State of the City 2019
DEMOGRAPHICS
In 2018, there were about 171,170 people in East New York/Starrett City, with 3.2% of the population identified as Asian, 52.8% identified as black, 38.8% identified as Hispanic, and 3.3% identified as white. Median household income in 2018 was $42,060, about 35% less than citywide median household income ($64,850). The poverty rate in East New York/Starrett City was 21.7% in 2018 compared to 17.3% citywide.
HOUSING
Renters
Real median gross rent in East New York/Starrett City increased from $1,090 in 2006 to $1,260 in 2018. In 2018, 32.9% of renter households in East New York/Starrett City were severely rent burdened (spent more than 50% of household income on rent). 86.0% of the rental units are affordable at the 80% Area Median Income, 5 percentage points higher than the share in 2010. 15.7% of the rental units are public housing rental units in 2018. The overall rental vacancy rate in East New York/Starrett City was 4.9%.
Homeowners
In 2018, the homeownership rate in East New York/Starrett City was 27.3%, lower than the citywide share of 32.8%. The homeownership rate in the neighborhood has increased by 4.2 percentage points since 2010. In 2018, the home purchase loan rate was 18.5 per 1,000 properties (owner-occupied 1-4 family buildings, condominiums, or cooperative apartments) and the refinance loan rate was 17.6 per 1,000 properties in the neighborhood. 461 properties had a filing of mortgage foreclosure in East New York/Starrett City in 2018. There were 25.3 mortgage foreclosure actions initiated per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units.
Development
In 2019, there were 575 units authorized by new residential building permits, which is 6.1% of total new units in Brooklyn, and 2.1% of the citywide total, in East New York/Starrett City. Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 529 residential units in new buildings in East New York/Starrett City last year, 425 more than the number of units certified in 2018.
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND CONDITIONS
In 2019, 38.6% of 4th grade students attending schools in East New York/Starrett City performed at grade level in math, compared to 52.3% in Brooklyn, and 49.4% citywide; 40.1% of East New York/Starrett City 4th graders performed at grade level in English language arts, compared to 51.2% in Brooklyn, and 49.6% citywide. The serious crime rate was 18.2 serious crimes per 1,000 residents in 2019, compared to 11.3 serious crimes per 1,000 residents citywide.
| Indicator | 2000 | 2006 | 2010 | 2018 | 2019 | Rank (2000) | Rank (18/19) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | |||||||
| Born in New York State | 55.0% | 54.3% | 54.5% | 11 | |||
| Disabled population | 6.8% | 6.8% | 27 | ||||
| Foreign-born population | 33.8% | 34.1% | 32.9% | 35.6% | 31 | 29 | |
| Population | 146,857 | 161,064 | 146,614 | 171,170 | |||
| Population aged 65+ | 8.3% | 7.9% | 10.6% | 12.2% | 48 | 40 | |
| Households | |||||||
| Households with children under 18 years old | 50.3% | 48.7% | 47.0% | 37.9% | 7 | 7 | |
| Single-person households | 23.3% | 25.0% | 32.0% | 22 | |||
| Race and Ethnicity | |||||||
| Percent Asian | 3.9% | 6.2% | 2.9% | 3.2% | 35 | 46 | |
| Percent Black | 45.7% | 45.6% | 54.7% | 52.8% | 11 | 10 | |
| Percent Hispanic | 39.1% | 38.5% | 36.9% | 38.8% | 14 | 19 | |
| Percent white | 6.0% | 5.1% | 4.7% | 3.3% | 44 | 48 | |
| Racial diversity index | 0.63 | 0.64 | 0.56 | 0.57 | 19 | 33 | |
| Income and Poverty | |||||||
| Income diversity ratio | 6.1 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 28 | |||
| Median household income (2019$) | $43,060 | $35,370 | $36,450 | $42,060 | 43 | 47 | |
| Median household income, homeowners (2019$) | $75,650 | $59,340 | $76,180 | 50 | |||
| Median household income, renters (2019$) | $27,400 | $29,320 | $34,980 | 44 | |||
| Poverty rate | 31.3% | 27.8% | 36.0% | 21.7% | 12 | 16 | |
| Poverty rate, population aged 65+ | 31.9% | 31.5% | 26.4% | 12 | |||
| Poverty rate, population under 18 years old | 32.4% | 49.1% | 23.8% | 22 | |||
