Bensonhurst Neighborhood Profile

Neighborhood Indicators

Demographics

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021
Population
Born in New York State		44.7%	43.8%	38.9%	39.9%
Disabled population			6.1%	5.8%	5.8%
Foreign-born population	50.7%	51.1%	52.2%	56.5%	55.1%
Population	171,778	174,593	164,506	186,959	206,519
Population aged 65+	17.0%	18.0%	20.5%	16.5%	16.1%
Households
Households with children under 18 years old	31.9%	31.9%	29.4%	34.5%	33.9%
Single-person households		28.0%	27.1%	20.9%	20.8%
Race and Ethnicity
Percent Asian	23.1%	30.2%	33.7%	41.0%	36.6%
Percent Black	0.4%	0.3%	0.1%	1.1%	1.4%
Percent Hispanic	8.8%	9.9%	13.4%	16.0%	19.8%
Percent white	64.7%	58.6%	50.7%	38.4%	38.0%
Racial diversity index	0.52	0.55	0.61	0.66	0.68
Income and Poverty
Income diversity ratio		5.8	4.7	5.3	5.8
Median household income (2022$)	$59,580	$54,400	$49,240	$63,710	$59,390
Median household income, homeowners (2022$)		$81,530	$67,280	$92,430	$81,240
Median household income, renters (2022$)		$39,590	$41,120	$56,580	$54,220
Poverty rate	19.7%	17.9%	14.0%	14.6%	23.1%
Poverty rate, population aged 65+		22.6%	12.4%	21.2%	21.4%
Poverty rate, population under 18 years old		24.4%	20.1%	17.3%	32.6%
Labor Market
Labor force participation rate		57.1%	53.9%	63.3%	58.0%
Population aged 25+ without a high school diploma		28.3%	30.1%	25.0%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	7.12%	4.88%	8.60%	4.53%	11.74%

Housing Market and Conditions

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Housing Stock
Homeownership rate	31.2%	39.1%	39.4%	36.5%	32.6%
Housing units		66,327	67,271	68,574	76,452
Rental vacancy rate			3.9%	2.0%	2.2%
Serious housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units)		17.2	22.5	55.0	53.5	55.5
Severe crowding rate (% of renter households)			3.9%	6.0%	6.5%
Total housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units)		116.5	118.9	222.0	285.1	278.7
Finance - Distress
Notices of foreclosure rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties)	2.5	3.1	5.2	1.8	1.8	2.0
Notices of foreclosure, all residential properties	53	60	110	42	39	47
Notices of foreclosure, initial, 1-4 family and condo properties	36	46	80	20	13	22
Notices of foreclosure, repeat, 1-4 family and condo properties	9	12	22	17	24	19
Pre-foreclosure notice rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties)				18.0	9.4	18.7
Pre-foreclosure notices, 1-4 family and condo properties				364	192	381
Properties entering REO, 1-4 family	1	1	2
Finance - Lending
FHA/VA-backed home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans)		0.0%	1.4%	0.3%	0.2%
Higher-cost home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans)		8.4%	0.5%	4.9%	5.9%
Higher-cost refinance loans (% of refinance loans)		20.4%	2.6%	2.7%	1.8%
Home purchase loan rate (per 1,000 properties)		34.8	25.8	17.0	25.2
Home purchase loans in LMI tracts (% of home purchase loans)		40.6%	11.0%	42.5%	45.6%
Home purchase loans to LMI borrowers (% of home purchase loans)		3.5%	36.7%	11.1%	11.8%
Refinance loan rate (per 1,000 properties)		25.3	13.6	13.0	31.9
Sales - Volume
Sales volume, 1 family building	125	128	77	87	53	103
Sales volume, 2-4 family building	446	532	300	235	242	416
Sales volume, 5+ family building	20	31	17	21	20	26
Sales volume, condominium	33	113	125	68	94	61
Sales volume, all property types	624	804	519	411	409	606
Sales - Median Prices
Median sales price per unit, 1 family building (2022$)	$446,940	$724,410	$727,500	$958,860	$992,060	$950,000
Median sales price per unit, 2-4 family building (2022$)	$246,410	$404,010	$400,880	$556,360	$525,210	$545,000
Median sales price per unit, 5+ family building (2022$)	$82,320	$156,830	$160,950	$263,870	$222,820	$227,600
Median sales price per unit, condominium (2022$)	$439,410	$639,800	$532,700	$641,100	$657,840	$620,000
Sales - Housing Price Index
Index of housing price appreciation, 1 family building	100.0	193.2	217.0	328.9	371.1	362.0
Index of housing price appreciation, 2-4 family building	100.0	193.6	219.6	343.4	386.8	372.4
Index of housing price appreciation, 5+ family building	100.0	212.3	254.7	363.4	373.9	424.7
Index of housing price appreciation, condominium	100.0	200.2	200.6	308.9	297.0	301.9
Index of housing price appreciation, all property types	100.0	197.6	220.9	342.1	366.0	365.0
Subsidized Housing
Total number of subsidized properties (properties)						11
HUD Financing or Insurance (properties)						2
HUD Financing or Insurance (units)						0
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (properties)						1
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (units)						52
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (properties)						2
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (units)						218
Public Housing (properties)						0
Public Housing (units)						0
Mitchell-Lama (properties)						1
Mitchell-Lama (units)						125
421-a Tax Exemption (properties)						122
421-a Tax Exemption (units)						1,517
420-c Tax Exemption (properties)						0
420-c Tax Exemption (units)						0
NYC Housing Production Programs and Zoning Incentives or Requirements (properties)						4
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2023 and 2028 (properties)						0
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2023 and 2028 (units)						0
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2029 and 2038 (properties)						1
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2029 and 2038 (units)						125
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2039 and later (properties)						4
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2039 and later (units)						218

