Flatlands/Canarsie Neighborhood Profile

Neighborhood Indicators

Demographics

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021
Population
Born in New York State		54.8%	53.3%	52.2%	54.2%
Disabled population			4.9%	5.2%	8.2%
Foreign-born population	37.3%	39.2%	41.4%	42.0%	38.9%
Population	194,836	204,600	202,929	196,895	196,219
Population aged 65+	11.2%	10.8%	11.1%	16.2%	19.1%
Households
Households with children under 18 years old	43.0%	40.6%	38.4%	31.5%	31.3%
Single-person households		21.3%	21.8%	23.8%	25.9%
Race and Ethnicity
Percent Asian	3.7%	3.0%	3.7%	5.4%	6.3%
Percent Black	51.0%	59.2%	61.7%	62.5%	55.7%
Percent Hispanic	8.1%	5.9%	8.2%	9.1%	9.2%
Percent white	34.4%	30.6%	24.9%	21.4%	20.4%
Racial diversity index	0.61	0.55	0.55	0.55	0.64
Income and Poverty
Income diversity ratio		3.5	4.0	4.3	4.6
Median household income (2022$)	$87,610	$83,070	$75,740	$89,720	$81,000
Median household income, homeowners (2022$)		$104,490	$98,080	$115,870	$96,580
Median household income, renters (2022$)		$53,800	$55,400	$57,480	$59,430
Poverty rate	12.2%	10.8%	11.4%	10.6%	12.1%
Poverty rate, population aged 65+		13.3%	14.3%	12.4%	9.3%
Poverty rate, population under 18 years old		14.1%	16.1%	17.2%	18.4%
Labor Market
Labor force participation rate		61.5%	65.0%	62.6%	59.2%
Population aged 25+ without a high school diploma		13.2%	12.6%	12.1%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	7.96%	5.52%	8.29%	3.23%	10.16%

Housing Market and Conditions

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Housing Stock
Homeownership rate	54.7%	62.4%	57.8%	58.3%	58.9%
Housing units		69,777	71,757	77,372	72,901
Rental vacancy rate			3.4%	2.3%	2.4%
Serious housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units)		18.0	37.8	63.2	54.3	57.3
Severe crowding rate (% of renter households)			2.4%	3.9%	3.7%
Total housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units)		101.7	160.3	239.9	245.0	255.3
Finance - Distress
Notices of foreclosure rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties)	10.7	15.1	26.0	14.9	8.9	13.4
Notices of foreclosure, all residential properties	364	521	909	513	315	466
Notices of foreclosure, initial, 1-4 family and condo properties	264	420	596	197	77	168
Notices of foreclosure, repeat, 1-4 family and condo properties	92	96	297	315	231	294
Pre-foreclosure notice rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties)				88.7	30.8	76.7
Pre-foreclosure notices, 1-4 family and condo properties				3,053	1,061	2,644
Properties entering REO, 1-4 family	51	6	22
Finance - Lending
FHA/VA-backed home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans)		0.6%	48.5%	26.7%	22.8%
Higher-cost home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans)		39.4%	1.3%	15.2%	5.8%
Higher-cost refinance loans (% of refinance loans)		38.8%	2.9%	3.9%	1.2%
Home purchase loan rate (per 1,000 properties)		47.6	16.8	22.7	27.9
Home purchase loans in LMI tracts (% of home purchase loans)		0.8%	5.6%	0.0%	0.1%
Home purchase loans to LMI borrowers (% of home purchase loans)		2.9%	1.0%	7.3%	7.5%
Refinance loan rate (per 1,000 properties)		91.9	21.8	28.7	58.5
Sales - Volume
Sales volume, 1 family building	808	750	311	301	325	457
Sales volume, 2-4 family building	911	972	303	313	246	420
Sales volume, 5+ family building	2	3	1	4	0	1
Sales volume, condominium	71	74	63	64	63	56
Sales volume, all property types	1,792	1,799	678	682	634	934
Sales - Median Prices
Median sales price per unit, 1 family building (2022$)	$373,870	$634,120	$544,660	$685,700	$742,720	$730,000
Median sales price per unit, 2-4 family building (2022$)	$215,480	$386,450	$305,810	$381,870	$440,330	$406,000
Median sales price per unit, 5+ family building (2022$)	$64,490	$120,190	$130,770	$239,330		$207,080
Median sales price per unit, condominium (2022$)	$249,810	$439,140	$463,540	$445,980	$450,940	$440,000
Sales - Housing Price Index
Index of housing price appreciation, 1 family building	100.0	207.7	188.0	251.1	297.4	304.0
Index of housing price appreciation, 2-4 family building	100.0	216.5	170.3	236.4	292.7	280.8
Index of housing price appreciation, 5+ family building	100.0	303.5	433.7	817.7		369.9
Index of housing price appreciation, condominium	100.0	207.6	133.7	228.1	238.9	235.1
Index of housing price appreciation, all property types	100.0	213.7	177.2	244.2	291.6	291.1
Subsidized Housing
Total number of subsidized properties (properties)						16
HUD Financing or Insurance (properties)						1
HUD Financing or Insurance (units)						40
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (properties)						1
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (units)						0
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (properties)						2
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (units)						1,820
Public Housing (properties)						7
Public Housing (units)						4,418
Mitchell-Lama (properties)						0
Mitchell-Lama (units)						0
421-a Tax Exemption (properties)						16
421-a Tax Exemption (units)						570
420-c Tax Exemption (properties)						0
420-c Tax Exemption (units)						0
NYC Housing Production Programs and Zoning Incentives or Requirements (properties)						5
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2023 and 2028 (properties)						1
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2023 and 2028 (units)						210
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2029 and 2038 (properties)						0
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2029 and 2038 (units)						0
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2039 and later (properties)						3
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2039 and later (units)						1,650

