State of the City 2019
DEMOGRAPHICS
In 2018, there were about 150,131 people in Elmhurst/Corona, with 32.8% of the population identified as Asian, 4.2% identified as black, 54.3% identified as Hispanic, and 5.7% identified as white. Median household income in 2018 was $54,250, about 16% less than citywide median household income ($64,850). The poverty rate in Elmhurst/Corona was 12.9% in 2018 compared to 17.3% citywide.
HOUSING
Renters
Real median gross rent in Elmhurst/Corona increased from $1,370 in 2006 to $1,620 in 2018. In 2018, 34.5% of renter households in Elmhurst/Corona were severely rent burdened (spent more than 50% of household income on rent). 55.5% of the rental units are affordable at the 80% Area Median Income, 1 percentage points lower than the share in 2010. None of the rental units are public housing rental units in 2018. The overall rental vacancy rate in Elmhurst/Corona was 1.3%.
Homeowners
In 2018, the homeownership rate in Elmhurst/Corona was 24.0%, lower than the citywide share of 32.8%. The homeownership rate in the neighborhood has decreased by 3.6 percentage points since 2010. In 2018, the home purchase loan rate was 13.5 per 1,000 properties (owner-occupied 1-4 family buildings, condominiums, or cooperative apartments) and the refinance loan rate was 5.3 per 1,000 properties in the neighborhood. 76 properties had a filing of mortgage foreclosure in Elmhurst/Corona in 2018. There were 6.0 mortgage foreclosure actions initiated per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units.
Development
In 2019, there were 169 units authorized by new residential building permits, which is 3.2% of total new units in Queens, and 0.6% of the citywide total, in Elmhurst/Corona. Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 344 residential units in new buildings in Elmhurst/Corona last year, 110 more than the number of units certified in 2018.
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND CONDITIONS
In 2019, 46.3% of 4th grade students attending schools in Elmhurst/Corona performed at grade level in math, compared to 55.7% in Queens, and 49.4% citywide; 44.3% of Elmhurst/Corona 4th graders performed at grade level in English language arts, compared to 54.5% in Queens, and 49.6% citywide. The serious crime rate was 7.4 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 | 30.0% | 30.1% | 31.3% | 55 | |||
| Disabled population | 5.7% | 4.2% | 51 | ||||
| Foreign-born population | 66.8% | 66.3% | 63.9% | 64.2% | 1 | 1 | |
| Population | 142,022 | 138,593 | 136,517 | 150,131 | |||
| Population aged 65+ | 8.6% | 9.8% | 11.0% | 11.3% | 46 | 44 | |
| Households | |||||||
| Households with children under 18 years old | 41.8% | 40.2% | 36.4% | 37.6% | 19 | 9 | |
| Single-person households | 22.4% | 24.6% | 17.1% | 55 | |||
| Race and Ethnicity | |||||||
| Percent Asian | 28.2% | 31.7% | 35.3% | 32.8% | 4 | 6 | |
| Percent Black | 8.2% | 5.8% | 6.5% | 4.2% | 36 | 37 | |
| Percent Hispanic | 49.2% | 51.8% | 47.5% | 54.3% | 11 | 9 | |
| Percent white | 11.1% | 9.4% | 8.1% | 5.7% | 38 | 45 | |
| Racial diversity index | 0.66 | 0.62 | 0.64 | 0.59 | 15 | 29 | |
| Income and Poverty | |||||||
| Income diversity ratio | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 53 | |||
| Median household income (2019$) | $56,580 | $52,210 | $47,680 | $54,250 | 29 | 39 | |
| Median household income, homeowners (2019$) | $73,370 | $69,570 | $72,460 | 52 | |||
| Median household income, renters (2019$) | $46,670 | $42,060 | $51,210 | 25 | |||
| Poverty rate | 19.2% | 18.8% | 19.2% | 12.9% | 30 | 37 | |
| Poverty rate, population aged 65+ | 22.7% | 13.4% | 21.0% | 23 | |||
| Poverty rate, population under 18 years old | 25.7% | 26.3% | 17.3% | 32 | |||
| Labor Market | |||||||
| Labor force participation rate | 64.4% | 64.0% | 68.1% | 12 | |||
| Population aged 25+ without a high school diploma | 31.5% | 30.0% | 27.2% | 7 | |||
| Unemployment rate | 9.26% | 5.26% | 8.46% | 3.99% | 28 | 45 | |
