Flushing/Whitestone Neighborhood Profile

Neighborhood Indicators

Demographics

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021
Population
Born in New York State		38.3%	42.2%	40.4%	38.9%
Disabled population			5.6%	4.6%	6.1%
Foreign-born population	50.3%	58.2%	53.0%	55.9%	56.7%
Population	243,690	246,542	257,327	239,869	242,765
Population aged 65+	15.8%	17.8%	16.0%	21.7%	24.0%
Households
Households with children under 18 years old	31.5%	28.6%	29.9%	26.1%	19.4%
Single-person households		25.2%	22.8%	25.4%	32.9%
Race and Ethnicity
Percent Asian	36.1%	45.3%	50.2%	56.4%	52.5%
Percent Black	2.8%	2.9%	2.0%	1.7%	2.2%
Percent Hispanic	16.8%	16.1%	15.0%	15.6%	16.0%
Percent white	41.2%	34.4%	30.0%	24.3%	26.9%
Racial diversity index	0.67	0.65	0.64	0.60	0.63
Income and Poverty
Income diversity ratio		4.5	4.8	6.0	5.7
Median household income (2022$)	$77,100	$71,160	$67,090	$61,250	$64,610
Median household income, homeowners (2022$)		$96,870	$91,580	$97,700	$81,310
Median household income, renters (2022$)		$56,490	$51,110	$40,760	$48,560
Poverty rate	13.2%	10.6%	14.3%	14.8%	17.1%
Poverty rate, population aged 65+		14.5%	12.6%	23.2%	18.0%
Poverty rate, population under 18 years old		14.1%	14.5%	18.1%	21.7%
Labor Market
Labor force participation rate		62.1%	63.1%	57.5%	56.3%
Population aged 25+ without a high school diploma		16.5%	19.9%	21.9%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	5.52%	7.83%	11.57%	4.53%	12.77%

Housing Market and Conditions

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Housing Stock
Homeownership rate	47.3%	50.2%	49.0%	44.1%	52.2%
Housing units		92,769	93,631	98,172	98,610
Rental vacancy rate			2.9%	4.1%	3.6%
Serious housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units)		16.8	9.4	23.8	37.5	54.1
Severe crowding rate (% of renter households)			4.9%	5.2%	5.7%
Total housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units)		138.1	59.8	91.7	167.0	195.7
Finance - Distress
Notices of foreclosure rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties)	3.2	3.7	7.5	2.6	1.9	1.5
Notices of foreclosure, all residential properties	112	133	287	106	79	62
Notices of foreclosure, initial, 1-4 family and condo properties	75	113	221	42	40	32
Notices of foreclosure, repeat, 1-4 family and condo properties	35	20	61	62	37	30
Pre-foreclosure notice rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties)				19.1	7.0	16.2
Pre-foreclosure notices, 1-4 family and condo properties				774	293	680
Properties entering REO, 1-4 family	0	4	7
Finance - Lending
FHA/VA-backed home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans)		0.0%	2.9%	0.6%	0.5%
Higher-cost home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans)		8.3%	1.1%	6.8%	14.1%
Higher-cost refinance loans (% of refinance loans)		19.0%	1.1%	4.9%	2.8%
Home purchase loan rate (per 1,000 properties)		41.0	21.0	16.5	28.2
Home purchase loans in LMI tracts (% of home purchase loans)		19.2%	15.5%	26.5%	34.4%
Home purchase loans to LMI borrowers (% of home purchase loans)		5.7%	10.9%	9.0%	12.6%
Refinance loan rate (per 1,000 properties)		24.5	15.9	12.1	25.5
Sales - Volume
Sales volume, 1 family building	685	752	406	377	569	644
Sales volume, 2-4 family building	519	593	257	215	312	395
Sales volume, 5+ family building	11	24	7	14	10	11
Sales volume, condominium	400	383	393	334	698	645
Sales volume, all property types	1,615	1,752	1,063	940	1,589	1,695
Sales - Median Prices
Median sales price per unit, 1 family building (2022$)	$509,820	$864,240	$759,700	$1,003,460	$997,360	$990,000
Median sales price per unit, 2-4 family building (2022$)	$271,900	$477,790	$424,910	$593,710	$612,630	$595,000
Median sales price per unit, 5+ family building (2022$)	$101,400	$198,490	$160,950	$257,140	$251,990	$213,330
Median sales price per unit, condominium (2022$)	$343,280	$541,030	$475,130	$702,420	$637,620	$613,000
Sales - Housing Price Index
Index of housing price appreciation, 1 family building	100.0	206.3	188.2	296.1	319.9	319.4
Index of housing price appreciation, 2-4 family building	100.0	208.4	192.1	333.0	334.8	341.1
Index of housing price appreciation, 5+ family building	100.0	264.7	135.7	419.5	509.7	399.0
Index of housing price appreciation, condominium	100.0	205.4	200.1	301.2	294.1	306.2
Index of housing price appreciation, all property types	100.0	207.4	194.7	306.5	314.4	320.2
Subsidized Housing
Total number of subsidized properties (properties)						40
HUD Financing or Insurance (properties)						4
HUD Financing or Insurance (units)						191
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (properties)						4
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (units)						503
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (properties)						8
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (units)						1,260
Public Housing (properties)						4
Public Housing (units)						930
Mitchell-Lama (properties)						2
Mitchell-Lama (units)						424
421-a Tax Exemption (properties)						159
421-a Tax Exemption (units)						5,427
420-c Tax Exemption (properties)						6
420-c Tax Exemption (units)						968
NYC Housing Production Programs and Zoning Incentives or Requirements (properties)						11
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2023 and 2028 (properties)						3
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2023 and 2028 (units)						228
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2029 and 2038 (properties)						3
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2029 and 2038 (units)						500
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2039 and later (properties)						8
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2039 and later (units)						885

