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Mott Haven/Melrose BX01

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Neighborhood Indicators

Demographics

Indicator 2000 2006 2010 2019 2021 2022
Population
Born in New York State   info 56.8% 55.6% 59.6% 58.0%
Disabled population   info 18.4% 18.2% 15.9%
Foreign-born population   info 23.9% 24.3% 27.7% 26.3% 25.1%
Population   info 130,448 137,900 156,790 146,824 159,556
Population aged 65+   info 7.5% 7.5% 8.1% 10.6% 12.0%
Households
Households with children under 18 years old   info 50.6% 46.4% 50.1% 32.0% 35.6%
Single-person households   info 30.0% 25.0% 39.7% 32.7%
Race and Ethnicity
Percent Asian   info 0.4% 0.9% 1.0% 0.5% 0.7%
Percent Black   info 24.5% 27.4% 29.2% 27.7% 27.4%
Percent Hispanic   info 72.5% 69.3% 66.8% 68.3% 65.5%
Percent white   info 1.3% 1.5% 2.0% 2.6% 3.5%
Racial diversity index   info 0.41 0.44 0.47 0.46 0.50
Income and Poverty
Income diversity ratio   info 5.6 5.3 6.9 6.6
Median household income (2022$)   info $30,660 $25,070 $26,840 $27,960 $32,010
Median household income, homeowners (2022$)   info $71,680 $97,310 $92,670 $52,020
Median household income, renters (2022$)   info $23,320 $24,860 $24,370 $30,530
Poverty rate   info 45.5% 43.2% 41.1% 39.6% 36.6%
Poverty rate, population aged 65+   info 40.8% 31.4% 40.2% 31.9%
Poverty rate, population under 18 years old   info 56.3% 54.1% 54.1% 50.1%
Labor Market
Labor force participation rate   info 47.8% 49.2% 52.7% 53.1%
Population aged 25+ without a high school diploma   info 48.2% 43.1% 29.8% 33.8%
Unemployment rate   info 23.63% 14.92% 19.04% 11.29% 18.80%