| Labor Market | |||||||
| Labor force participation rate | 54.2% | 51.9% | 58.0% | 46 | |||
| Population aged 25+ without a high school diploma | 21.0% | 25.2% | 17.6% | 26 | |||
| Unemployment rate | 15.22% | 7.21% | 12.29% | 5.62% | 11 | 22 | |
| Indicator | 2000 | 2006 | 2010 | 2018 | 2019 | Rank (2000) | Rank (18/19) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Housing Stock | |||||||
| Homeownership rate | 23.4% | 24.8% | 23.1% | 27.3% | 33 | 34 | |
| Housing units | 54,000 | 57,200 | 66,650 | 18 | |||
| Rental vacancy rate | 4.8% | 4.9% | 10 | ||||
| Serious housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units) | 94.0 | 132.7 | 101.3 | 131.5 | 16 | ||
| Severe crowding rate (% of renter households) | 4.1% | 5.1% | 18 | ||||
| Total housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units) | 442.8 | 431.9 | 495.2 | 494.7 | 15 | ||
| Finance - Distress | |||||||
| Notices of foreclosure rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties) | 23.7 | 31.8 | 52.0 | 25.3 | 7 | 3 | |
| Notices of foreclosure, all residential properties | 387 | 561 | 939 | 461 | 4 | 5 | |
| Notices of foreclosure, initial, 1-4 family and condo properties | 299 | 454 | 531 | 176 | 5 | 5 | |
| Notices of foreclosure, repeat, 1-4 family and condo properties | 57 | 76 | 355 | 261 | 5 | 5 | |
| Pre-foreclosure notice rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties) | 107.5 | 90.0 | 10 | ||||
| Pre-foreclosure notices, 1-4 family and condo properties | 1,853 | 1,552 | 10 | ||||
| Properties entering REO, 1-4 family | 93 | 16 | 55 | 2 | |||
| Finance - Lending | |||||||
| FHA/VA-backed home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans) | 1.2% | 62.7% | 50.4% | 2 | |||
| Higher-cost home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans) | 0.0% | 1.3% | |||||
| Higher-cost refinance loans (% of refinance loans) | 0.0% | 6.8% | |||||
| Home purchase loan rate (per 1,000 properties) | 93.4 | 25.5 | 18.5 | 30 | |||
| Home purchase loans in LMI tracts (% of home purchase loans) | 89.6% | 64.3% | 76.6% | 8 | |||
| Home purchase loans to LMI borrowers (% of home purchase loans) | 1.5% | 24.1% | 6.8% | 32 | |||
| Refinance loan rate (per 1,000 properties) | 112.8 | 9.9 | 17.6 | 9 | |||
| Sales - Volume | |||||||
| Sales volume, 1 family building | 271 | 241 | 64 | 94 | 14 | 24 | |
| Sales volume, 2-4 family building | 659 | 1,375 | 328 | 451 | 2 | 5 | |
| Sales volume, 5+ family building | 25 | 38 | 13 | 18 | 19 | 29 | |
| Sales volume, all property types | 957 | 1,665 | 521 | 610 | 11 | 22 | |
| Sales volume, condominium | 2 | 11 | 116 | 47 | 46 | 39 | |
| Sales - Median Prices | |||||||
| Median sales price per unit, 1 family building (2019$) | $165,590 | $458,750 | $327,300 | $435,000 | 55 | 53 | |
| Median sales price per unit, 2-4 family building (2019$) | $134,950 | $295,710 | $184,130 | $280,000 | 52 | 46 | |
| Median sales price per unit, 5+ family building (2019$) | $46,390 | $114,690 | $85,210 | $162,670 | 49 | 51 | |
| Median sales price per unit, condominium (2019$) | $86,220 | $210,780 | $223,100 | $320,000 | 49 | 47 | |
| Sales - Housing Price Index | |||||||
| Index of housing price appreciation, 1 family building | 100.0 | 230.9 | 155.0 | 260.4 | 1 | 35 | |
| Index of housing price appreciation, 2-4 family building | 100.0 | 250.9 | 146.7 | 260.1 | 1 | 35 | |
| Index of housing price appreciation, 5+ family building | 100.0 | 209.2 | 193.9 | 350.4 | 1 | 39 | |
| Index of housing price appreciation, all property types | 100.0 | 248.7 | 153.1 | 264.6 | 1 | 45 | |
| Index of housing price appreciation, condominium | 100.0 | 97.7 | 86.4 | 188.1 | 1 | 49 | |
| Subsidized Housing | |||||||
| Total number of subsidized properties (properties) | 417 | 7 | |||||
| HUD Financing or Insurance (properties) | 5 | 13 | |||||
| HUD Financing or Insurance (units) | 447 | 17 | |||||
| HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (properties) | 29 | 2 | |||||
| HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (units) | 8,347 | 2 | |||||
| Low Income Housing Tax Credit (properties) | 56 | 11 | |||||
