 | 36 | |
| Percent white | 69.5% | 65.1% | 56.8% | 55.8% | 8 | 12 | |
| Disabled population | 6.5% | 5.8% | 43 | ||||
| Income and Poverty | |||||||
| Income diversity ratio | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 26 | |||
| Population | 119,871 | 123,447 | 137,599 | 118,804 | |||
| Racial diversity index | 0.49 | 0.52 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 37 | 26 | |
| Households with children under 18 years old | 26.3% | 27.5% | 29.7% | 27.5% | 46 | 36 | |
| Population aged 65+ | 16.2% | 15.8% | 13.1% | 15.0% | 8 | 17 | |
| Foreign-born population | 36.5% | 36.4% | 38.2% | 37.9% | 24 | 28 | |
| Median household income ($2017) | $63,268 | $67,030 | $53,920 | $67,873 | 19 | 18 | |
| Median household income, homeowners ($2017) | $91,235 | $79,720 | $90,539 | 26 | |||
| Median household income, renters ($2017) | $55,351 | $46,189 | $55,112 | 15 | |||
| Poverty rate | 13.9% | 13.7% | 15.3% | 15.0% | 40 | 34 | |
| Poverty rate, population aged 65+ | 14.6% | 15.5% | 10.2% | 50 | |||
| Poverty rate, population under 18 years old | 18.9% | 22.6% | 22.2% | 29 | |||
| Labor force participation rate | 61.1% | 60.7% | 65.8% | 19 | |||
Housing Market and Conditions
| Indicator | 2000 | 2006 | 2010 | 2016 | 2017 | Rank (2010) | Rank (16/17) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Housing Stock | |||||||
| Homeownership rate | 33.6% | 40.0% | 36.9% | 42.9% | 18 | 16 | |
| Rental vacancy rate | 3.8% | 4.3% | 13 | ||||
| Severe crowding rate (% of renter households) | 3.3% | 6.2% | 10 | ||||
| Finance - Lending | |||||||
| Home purchase loan rate (per 1,000 properties) | 35.7 | 20.6 | 19.8 | 30 | |||
| Refinance loan rate (per 1,000 properties) | 25.7 | 19.7 | 10.6 | 38 | |||
| FHA/VA-backed home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans) | 0.0% | 6.2% | 0.0% | 44 | |||
| Higher-cost home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans) | 4.5% | 0.4% | 2.3% | 29 | |||
| Higher-cost refinance loans (% of refinance loans) | 15.5% | 2.1% | 0.4% | 46 | |||
| Home purchase loans in LMI tracts (% of home purchase loans) | 14.0% | 10.2% | 17.1% | 36 | |||
| Home purchase loans to LMI borrowers (% of home purchase loans) | 4.4% | 9.5% | 10.8% | 17 | |||
| Sales - Volume | |||||||
| Sales volume, all property types | 502 | 546 | 440 | 332 | 397 | 26 | 34 |
| Sales volume, 1 family building | 199 | 180 | 158 | 118 | 165 | 17 | 17 |
| Sales volume, 2-4 family building | 229 | 253 | 196 | 157 | 173 | 26 | 28 |
| Sales volume, 5+ family building | 16 | 26 | 27 | 14 | 23 | 32 | 23 |
| Sales volume, condominium | 58 | 87 | 59 | 43 | 36 | 20 | 38 |
| Sales - Median Prices | |||||||
| Median sales price per unit, 1 family building ($2017) | $474,057 | $757,756 | $699,787 | $910,000 | $953,830 | 13 | 18 |
| Median sales price per unit, 2-4 family building ($2017) | $244,605 | $399,463 | $369,849 | $500,000 | $563,961 | 10 | 12 |
| Median sales price per unit, 5+ family building ($2017) | $83,658 | $150,940 | $145,789 | $215,417 | $232,315 | 19 | 25 |
| Median sales price per unit, condominium ($2017) | $314,609 | $557,279 | $393,630 | $520,000 | $616,434 | 16 | 21 |
| Sales - Housing Price Index | |||||||
| Index of housing price appreciation, 1 family building | 100.0 | 187.2 | 190.0 | 256.3 | 309.6 | 1 | 19 |
| Index of housing price appreciation, 2-4 family building | 100.0 | 191.6 | 177.7 | 291.8 | 345.2 | 1 | 13 |
| Index of housing price appreciation, all property types | 100.0 | 187.4 | 188.3 | 270.5 | 315.2 | 1 | 22 |
| Index of housing price appreciation, condominium | 100.0 | 188.1 | 189.3 | 222.3 | 219.0 | 1 | 45 |
| Index of housing price appreciation, 5+ family building | 100.0 | 143.3 | 193.1 | 268.9 | 450.0 | 1 | 35 |
| Serious housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units) | 19.3 | 22.9 | 20.7 | 23.1 | 40 | ||
| Total housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units) | 106.0 | 102.4 | 98.2 | 133.9 | 37 | ||
| Finance - Distress | |||||||
| Pre-foreclosure notice rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties) | 21.8 | 46 | |||||
| Pre-foreclosure notices, 1-4 family and condo properties | 14,814 | 24 | |||||
| Notices of foreclosure, all residential properties | 33 | 37 | 80 | 60 | 55 | 43 | 38 |
| Notices of foreclosure rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties) | 1.9 | 2.3 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 54 | 47 |
| Notices of foreclosure, initial, 1-4 family and condo properties | 19 | 24 | 53 | 27 | 26 | 46 | 34 |
| Notices of foreclosure, repeat, 1-4 family and condo properties | 8 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 23 | 36 | 40 |
| Properties entering REO, 1-4 family | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 23 |
| Housing units | 51,436 | 54,709 | 52,340 | 36 | |||
Land Use and Development
| Indicator | 2000 | 2006 | 2010 | 2016 | 2017 | Rank (2010) | Rank (16/17) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Density | |||||||
| Population density (1,000 persons per square mile) | 32.1 | 35.7 | 30.9 | 38 | |||
| Development | |||||||