Housing Market and Conditions

Indicator 2000 2006 2010 2019 2021 2022
Housing Stock
Homeownership rate   info 7.4% 7.6% 7.6% 8.7% 9.0%
Housing units   info 46,646 50,507 56,443 57,071
Rental vacancy rate   info 5.4% 1.7% 1.7%
Serious housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units) 113.3 86.1 114.5 110.0 127.8
Severe crowding rate (% of renter households)   info 4.2% 4.5% 5.8%
Total housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units) 524.3 365.1 365.4 405.5 410.4
Finance - Distress
Notices of foreclosure rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties) 16.5 12.9 28.9 13.7 4.0 7.6
Notices of foreclosure, all residential properties 29 31 73 33 10 22
Notices of foreclosure, initial, 1-4 family and condo properties 23 24 51 13 5 5
Notices of foreclosure, repeat, 1-4 family and condo properties 1 3 13 18 4 12
Pre-foreclosure notice rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties) 69.7 31.2 57.1
Pre-foreclosure notices, 1-4 family and condo properties 157 70 128
Properties entering REO, 1-4 family 4 0 0
Finance - Lending
FHA/VA-backed home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans) 2.1% 68.9% 25.7% 20.9%
Higher-cost home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans) 43.6% 2.2% 9.5% 3.3%
Higher-cost refinance loans (% of refinance loans) 41.3% 0.0% 1.4% 2.5%
Home purchase loan rate (per 1,000 properties) 47.3 8.7 13.6 16.6
Home purchase loans in LMI tracts (% of home purchase loans) 99.2% 11.1% 100.0% 100.0%
Home purchase loans to LMI borrowers (% of home purchase loans) 3.2% 100.0% 9.6% 21.3%
Refinance loan rate (per 1,000 properties) 50.5 5.8 13.0 28.8
Sales - Volume
Sales volume, 1 family building 12 27 8 7 16 13
Sales volume, 2-4 family building 29 94 20 35 30 43
Sales volume, 5+ family building 24 27 13 6 13 19
Sales volume, condominium 1 21 7 31 28 20
Sales volume, all property types 66 169 48 79 87 95
Sales - Median Prices
Median sales price per unit, 1 family building (2022$) $183,760 $446,870 $398,420 $512,880 $676,400 $565,000
Median sales price per unit, 2-4 family building (2022$) $126,900 $285,740 $157,470 $312,190 $403,190 $349,500
Median sales price per unit, 5+ family building (2022$) $42,330 $121,790 $78,690 $270,380 $142,730 $175,000
Median sales price per unit, condominium (2022$) $169,240 $245,920 $279,410 $352,330 $368,710 $312,500
Sales - Housing Price Index
Index of housing price appreciation, 1 family building 100.0 222.0 162.7 408.3 452.4 365.2
Index of housing price appreciation, 2-4 family building 100.0 245.8 144.2 336.3 392.3 318.6
Index of housing price appreciation, 5+ family building 100.0 381.4 305.3 1,353.8 821.9 907.9
Index of housing price appreciation, condominium 100.0 151.8 190.6 246.0 276.4 241.3
Index of housing price appreciation, all property types 100.0 290.6 211.1 424.4 462.4 411.7
Subsidized Housing
Total number of subsidized properties (properties) 567
HUD Financing or Insurance (properties) 5
HUD Financing or Insurance (units) 597
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (properties) 33
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (units) 3,021
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (properties) 104
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (units) 9,222
Public Housing (properties) 20
Public Housing (units) 11,674
Mitchell-Lama (properties) 4
Mitchell-Lama (units) 943
421-a Tax Exemption (properties) 62
421-a Tax Exemption (units) 3,813
420-c Tax Exemption (properties) 86
420-c Tax Exemption (units) 6,751
NYC Housing Production Programs and Zoning Incentives or Requirements (properties) 257
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2023 and 2028 (properties) 13
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2023 and 2028 (units) 701
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2029 and 2038 (properties) 46
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2029 and 2038 (units) 2,501
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2039 and later (properties) 66
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2039 and later (units) 8,595

Land Use and Development

Indicator 2000 2006 2010 2019 2021 2022
Density
Population density (1,000 persons per square mile)   info 28.1 31.9 29.9 32.5
Development
Units authorized by new residential building permits 240 0 485 1,444 1,319 2,553
Units issued new certificates of occupancy 124 530 550 535 1,009 1,213

Neighborhood Services and Conditions

Indicator 2000 2006 2010 2019 2021 2022
Commute
Car-free commute (% of commuters)   info 74.5% 79.5% 85.9% 77.2%
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 41.3 43.0 42.6 41.8
Crime and Incarceration
Serious crime rate (per 1,000 residents) 21.2 17.7 24.3 21.9 28.0
Serious crime rate, property (per 1,000 residents) 10.5 8.0 11.4 10.8 13.9
Serious crime rate, violent (per 1,000 residents) 10.7 9.7 12.8 11.1 14.1
Schools
Students performing at grade level in English language arts, 4th grade 36.2% 20.2%
Students performing at grade level in math, 4th grade 29.5% 15.3%

Renters

Indicator 2000 2006 2010 2019 2021 2022
Median Rent
Median rent, 2- and 3-bedrooms (2022$)   info $960 $1,100 $1,240
Median rent, all (2022$)   info $650 $860 $910 $1,100 $1,120
Median rent, recent movers (2022$)   info $1,070 $1,110 $1,370
Median rent, studios and 1-bedrooms (2022$)   info $800 $860 $1,020
Change in collected rent (2019-2020) 1.8%
Affordability
Rental units affordable at 30% AMI (% of recently available units) 23.4% 36.1% 29.9%
Rental units affordable at 80% AMI (% of recently available units) 92.2% 91.6% 89.5%
Rental units affordable at 120% AMI (% of recently available units) 99.3% 99.6% 98.9%
Rent Burden
Moderately rent-burdened households   info 23.0% 25.6% 31.4% 25.5%
Moderately rent-burdened households, low income   info 27.1% 29.5% 29.6%
Moderately rent-burdened households, moderate income   info 2.3% 4.5% 4.8%
Severely rent-burdened households   info 24.8% 32.2% 33.5% 36.5%
Severely rent-burdened households, low income   info 35.1% 38.3% 41.1%
Severely rent-burdened households, moderate income   info 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Rental Subsidy
Housing choice vouchers (% of occupied, privately owned rental units)   info 15.8% 17.7%
Public housing (% of rental units)   info 25.7%
DEMOGRAPHICS