Land Use and Development

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Density
Population density (1,000 persons per square mile)		47.2	44.5	50.6	55.9
Development
Units authorized by new residential building permits	97	0	32	129	147	52
Units issued new certificates of occupancy	86	256	218	142	104	190

Neighborhood Services and Conditions

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Commute
Car-free commute (% of commuters)	63.3%	66.6%	69.6%	67.8%	64.7%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	44.9	43.3	44.4	47.6	40.6
Crime and Incarceration
Serious crime rate (per 1,000 residents)		10.0	6.7	5.8	6.1	6.6
Serious crime rate, property (per 1,000 residents)		7.8	5.0	4.4	4.6	5.0
Serious crime rate, violent (per 1,000 residents)		2.3	1.7	1.4	1.5	1.6
Schools
Students performing at grade level in English language arts, 4th grade				60.0%		60.4%
Students performing at grade level in math, 4th grade				66.6%		62.4%

Renters

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Median Rent
Median rent, 2- and 3-bedrooms (2022$)			$1,460	$1,650	$1,770
Median rent, all (2022$)	$1,220	$1,360	$1,300	$1,610	$1,640
Median rent, recent movers (2022$)			$1,380	$1,660	$1,880
Median rent, studios and 1-bedrooms (2022$)			$1,190	$1,370	$1,500
Change in collected rent (2019-2020)					0.9%
Affordability
Rental units affordable at 30% AMI (% of recently available units)			3.2%	7.8%	6.1%
Rental units affordable at 80% AMI (% of recently available units)			82.5%	84.1%	82.0%
Rental units affordable at 120% AMI (% of recently available units)			98.3%	99.6%	99.3%
Rent Burden
Moderately rent-burdened households		23.3%	31.1%	25.1%	23.1%
Moderately rent-burdened households, low income			36.5%	33.6%	32.5%
Moderately rent-burdened households, moderate income			6.7%	3.5%	2.7%
Severely rent-burdened households	30.9%		30.5%	33.0%	33.2%
Severely rent-burdened households, low income			41.1%	45.1%	45.7%
Severely rent-burdened households, moderate income			0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Rental Subsidy
Housing choice vouchers (% of occupied, privately owned rental units)			7.3%	4.6%
Public housing (% of rental units)						0.0%

DEMOGRAPHICS

In 2021, there were an estimated 206,519 people in Bensonhurst, of which 36.6% identified as Asian, 1.4% identified as Black, 19.8% identified as Hispanic, and 38.0% identified as white.

Graph showing the racial and ethnic composition of Bensonhurst in both 2000 and 2017-2021.

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In 2021, the household income group with the largest share (29.0%) of households was $100,001 - $250,000. In 2000, the same household income group had the largest share as well, with a slightly lower share of 24.8%.

Graph showing the distribution of household income in Bensonhurst in both 2000 and 2017-2021.

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Median household income in 2021 was $59,390, about 18% less than citywide median household income ($72,150). The poverty rate in Bensonhurst was 23.1% in 2021 compared to 18.0% citywide.

The poverty rate in Bensonhurst was 23.1% 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 Bensonhurst in both 2010 and 2017-2021.

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HOUSING

Renters

Real median gross rent in Bensonhurst increased from $1,360 in 2006 to $1,640 in 2021. This represents a 20.6% increase over the same period. As of 2021, the change in median household income outpaced the change in median gross rent by 16.4 percentage points. In 2021, 33.2% of renter households in Bensonhurst were severely rent burdened (spent more than 50% of household income on rent). 82.0% of the rental units were affordable at 80% Area Median Income, 0 percentage points lower than the share in 2010. None of the rental units were public housing rental units, as of 2022. The overall rental vacancy rate in Bensonhurst was 2.2% in 2021.

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

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None of the rental units in Bensonhurst are public housing rental units in 2022.

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Homeowners

In 2021, the homeownership rate in Bensonhurst was 32.6%, which is lower than the citywide share of 33.3%. The homeownership rate in the neighborhood has decreased by 6.8 percentage points since 2010. In 2021, the home purchase loan rate was 25.2 per 1,000 properties (owner-occupied 1-4 family buildings, condominiums, or cooperative apartments) and the refinance loan rate was 31.9 per 1,000 properties in the neighborhood. Out of all the first-time home purchase loans and refinance loans in Bensonhurst, 5.9% and 1.8% were high cost loans, respectively. 47 properties had a filing of mortgage foreclosure in Bensonhurst in 2022. There were 2.0 mortgage foreclosure actions initiated per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units.

There were 2.0 mortgage foreclosure notices per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units in Bensonhurst in 2022

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Development

The Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 190 residential units in new buildings in Bensonhurst in 2022, 86 more than the number of units certified in 2021.

Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 190 residential units in new buildings in Bensonhurst last year, the same as the number of units certified in 2022.

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Over the last decade, 841 units in 4+ unit buildings were built in Bensonhurst. 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 6.6 serious crimes per 1,000 residents in 2022, compared to 14.2 serious crimes per 1,000 residents citywide.

The serious crime rate was 6.6 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 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, data under the 2019 heading comes from the 2015 – 2019 ACS and data under the 2021 heading comes from 2017 – 2021 ACS .