Crown Heights/Prospect Heights Neighborhood Profile

Neighborhood Indicators

Demographics

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021
Population
Born in New York State		50.5%	48.5%	48.5%	45.0%
Disabled population			5.0%	7.0%	9.4%
Foreign-born population	30.7%	32.2%	30.1%	23.7%	26.4%
Population	123,117	127,013	119,323	128,327	138,614
Population aged 65+	9.6%	9.5%	9.1%	13.6%	11.1%
Households
Households with children under 18 years old	38.2%	35.1%	30.7%	21.9%	20.6%
Single-person households		32.2%	33.2%	33.4%	37.2%
Race and Ethnicity
Percent Asian	1.5%	2.0%	3.3%	3.2%	5.1%
Percent Black	78.1%	73.5%	61.6%	48.8%	43.4%
Percent Hispanic	9.8%	9.8%	13.7%	14.1%	15.0%
Percent white	7.4%	12.5%	19.0%	30.8%	28.1%
Racial diversity index	0.37	0.43	0.56	0.65	0.71
Income and Poverty
Income diversity ratio		6.9	6.3	7.1	7.6
Median household income (2022$)	$52,570	$54,140	$49,660	$82,990	$77,560
Median household income, homeowners (2022$)		$99,910	$98,640	$155,360	$155,250
Median household income, renters (2022$)		$44,170	$45,240	$68,590	$68,740
Poverty rate	28.2%	22.9%	25.9%	15.9%	14.8%
Poverty rate, population aged 65+		26.2%	15.7%	17.1%	13.1%
Poverty rate, population under 18 years old		32.8%	42.5%	19.2%	17.6%
Labor Market
Labor force participation rate		65.9%	66.4%	67.9%	70.4%
Population aged 25+ without a high school diploma		20.0%	16.1%	11.1%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	14.67%	12.74%	10.09%	4.12%	10.48%

Housing Market and Conditions

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Housing Stock
Homeownership rate	16.0%	20.0%	19.3%	21.4%	18.3%
Housing units		54,172	56,344	60,403	65,757
Rental vacancy rate			5.3%	3.3%	3.2%
Serious housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units)		156.8	111.1	143.0	166.0	164.8
Severe crowding rate (% of renter households)			2.7%	2.4%	2.0%
Total housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units)		699.6	422.9	541.5	640.4	569.8
Finance - Distress
Notices of foreclosure rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties)	26.5	28.8	37.5	11.7	8.0	10.6
Notices of foreclosure, all residential properties	175	184	294	97	72	89
Notices of foreclosure, initial, 1-4 family and condo properties	88	120	132	37	17	33
Notices of foreclosure, repeat, 1-4 family and condo properties	26	27	88	42	38	41
Pre-foreclosure notice rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties)				48.0	23.6	42.1
Pre-foreclosure notices, 1-4 family and condo properties				324	164	293
Properties entering REO, 1-4 family	18	5	6
Finance - Lending
FHA/VA-backed home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans)		0.7%	34.0%	2.9%	2.1%
Higher-cost home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans)		32.1%	0.3%	2.1%	1.0%
Higher-cost refinance loans (% of refinance loans)		40.4%	2.7%	3.9%	0.3%
Home purchase loan rate (per 1,000 properties)		64.3	30.3	27.8	41.8
Home purchase loans in LMI tracts (% of home purchase loans)		68.9%	3.8%	38.7%	43.5%
Home purchase loans to LMI borrowers (% of home purchase loans)		2.1%	59.0%	1.2%	1.2%
Refinance loan rate (per 1,000 properties)		73.1	22.5	23.2	53.4
Sales - Volume
Sales volume, 1 family building	11	28	11	10	13	19
Sales volume, 2-4 family building	168	306	90	74	77	144
Sales volume, 5+ family building	59	83	38	16	23	32
Sales volume, condominium	25	130	162	140	210	200
Sales volume, all property types	263	547	301	240	323	395
Sales - Median Prices
Median sales price per unit, 1 family building (2022$)	$339,880	$797,490	$449,380	$1,672,440	$1,824,960	$1,800,000
Median sales price per unit, 2-4 family building (2022$)	$168,810	$374,740	$280,060	$533,090	$717,960	$665,280
Median sales price per unit, 5+ family building (2022$)	$66,910	$117,110	$98,610	$255,980	$234,160	$397,920
Median sales price per unit, condominium (2022$)	$175,040	$589,640	$560,840	$1,268,260	$1,183,040	$1,050,000
Sales - Housing Price Index
Index of housing price appreciation, 1 family building	100.0	273.8	196.6	669.9	676.3	836.7
Index of housing price appreciation, 2-4 family building	100.0	276.2	202.0	416.8	596.1	555.8
Index of housing price appreciation, 5+ family building	100.0	225.7	199.8	673.2	532.1	613.1
Index of housing price appreciation, condominium	100.0	283.2	287.0	543.2	561.7	616.4
Index of housing price appreciation, all property types	100.0	265.0	229.3	464.0	524.5	556.6
Subsidized Housing
Total number of subsidized properties (properties)						517
HUD Financing or Insurance (properties)						9
HUD Financing or Insurance (units)						193
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (properties)						36
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (units)						1,580
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (properties)						79
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (units)						2,185
Public Housing (properties)						33
Public Housing (units)						3,183
Mitchell-Lama (properties)						2
Mitchell-Lama (units)						240
421-a Tax Exemption (properties)						140
421-a Tax Exemption (units)						3,905
420-c Tax Exemption (properties)						116
420-c Tax Exemption (units)						2,247
NYC Housing Production Programs and Zoning Incentives or Requirements (properties)						204
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2023 and 2028 (properties)						43
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2023 and 2028 (units)						1,287
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2029 and 2038 (properties)						26
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2029 and 2038 (units)						505
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2039 and later (properties)						37
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2039 and later (units)						1,697