| Units authorized by new residential building permits | 99 | 97 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 42 | 59 |
| Units issued new certificates of occupancy | 90 | 99 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 30 | 56 |
Neighborhood Services and Conditions
| Indicator | 2000 | 2006 | 2010 | 2016 | 2017 | Rank (2010) | Rank (16/17) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commute | |||||||
| Car-free commute (% of commuters) | 59.4% | 64.5% | 62.5% | 70.2% | 37 | 31 | |
| Mean travel time to work (minutes) | 41.2 | 40.9 | 41.6 | 44.8 | 32 | 18 | |
| Services | |||||||
| Residential units within 1/2 mile of a subway station | 74.4% | 35 | |||||
| Residential units within 1/4 mile of a park | 59.8% | 47 | |||||
| Crime | |||||||
| Serious crime rate, property (per 1,000 residents) | 9.2 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 48 | ||
| Serious crime rate, violent (per 1,000 residents) | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 53 | ||
| Serious crime rate (per 1,000 residents) | 11.5 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 52 | ||
| Schools | |||||||
| Students performing at grade level in math, 4th grade | 59.7% | 62.6% | 11 | ||||
| Students performing at grade level in English language arts, 4th grade | 52.8% | 60.8% | 10 | ||||
Renters
| Indicator | 2000 | 2006 | 2010 | 2016 | 2017 | Rank (2010) | Rank (16/17) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rent Burden | |||||||
| Moderately rent-burdened households | 20.8% | 23.8% | 21.2% | 49 | |||
| Median Rent | |||||||
| Median rent, all ($2017) | $1,118 | $1,222 | $1,311 | $1,467 | 19 | 21 | |
| Severely rent-burdened households | 21.2% | 25.8% | 30.6% | 39 | 30 | ||
| Median rent, studios and 1-bedrooms ($2017) | $1,100 | $1,257 | 16 | ||||
| Median rent, 2- and 3-bedrooms ($2017) | $1,412 | $1,484 | 18 | ||||
| Affordability | |||||||
| Rental units affordable at 30% AMI (% of recently available units) | 4.9% | 4.5% | 40 | ||||
| Rental units affordable at 80% AMI (% of recently available units) | 66.1% | 57.8% | 23 | ||||
| Rental units affordable at 120% AMI (% of recently available units) | 96.3% | 97.6% | 18 | ||||
| Moderately rent-burdened households, low income | 34.6% | 27.6% | 41 | ||||
| Moderately rent-burdened households, moderate income | 18.5% | 14.5% | 29 | ||||
| Severely rent-burdened households, low income | 42.1% | 53.8% | 7 | ||||
| Severely rent-burdened households, moderate income | 1.0% | 0.1% | 34 | ||||
| Rental Subsidy | |||||||
| Housing choice vouchers (% of occupied, privately owned rental units) | 1.7% | 1.6% | 45 | ||||
| Median rent, asking | $1,413 | $2,000 | $1,900 | 35 | |||
| Public housing (% of rental units) | 0.0% | 44 | |||||
Subsidized Housing
| Indicator | 2000 | 2006 | 2010 | 2016 | 2017 | Rank (2010) | Rank (16/17) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Programs | |||||||
| HUD Financing or Insurance (properties) | 1 | 39 | |||||
| HUD Financing or Insurance (units) | 86 | 36 | |||||
| HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (properties) | 1 | 44 | |||||
| HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (units) | 0 | 47 | |||||
| Low Income Housing Tax Credit (properties) | 1 | 48 | |||||
| Low Income Housing Tax Credit (units) | 0 | 48 | |||||
| Public Housing (properties) | 0 | 42 | |||||
| Public Housing (units) | 0 | 42 | |||||
| Mitchell-Lama | |||||||
| Mitchell-Lama (properties) | 3 | 23 | |||||
| Mitchell-Lama (units) | 1,369 | 20 | |||||
| New York State Property Tax Incentives | |||||||
| 421-a Tax Exemption (properties) | 63 | 25 | |||||
| 421-a Tax Exemption (units) | 720 | 47 | |||||
| 420-c Tax Exemption (properties) | 1 | 42 | |||||
| 420-c Tax Exemption (units) | 558 | 26 | |||||
| NYC Housing Production Programs and Zoning Incentives or Requirements | |||||||
| NYC Housing Production Programs and Zoning Incentives or Requirements (properties) | 2 | 47 | |||||
| Properties Eligible to Expire from Housing Programs | |||||||
| Eligible between 2018 and 2023 (properties) | 0 | 41 | |||||
| Eligible between 2018 and 2023 (units) | 0 | 40 | |||||
| Eligible between 2024 and 2033 (properties) | 1 | 42 | |||||
| Eligible between 2024 and 2033 (units) | 86 | 45 | |||||
| Eligible in 2034 and later (properties) | 3 | 43 | |||||
| Eligible in 2034 and later (units) | 811 | 34 | |||||
| All Subsidized Properties | |||||||
| Total number of subsidized properties (properties) | 9 | 48 | |||||
Data Notes: See Indicator Definitions, Rankings, and Methods for more information.
Indicators: The rental vacancy rate, severe crowding rate, and the severely rent-burdened households indicators use five-year American Community Survey (ACS) estimates. Data under the 2010 heading comes from the 2006 – 2010 ACS and data under the 2016 heading comes from the 2012– 2016 ACS.
Rankings: We report rankings out of all neighborhoods for which the indicator can be calculated. Rankings are listed for community districts, though some indicators are reported at the sub-borough area level.