Land Use and Development

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Density
Population density (1,000 persons per square mile)		16.7	16.6	16.1	16.0
Development
Units authorized by new residential building permits	129	0	21	24	81	11
Units issued new certificates of occupancy	134	238	54	25	30	4

Neighborhood Services and Conditions

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Commute
Car-free commute (% of commuters)	46.6%	52.4%	50.2%	52.1%	47.3%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	46.7	43.9	41.3	52.2	45.8
Crime and Incarceration
Serious crime rate (per 1,000 residents)		15.2	12.2	7.9	7.3	9.2
Serious crime rate, property (per 1,000 residents)		10.6	8.2	5.5	4.7	6.3
Serious crime rate, violent (per 1,000 residents)		4.6	3.9	2.4	2.6	3.0
Schools
Students performing at grade level in English language arts, 4th grade				49.7%		47.0%
Students performing at grade level in math, 4th grade				49.4%		49.9%

Renters

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Median Rent
Median rent, 2- and 3-bedrooms (2022$)			$1,600	$1,670	$1,790
Median rent, all (2022$)	$1,330	$1,390	$1,460	$1,620	$1,770
Median rent, recent movers (2022$)			$1,700	$1,880	$1,900
Median rent, studios and 1-bedrooms (2022$)			$1,230	$1,330	$1,490
Change in collected rent (2019-2020)					2.2%
Affordability
Rental units affordable at 30% AMI (% of recently available units)			2.9%	4.8%	9.0%
Rental units affordable at 80% AMI (% of recently available units)			60.5%	73.9%	77.8%
Rental units affordable at 120% AMI (% of recently available units)			98.2%	98.3%	98.7%
Rent Burden
Moderately rent-burdened households		25.4%	23.7%	25.7%	24.1%
Moderately rent-burdened households, low income			29.5%	33.3%	35.5%
Moderately rent-burdened households, moderate income			13.3%	6.5%	7.2%
Severely rent-burdened households	22.9%		24.3%	25.9%	25.2%
Severely rent-burdened households, low income			39.6%	40.0%	38.9%
Severely rent-burdened households, moderate income			0.9%	0.0%	0.0%
Rental Subsidy
Housing choice vouchers (% of occupied, privately owned rental units)			4.4%	2.4%
Public housing (% of rental units)						15.5%

DEMOGRAPHICS

In 2021, there were an estimated 196,219 people in Flatlands/Canarsie, of which 6.3% identified as Asian, 55.7% identified as Black, 9.2% identified as Hispanic, and 20.4% identified as white.