Land Use and Development

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Density
Population density (1,000 persons per square mile)		57.2	53.7	57.8	62.4
Development
Units authorized by new residential building permits	152	24	10	319	491	1,510
Units issued new certificates of occupancy	17	310	197	288	623	106

Neighborhood Services and Conditions

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Commute
Car-free commute (% of commuters)	78.8%	79.8%	86.8%	85.4%	75.8%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	45.0	40.5	39.4	43.6	43.9
Crime and Incarceration
Serious crime rate (per 1,000 residents)		14.7	14.0	10.5	9.3	12.4
Serious crime rate, property (per 1,000 residents)		8.1	7.7	5.6	4.9	6.8
Serious crime rate, violent (per 1,000 residents)		6.6	6.3	4.8	4.3	5.6
Schools
Students performing at grade level in English language arts, 4th grade				51.6%		45.6%
Students performing at grade level in math, 4th grade				45.5%		36.6%

Renters

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Median Rent
Median rent, 2- and 3-bedrooms (2022$)			$1,330	$1,560	$1,770
Median rent, all (2022$)	$1,020	$1,210	$1,370	$1,730	$1,800
Median rent, recent movers (2022$)			$1,630	$2,260	$2,510
Median rent, studios and 1-bedrooms (2022$)			$1,240	$1,380	$1,490
Change in collected rent (2019-2020)					-0.8%
Affordability
Rental units affordable at 30% AMI (% of recently available units)			11.9%	5.8%	5.5%
Rental units affordable at 80% AMI (% of recently available units)			63.1%	37.2%	33.0%
Rental units affordable at 120% AMI (% of recently available units)			92.9%	84.0%	78.0%
Rent Burden
Moderately rent-burdened households		23.5%	29.2%	22.7%	24.4%
Moderately rent-burdened households, low income			29.4%	32.1%	31.6%
Moderately rent-burdened households, moderate income			19.2%	23.3%	23.8%
Severely rent-burdened households	24.7%		27.7%	26.8%	25.0%
Severely rent-burdened households, low income			42.7%	42.9%	42.5%
Severely rent-burdened households, moderate income			0.2%	1.0%	1.3%
Rental Subsidy
Housing choice vouchers (% of occupied, privately owned rental units)			6.8%	5.3%
Public housing (% of rental units)						7.6%

DEMOGRAPHICS

In 2021, there were an estimated 138,614 people in Crown Heights/Prospect Heights, of which 5.1% identified as Asian, 43.4% identified as Black, 15.0% identified as Hispanic, and 28.1% identified as white.

Graph showing the racial and ethnic composition of Crown Heights/Prospect Heights in both 2000 and 2017-2021.

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In 2021, the household income group with the largest share (29.8%) of households was $100,001 - $250,000. In 2000, the household income group with the largest share (22.3%) of households was <= $20,000.

Graph showing the distribution of household income in Crown Heights/Prospect Heights in both 2000 and 2017-2021.

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Median household income in 2021 was $77,560, about 7% more than citywide median household income ($72,150). The poverty rate in Crown Heights/Prospect Heights was 14.8% in 2021 compared to 18.0% citywide.

The poverty rate in Crown Heights/Prospect Heights was 14.8% 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 Crown Heights/Prospect Heights in both 2010 and 2017-2021.

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HOUSING

Renters

Real median gross rent in Crown Heights/Prospect Heights increased from $1,210 in 2006 to $1,800 in 2021. This represents a 48.8% increase over the same period. As of 2021, the change in median household income outpaced the change in median gross rent by 6.9 percentage points. In 2021, 25.0% of renter households in Crown Heights/Prospect Heights were severely rent burdened (spent more than 50% of household income on rent). 33.0% of the rental units were affordable at 80% Area Median Income, 30 percentage points lower than the share in 2010. 7.6% of the rental units were public housing rental units, as of 2022. The overall rental vacancy rate in Crown Heights/Prospect Heights was 3.2% in 2021.

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Graph showing the change in real median gross rent and median renter household income in Crown Heights/Prospect Heights from 2006 to 2021.

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7.6% of the rental units in Crown Heights/Prospect Heights are public housing rental units in 2022.

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Homeowners

In 2021, the homeownership rate in Crown Heights/Prospect Heights was 18.3%, which is lower than the citywide share of 33.3%. The homeownership rate in the neighborhood has decreased by 1.0 percentage points since 2010. In 2021, the home purchase loan rate was 41.8 per 1,000 properties (owner-occupied 1-4 family buildings, condominiums, or cooperative apartments) and the refinance loan rate was 53.4 per 1,000 properties in the neighborhood. Out of all the first-time home purchase loans and refinance loans in Crown Heights/Prospect Heights, 1.0% and 0.3% were high cost loans, respectively. 89 properties had a filing of mortgage foreclosure in Crown Heights/Prospect Heights in 2022. There were 10.6 mortgage foreclosure actions initiated per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units.

There were 10.6 mortgage foreclosure notices per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units in Crown Heights/Prospect Heights in 2022

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Development

The Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 106 residential units in new buildings in Crown Heights/Prospect Heights in 2022, 517 fewer than the number of units certified in 2021.

Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 106 residential units in new buildings in Crown Heights/Prospect Heights last year, the same as the number of units certified in 2022.

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Over the last decade, 3,474 units in 4+ unit buildings were built in Crown Heights/Prospect Heights. 70% were market rate, compared to 21% 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 12.4 serious crimes per 1,000 residents in 2022, compared to 14.2 serious crimes per 1,000 residents citywide.

The serious crime rate was 12.4 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 .