| Indicator | 2000 | 2006 | 2010 | 2018 | 2019 | Rank (2000) | Rank (18/19) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Housing Stock | |||||||
| Homeownership rate | 21.8% | 25.9% | 27.6% | 24.0% | 35 | 36 | |
| Housing units | 48,387 | 47,382 | 48,857 | 45 | |||
| Rental vacancy rate | 2.7% | 1.3% | 54 | ||||
| Serious housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units) | 19.5 | 19.7 | 23.2 | 36.7 | 41 | ||
| Severe crowding rate (% of renter households) | 9.8% | 12.6% | 1 | ||||
| Total housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units) | 130.4 | 112.2 | 119.7 | 127.8 | 42 | ||
| Finance - Distress | |||||||
| Notices of foreclosure rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties) | 4.3 | 6.2 | 16.1 | 6.0 | 39 | 32 | |
| Notices of foreclosure, all residential properties | 48 | 74 | 193 | 76 | 36 | 31 | |
| Notices of foreclosure, initial, 1-4 family and condo properties | 33 | 65 | 147 | 30 | 33 | 29 | |
| Notices of foreclosure, repeat, 1-4 family and condo properties | 11 | 4 | 37 | 41 | 30 | 29 | |
| Pre-foreclosure notice rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties) | 30.0 | 26.3 | 36 | ||||
| Pre-foreclosure notices, 1-4 family and condo properties | 355 | 311 | 30 | ||||
| Properties entering REO, 1-4 family | 7 | 4 | 9 | 20 | |||
| Finance - Lending | |||||||
| FHA/VA-backed home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans) | 0.2% | 9.3% | 1.9% | 27 | |||
| Higher-cost home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans) | 0.0% | 1.9% | |||||
| Higher-cost refinance loans (% of refinance loans) | 0.0% | 1.5% | |||||
| Home purchase loan rate (per 1,000 properties) | 54.8 | 17.7 | 13.5 | 49 | |||
| Home purchase loans in LMI tracts (% of home purchase loans) | 69.1% | 63.0% | 64.5% | 15 | |||
| Home purchase loans to LMI borrowers (% of home purchase loans) | 9.8% | 27.1% | 28.1% | 1 | |||
| Refinance loan rate (per 1,000 properties) | 36.1 | 8.6 | 5.3 | 51 | |||
| Sales - Volume | |||||||
| Sales volume, 1 family building | 114 | 136 | 41 | 48 | 26 | 33 | |
| Sales volume, 2-4 family building | 393 | 449 | 164 | 147 | 14 | 28 | |
| Sales volume, 5+ family building | 30 | 40 | 12 | 23 | 12 | 25 | |
| Sales volume, all property types | 596 | 771 | 334 | 335 | 18 | 45 | |
| Sales volume, condominium | 59 | 146 | 117 | 117 | 21 | 27 | |
| Sales - Median Prices | |||||||
| Median sales price per unit, 1 family building (2019$) | $352,360 | $691,850 | $596,440 | $792,000 | 27 | 28 | |
| Median sales price per unit, 2-4 family building (2019$) | $191,170 | $378,160 | $296,800 | $436,670 | 26 | 30 | |
| Median sales price per unit, 5+ family building (2019$) | $112,070 | $174,570 | $157,730 | $230,000 | 8 | 31 | |
| Median sales price per unit, condominium (2019$) | $194,510 | $337,870 | $330,040 | $459,000 | 35 | 36 | |
| Sales - Housing Price Index | |||||||
| Index of housing price appreciation, 1 family building | 100.0 | 239.6 | 185.2 | 317.4 | 1 | 18 | |
| Index of housing price appreciation, 2-4 family building | 100.0 | 241.1 | 175.9 | 331.0 | 1 | 20 | |
| Index of housing price appreciation, 5+ family building | 100.0 | 196.0 | 180.8 | 302.5 | 1 | 49 | |
| Index of housing price appreciation, all property types | 100.0 | 241.3 | 187.2 | 329.0 | 1 | 22 | |
| Index of housing price appreciation, condominium | 100.0 | 330.7 | 303.7 | 544.1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Subsidized Housing | |||||||
| Total number of subsidized properties (properties) | 11 | 49 | |||||
| HUD Financing or Insurance (properties) | 0 | 45 | |||||
| HUD Financing or Insurance (units) | 0 | 39 | |||||
| HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (properties) | 4 | 34 | |||||
| HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (units) | 446 | 37 | |||||
| Low Income Housing Tax Credit (properties) | 0 | 52 | |||||
| Low Income Housing Tax Credit (units) | 0 | 50 | |||||