Graph showing the racial and ethnic composition of Flatlands/Canarsie in both 2000 and 2017-2021.

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In 2021, the household income group with the largest share (36.3%) of households was $100,001 - $250,000. In 2000, the same household income group had the largest share as well, with a slightly higher share of 36.7%.

Graph showing the distribution of household income in Flatlands/Canarsie in both 2000 and 2017-2021.

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Median household income in 2021 was $81,000, about 12% more than citywide median household income ($72,150). The poverty rate in Flatlands/Canarsie was 12.1% in 2021 compared to 18.0% citywide.

The poverty rate in Flatlands/Canarsie was 12.1% in 2021 compared to 18.0% citywide.

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The rent distribution shows the share of apartments by their size (according to the number of bedrooms), and then for each apartment size in the community district, the share of apartments according to their monthly gross rent. This distribution compares 5-year ACS figures from 2010 to 5-year ACS figures from 2021.

Graph showing the distribution of rents in Flatlands/Canarsie in both 2010 and 2017-2021.

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HOUSING

Renters

Real median gross rent in Flatlands/Canarsie increased from $1,390 in 2006 to $1,770 in 2021. This represents a 27.3% increase over the same period. As of 2021, the change in median gross rent outpaced the change in median household income by 16.9 percentage points. In 2021, 25.2% of renter households in Flatlands/Canarsie were severely rent burdened (spent more than 50% of household income on rent). 77.8% of the rental units were affordable at 80% Area Median Income, 17 percentage points higher than the share in 2010. 15.5% of the rental units were public housing rental units, as of 2022. The overall rental vacancy rate in Flatlands/Canarsie was 2.4% in 2021.

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Graph showing the change in real median gross rent and median renter household income in Flatlands/Canarsie from 2006 to 2021.

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15.5% of the rental units in Flatlands/Canarsie are public housing rental units in 2022.

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Homeowners

In 2021, the homeownership rate in Flatlands/Canarsie was 58.9%, which is higher than the citywide share of 33.3%. The homeownership rate in the neighborhood has increased by 1.1 percentage points since 2010. In 2021, the home purchase loan rate was 27.9 per 1,000 properties (owner-occupied 1-4 family buildings, condominiums, or cooperative apartments) and the refinance loan rate was 58.5 per 1,000 properties in the neighborhood. Out of all the first-time home purchase loans and refinance loans in Flatlands/Canarsie, 5.8% and 1.2% were high cost loans, respectively. 466 properties had a filing of mortgage foreclosure in Flatlands/Canarsie in 2022. There were 13.4 mortgage foreclosure actions initiated per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units.

There were 13.4 mortgage foreclosure notices per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units in Flatlands/Canarsie in 2022

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Development

The Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 4 residential units in new buildings in Flatlands/Canarsie in 2022, 26 fewer than the number of units certified in 2021.

Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 4 residential units in new buildings in Flatlands/Canarsie last year, the same as the number of units certified in 2022.

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Over the last decade, 112 units in 4+ unit buildings were built in Flatlands/Canarsie. 100% were market rate, compared to 0% that were income-targeted. We use data from a variety of sources to count the number of income-restricted units targeted to households earning between 80% and 165% of AMI. However, due to restricted availability of granular data our calculations of income-restricted units should be read as conservative estimates. Read more about our methodology in the technical appendix of the 2021 Focus Report.

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NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND CONDITIONS

The serious crime rate was 9.2 serious crimes per 1,000 residents in 2022, compared to 14.2 serious crimes per 1,000 residents citywide.

The serious crime rate was 9.2 serious crimes per 1,000 residents in 2022, compared to 14.2 serious crimes per 1,000 residents citywide.

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Data Notes: See CoreData User Guide for more information about indicator definitions and methods.

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, data under the 2019 heading comes from the 2015 – 2019 ACS and data under the 2021 heading comes from 2017 – 2021 ACS .