In 2021, there were an estimated 159,556 people in Mott Haven/Melrose, of which 0.7% identified as Asian, 27.4% identified as Black, 65.5% identified as Hispanic, and 3.5% identified as white.

Graph showing the racial and ethnic composition of Mott Haven/Melrose in both 2000 and 2017-2021.
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In 2021, the household income group with the largest share (38.5%) of households was <= $20,000. In 2000, the same household income group had the largest share as well, with a slightly lower share of 37.4%.

Graph showing the distribution of household income in Mott Haven/Melrose in both 2000 and 2017-2021.
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Median household income in 2021 was $32,010, about 56% less than citywide median household income ($72,150). The poverty rate in Mott Haven/Melrose was 36.6% in 2021 compared to 18.0% citywide.

The poverty rate in Mott Haven/Melrose was 36.6% 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 Mott Haven/Melrose in both 2010 and 2017-2021.
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HOUSING

Renters

Real median gross rent in Mott Haven/Melrose increased from $860 in 2006 to $1,120 in 2021. This represents a 30.2% increase over the same period. As of 2021, the change in median household income outpaced the change in median gross rent by 0.7 percentage points. In 2021, 36.5% of renter households in Mott Haven/Melrose were severely rent burdened (spent more than 50% of household income on rent). 89.5% of the rental units were affordable at 80% Area Median Income, 3 percentage points lower than the share in 2010. 25.7% of the rental units were public housing rental units, as of 2022. The overall rental vacancy rate in Mott Haven/Melrose was 1.7% in 2021.

Real median gross rent in Mott Haven/Melrose increased from $860 in 2006 to $1,120 in 2021.
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Graph showing the change in real median gross rent and median renter household income in Mott Haven/Melrose from 2006 to 2021.
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25.7% of the rental units in Mott Haven/Melrose are public housing rental units in 2022.
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Homeowners

In 2021, the homeownership rate in Mott Haven/Melrose was 9.0%, which is lower than the citywide share of 33.3%. The homeownership rate in the neighborhood has increased by 1.4 percentage points since 2010. In 2021, the home purchase loan rate was 16.6 per 1,000 properties (owner-occupied 1-4 family buildings, condominiums, or cooperative apartments) and the refinance loan rate was 28.8 per 1,000 properties in the neighborhood. Out of all the first-time home purchase loans and refinance loans in Mott Haven/Melrose, 3.3% and 2.5% were high cost loans, respectively. 22 properties had a filing of mortgage foreclosure in Mott Haven/Melrose in 2022. There were 7.6 mortgage foreclosure actions initiated per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units.

There were 7.6 mortgage foreclosure notices per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units in Mott Haven/Melrose in 2022
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Development

The Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 1,213 residential units in new buildings in Mott Haven/Melrose in 2022, 204 more than the number of units certified in 2021.

Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 1,213 residential units in new buildings in Mott Haven/Melrose last year, the same as the number of units certified in 2022.
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Over the last decade, 5,319 units in 4+ unit buildings were built in Mott Haven/Melrose. 17% were market rate, compared to 81% 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 28.0 serious crimes per 1,000 residents in 2022, compared to 14.2 serious crimes per 1,000 residents citywide.

The serious crime rate was 28.0 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: Community districts BX01 and BX02 both fall within sub-borough area 201. Data reported at the sub-borough level are identical. 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 .