| Low Income Housing Tax Credit (units) | 3,508 | 16 | |||||
| Public Housing (properties) | 28 | 8 | |||||
| Public Housing (units) | 8,080 | 8 | |||||
| Mitchell-Lama (properties) | 9 | 11 | |||||
| Mitchell-Lama (units) | 6,077 | 3 | |||||
| 421-a Tax Exemption (properties) | 16 | 39 | |||||
| 421-a Tax Exemption (units) | 484 | 40 | |||||
| 420-c Tax Exemption (properties) | 119 | 5 | |||||
| 420-c Tax Exemption (units) | 3,077 | 7 | |||||
| NYC Housing Production Programs and Zoning Incentives or Requirements (properties) | 164 | 12 | |||||
| Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2020 and 2025 (properties) | 9 | 17 | |||||
| Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2020 and 2025 (units) | 693 | 19 | |||||
| Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2026 and 2035 (properties) | 20 | 13 | |||||
| Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2026 and 2035 (units) | 523 | 33 | |||||
| Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2036 and later (properties) | 56 | 2 | |||||
| Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2036 and later (units) | 9,923 | 1 | |||||
| Indicator | 2000 | 2006 | 2010 | 2018 | 2019 | Rank (2000) | Rank (18/19) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Density | |||||||
| Population density (1,000 persons per square mile) | 26.5 | 24.2 | 28.2 | 40 | |||
| Development | |||||||
| Units authorized by new residential building permits | 392 | 835 | 316 | 972 | 575 | 12 | 15 |
| Units issued new certificates of occupancy | 485 | 679 | 414 | 104 | 529 | 11 | 17 |
| Indicator | 2000 | 2006 | 2010 | 2018 | 2019 | Rank (2000) | Rank (18/19) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commute | |||||||
| Car-free commute (% of commuters) | 63.0% | 71.1% | 76.7% | 67.2% | 35 | 36 | |
| Mean travel time to work (minutes) | 48.2 | 47.0 | 42.1 | 42.3 | 3 | 37 | |
| Crime and Incarceration | |||||||
| Serious crime rate (per 1,000 residents) | 17.7 | 16.7 | 17.6 | 18.2 | 7 | ||
| Serious crime rate, property (per 1,000 residents) | 9.4 | 8.2 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 10 | ||
| Serious crime rate, violent (per 1,000 residents) | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 5 | ||
| Schools | |||||||
| Students performing at grade level in English language arts, 4th grade | 35.6% | 40.1% | 43 | ||||
| Students performing at grade level in math, 4th grade | 33.5% | 38.6% | 40 | ||||
| Indicator | 2000 | 2006 | 2010 | 2018 | 2019 | Rank (2000) | Rank (18/19) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median Rent | |||||||
| Median rent, 2- and 3-bedrooms (2019$) | $1,210 | $1,340 | 43 | ||||
| Median rent, all (2019$) | $940 | $1,090 | $1,180 | $1,260 | 39 | 42 | |
| Median rent, recent movers (2019$) | $1,300 | $1,270 | 52 | ||||
| Median rent, studios and 1-bedrooms (2019$) | $960 | $1,030 | 48 | ||||
| Median rent, asking | $2,100 | 24 | |||||
| Affordability | |||||||
| Rental units affordable at 30% AMI (% of recently available units) | 13.7% | 18.2% | 6 | ||||
| Rental units affordable at 80% AMI (% of recently available units) | 81.3% | 86.0% | 5 | ||||
| Rental units affordable at 120% AMI (% of recently available units) | 99.0% | 99.5% | 10 | ||||
| Rent Burden | |||||||
| Moderately rent-burdened households | 22.8% | 21.1% | 25.5% | 26 | |||
| Moderately rent-burdened households, low income | 27.6% | 30.1% | 33 | ||||
| Moderately rent-burdened households, moderate income | 4.8% | 6.1% | 48 | ||||
| Severely rent-burdened households | 27.1% | 33.4% | 32.9% | 13 | 17 | ||
| Severely rent-burdened households, low income | 41.6% | 41.8% | 44 | ||||
| Severely rent-burdened households, moderate income | 0.8% | 0.0% | 33 | ||||
| Rental Subsidy | |||||||
| Housing choice vouchers (% of occupied, privately owned rental units) | 15.4% | 13.4% | 7 | ||||
| Public housing (% of rental units) | 15.7% | 10 | |||||
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 2018 heading comes from the 2014 – 2018 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.
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