Land Use and Development

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Density
Population density (1,000 persons per square mile)		20.9	21.9	20.4	20.6
Development
Units authorized by new residential building permits	529	0	481	486	330	620
Units issued new certificates of occupancy	596	727	451	1,115	381	476

Neighborhood Services and Conditions

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Commute
Car-free commute (% of commuters)	42.4%	46.3%	47.4%	49.4%	41.6%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	40.5	41.1	40.1	41.7	37.2
Crime and Incarceration
Serious crime rate (per 1,000 residents)		9.7	7.7	7.6	8.1	11.1
Serious crime rate, property (per 1,000 residents)		7.8	5.9	5.5	6.8	8.6
Serious crime rate, violent (per 1,000 residents)		1.9	1.8	2.1	1.3	2.5
Schools
Students performing at grade level in English language arts, 4th grade				67.3%		59.2%
Students performing at grade level in math, 4th grade				72.3%		63.8%

Renters

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Median Rent
Median rent, 2- and 3-bedrooms (2022$)			$1,850	$1,840	$1,960
Median rent, all (2022$)	$1,410	$1,630	$1,710	$1,740	$1,770
Median rent, recent movers (2022$)			$1,810	$1,870	$2,110
Median rent, studios and 1-bedrooms (2022$)			$1,410	$1,440	$1,510
Change in collected rent (2019-2020)					0.4%
Affordability
Rental units affordable at 30% AMI (% of recently available units)			3.5%	5.9%	2.9%
Rental units affordable at 80% AMI (% of recently available units)			43.6%	63.7%	50.6%
Rental units affordable at 120% AMI (% of recently available units)			93.7%	97.5%	96.5%
Rent Burden
Moderately rent-burdened households		26.3%	22.0%	20.5%	23.6%
Moderately rent-burdened households, low income			34.9%	30.3%	31.3%
Moderately rent-burdened households, moderate income			17.9%	14.3%	13.6%
Severely rent-burdened households	23.7%		31.3%	41.1%	37.8%
Severely rent-burdened households, low income			50.3%	54.4%	51.0%
Severely rent-burdened households, moderate income			0.3%	0.2%	0.7%
Rental Subsidy
Housing choice vouchers (% of occupied, privately owned rental units)			0.9%	0.5%
Public housing (% of rental units)						2.4%

DEMOGRAPHICS

In 2021, there were an estimated 242,765 people in Flushing/Whitestone, of which 52.5% identified as Asian, 2.2% identified as Black, 16.0% identified as Hispanic, and 26.9% identified as white.

Graph showing the racial and ethnic composition of Flushing/Whitestone in both 2000 and 2017-2021.

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In 2021, the household income group with the largest share (28.0%) of households was $100,001 - $250,000. In 2000, the same household income group had the largest share as well, with a slightly higher share of 31.2%.

Graph showing the distribution of household income in Flushing/Whitestone in both 2000 and 2017-2021.

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Median household income in 2021 was $64,610, about 10% less than citywide median household income ($72,150). The poverty rate in Flushing/Whitestone was 17.1% in 2021 compared to 18.0% citywide.

The poverty rate in Flushing/Whitestone was 17.1% 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 Flushing/Whitestone in both 2010 and 2017-2021.

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HOUSING

Renters

Real median gross rent in Flushing/Whitestone increased from $1,630 in 2006 to $1,770 in 2021. This represents a 8.6% increase over the same period. As of 2021, the change in median gross rent outpaced the change in median household income by 22.6 percentage points. In 2021, 37.8% of renter households in Flushing/Whitestone were severely rent burdened (spent more than 50% of household income on rent). 50.6% of the rental units were affordable at 80% Area Median Income, 7 percentage points higher than the share in 2010. 2.4% of the rental units were public housing rental units, as of 2022. The overall rental vacancy rate in Flushing/Whitestone was 3.6% in 2021.

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

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2.4% of the rental units in Flushing/Whitestone are public housing rental units in 2022.

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Homeowners

In 2021, the homeownership rate in Flushing/Whitestone was 52.2%, which is higher than the citywide share of 33.3%. The homeownership rate in the neighborhood has increased by 3.2 percentage points since 2010. In 2021, the home purchase loan rate was 28.2 per 1,000 properties (owner-occupied 1-4 family buildings, condominiums, or cooperative apartments) and the refinance loan rate was 25.5 per 1,000 properties in the neighborhood. Out of all the first-time home purchase loans and refinance loans in Flushing/Whitestone, 14.1% and 2.8% were high cost loans, respectively. 62 properties had a filing of mortgage foreclosure in Flushing/Whitestone in 2022. There were 1.5 mortgage foreclosure actions initiated per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units.

There were 1.5 mortgage foreclosure notices per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units in Flushing/Whitestone in 2022

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Development

The Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 476 residential units in new buildings in Flushing/Whitestone in 2022, 95 more than the number of units certified in 2021.

Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 476 residential units in new buildings in Flushing/Whitestone last year, the same as the number of units certified in 2022.

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Over the last decade, 3,165 units in 4+ unit buildings were built in Flushing/Whitestone. 84% were market rate, compared to 13% 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 11.1 serious crimes per 1,000 residents in 2022, compared to 14.2 serious crimes per 1,000 residents citywide.

The serious crime rate was 11.1 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 .