| Public Housing (properties) | 0 | 42 | |||||
| Public Housing (units) | 0 | 42 | |||||
| Mitchell-Lama (properties) | 0 | 44 | |||||
| Mitchell-Lama (units) | 0 | 43 | |||||
| 421-a Tax Exemption (properties) | 105 | 4 | |||||
| 421-a Tax Exemption (units) | 789 | 30 | |||||
| 420-c Tax Exemption (properties) | 1 | 43 | |||||
| 420-c Tax Exemption (units) | 68 | 44 | |||||
| NYC Housing Production Programs and Zoning Incentives or Requirements (properties) | 6 | 43 | |||||
| Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2020 and 2025 (properties) | 1 | 39 | |||||
| Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2020 and 2025 (units) | 6 | 43 | |||||
| Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2026 and 2035 (properties) | 1 | 44 | |||||
| Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2026 and 2035 (units) | 151 | 43 | |||||
| Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2036 and later (properties) | 2 | 46 | |||||
| Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2036 and later (units) | 289 | 42 | |||||
| Indicator | 2000 | 2006 | 2010 | 2018 | 2019 | Rank (2000) | Rank (18/19) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Density | |||||||
| Population density (1,000 persons per square mile) | 38.4 | 37.8 | 41.6 | 26 | |||
| Development | |||||||
| Units authorized by new residential building permits | 210 | 473 | 236 | 85 | 169 | 25 | 42 |
| Units issued new certificates of occupancy | 138 | 416 | 276 | 234 | 344 | 23 | 21 |
| Indicator | 2000 | 2006 | 2010 | 2018 | 2019 | Rank (2000) | Rank (18/19) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commute | |||||||
| Car-free commute (% of commuters) | 70.7% | 75.4% | 74.7% | 76.3% | 25 | 25 | |
| Mean travel time to work (minutes) | 41.7 | 43.3 | 42.0 | 45.6 | 27 | 23 | |
| Crime and Incarceration | |||||||
| Serious crime rate (per 1,000 residents) | 11.5 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 46 | ||
| Serious crime rate, property (per 1,000 residents) | 8.0 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 53 | ||
| Serious crime rate, violent (per 1,000 residents) | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 32 | ||
| Schools | |||||||
| Students performing at grade level in English language arts, 4th grade | 42.3% | 44.3% | 37 | ||||
| Students performing at grade level in math, 4th grade | 42.8% | 46.3% | 33 | ||||
| Indicator | 2000 | 2006 | 2010 | 2018 | 2019 | Rank (2000) | Rank (18/19) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median Rent | |||||||
| Median rent, 2- and 3-bedrooms (2019$) | $1,550 | $1,730 | 11 | ||||
| Median rent, all (2019$) | $1,160 | $1,370 | $1,440 | $1,620 | 18 | 17 | |
| Median rent, recent movers (2019$) | $1,510 | $1,720 | 24 | ||||
| Median rent, studios and 1-bedrooms (2019$) | $1,250 | $1,360 | 17 | ||||
| Median rent, asking | $1,150 | $1,900 | 38 | ||||
| Affordability | |||||||
| Rental units affordable at 30% AMI (% of recently available units) | 2.2% | 3.5% | 35 | ||||
| Rental units affordable at 80% AMI (% of recently available units) | 56.6% | 55.5% | 26 | ||||
| Rental units affordable at 120% AMI (% of recently available units) | 98.4% | 98.6% | 18 | ||||
| Rent Burden | |||||||
| Moderately rent-burdened households | 29.2% | 24.3% | 34.5% | 1 | |||
| Moderately rent-burdened households, low income | 36.4% | 35.6% | 2 | ||||
| Moderately rent-burdened households, moderate income | 10.1% | 10.4% | 34 | ||||
| Severely rent-burdened households | 22.8% | 33.2% | 34.5% | 32 | 10 | ||
| Severely rent-burdened households, low income | 47.3% | 46.0% | 23 | ||||
| Severely rent-burdened households, moderate income | 0.3% | 0.2% | 28 | ||||
| Rental Subsidy | |||||||
| Housing choice vouchers (% of occupied, privately owned rental units) | 2.1% | 1.5% | 42 | ||||
| Public housing (% of rental units) | 0.0% | 42 | |||||
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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