Fordham/University Heights Neighborhood Profile

Neighborhood Indicators

Demographics

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021
Population
Born in New York State		49.6%	47.9%	45.7%	49.3%
Disabled population			16.8%	14.8%	16.4%
Foreign-born population	34.8%	38.9%	38.8%	43.2%	42.7%
Population	133,890	133,858	135,266	138,209	130,157
Population aged 65+	5.0%	4.9%	5.1%	9.2%	9.4%
Households
Households with children under 18 years old	55.4%	51.9%	50.1%	39.7%	36.9%
Single-person households		24.9%	26.3%	29.8%	29.2%
Race and Ethnicity
Percent Asian	1.6%	1.9%	0.3%	2.2%	0.4%
Percent Black	32.5%	28.9%	29.2%	26.8%	26.2%
Percent Hispanic	61.7%	66.9%	67.4%	67.7%	66.8%
Percent white	1.4%	0.8%	1.5%	1.7%	1.5%
Racial diversity index	0.51	0.47	0.46	0.47	0.48
Income and Poverty
Income diversity ratio		5.7	5.0	6.8	7.1
Median household income (2022$)	$37,600	$28,620	$33,030	$35,710	$37,020
Median household income, homeowners (2022$)		$75,950	$97,520	$70,460	$84,590
Median household income, renters (2022$)		$27,360	$31,950	$35,310	$36,350
Poverty rate	40.6%	41.6%	40.0%	31.4%	33.7%
Poverty rate, population aged 65+		41.7%	23.2%	41.4%	44.9%
Poverty rate, population under 18 years old		55.1%	52.5%	37.2%	43.3%
Labor Market
Labor force participation rate		61.0%	63.7%	59.1%	61.1%
Population aged 25+ without a high school diploma		38.4%	36.8%	31.0%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	19.89%	15.18%	23.53%	11.58%	18.87%

Housing Market and Conditions

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Housing Stock
Homeownership rate	4.8%	4.0%	3.1%	4.0%	3.1%
Housing units		45,809	47,358	47,934	47,679
Rental vacancy rate			3.3%	1.4%	0.9%
Serious housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units)		198.8	132.7	219.8	173.5	215.7
Severe crowding rate (% of renter households)			6.3%	7.4%	7.3%
Total housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units)		981.9	631.3	696.8	581.2	659.2
Finance - Distress
Notices of foreclosure rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties)	21.2	31.7	39.7	13.8	8.3	14.8
Notices of foreclosure, all residential properties	38	56	79	25	16	27
Notices of foreclosure, initial, 1-4 family and condo properties	28	43	44	12	7	14
Notices of foreclosure, repeat, 1-4 family and condo properties	5	8	21	10	6	9
Pre-foreclosure notice rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties)				69.8	42.2	80.7
Pre-foreclosure notices, 1-4 family and condo properties				112	66	125
Properties entering REO, 1-4 family	6	0	4
Finance - Lending
FHA/VA-backed home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans)		3.0%	90.6%	50.0%	51.5%
Higher-cost home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans)		63.0%	0.0%	30.6%	9.1%
Higher-cost refinance loans (% of refinance loans)		52.3%	16.7%	0.0%	0.0%
Home purchase loan rate (per 1,000 properties)		46.4	10.5	11.9	11.0
Home purchase loans in LMI tracts (% of home purchase loans)		99.3%	9.4%	100.0%	100.0%
Home purchase loans to LMI borrowers (% of home purchase loans)		4.7%	100.0%	11.1%	12.1%
Refinance loan rate (per 1,000 properties)		66.4	7.9	10.6	26.4
Sales - Volume
Sales volume, 1 family building	12	23	5	8	4	12
Sales volume, 2-4 family building	53	120	36	49	35	72
Sales volume, 5+ family building	22	46	26	5	17	8
Sales volume, condominium	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sales volume, all property types	87	189	67	62	56	92
Sales - Median Prices
Median sales price per unit, 1 family building (2022$)	$303,510	$512,920	$402,640	$585,350	$567,650	$667,500
Median sales price per unit, 2-4 family building (2022$)	$157,190	$308,100	$222,440	$319,440	$344,830	$362,500
Median sales price per unit, 5+ family building (2022$)	$50,070	$101,700	$82,640	$191,370	$145,890	$160,620
Median sales price per unit, condominium (2022$)
Sales - Housing Price Index
Index of housing price appreciation, 1 family building	100.0	183.1	141.4	258.3	346.7	301.0
Index of housing price appreciation, 2-4 family building	100.0	216.1	171.5	257.2	333.9	407.8
Index of housing price appreciation, 5+ family building	100.0	264.9	219.1	600.4	546.7	537.6
Index of housing price appreciation, condominium info	100.0
Index of housing price appreciation, all property types	100.0	225.2	175.9	285.5	372.7	428.0
Subsidized Housing
Total number of subsidized properties (properties)						442
HUD Financing or Insurance (properties)						6
HUD Financing or Insurance (units)						523
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (properties)						26
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (units)						1,999
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (properties)						105
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (units)						7,609
Public Housing (properties)						11
Public Housing (units)						6,073
Mitchell-Lama (properties)						7
Mitchell-Lama (units)						2,537
421-a Tax Exemption (properties)						51
421-a Tax Exemption (units)						2,248
420-c Tax Exemption (properties)						66
420-c Tax Exemption (units)						3,029
NYC Housing Production Programs and Zoning Incentives or Requirements (properties)						191
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2023 and 2028 (properties)						21
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2023 and 2028 (units)						911
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2029 and 2038 (properties)						37
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2029 and 2038 (units)						1,923
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2039 and later (properties)						65
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2039 and later (units)						5,991

Land Use and Development

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Density
Population density (1,000 persons per square mile)		88.6	89.6	91.5	86.2
Development
Units authorized by new residential building permits	130	3	132	523	783	1,772
Units issued new certificates of occupancy	54	264	295	185	199	811

Neighborhood Services and Conditions

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Commute
Car-free commute (% of commuters)	72.9%	73.7%	77.0%	83.1%	76.4%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	43.9	41.0	41.5	48.1	40.9
Crime and Incarceration
Serious crime rate (per 1,000 residents)		15.5	12.0	13.5	14.6	17.1
Serious crime rate, property (per 1,000 residents)		7.4	5.2	6.0	7.2	8.2
Serious crime rate, violent (per 1,000 residents)		8.1	6.8	7.6	7.4	8.9
Schools
Students performing at grade level in English language arts, 4th grade				33.5%		25.7%
Students performing at grade level in math, 4th grade				27.1%		18.7%

Renters

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Median Rent
Median rent, 2- and 3-bedrooms (2022$)			$1,270	$1,330	$1,460
Median rent, all (2022$)	$1,050	$1,160	$1,280	$1,360	$1,390
Median rent, recent movers (2022$)			$1,330	$1,560	$1,650
Median rent, studios and 1-bedrooms (2022$)			$1,120	$1,230	$1,340
Change in collected rent (2019-2020)					1.9%
Affordability
Rental units affordable at 30% AMI (% of recently available units)			14.0%	13.7%
Rental units affordable at 80% AMI (% of recently available units)			81.7%	92.9%
Rental units affordable at 120% AMI (% of recently available units)			97.8%	100.0%
Rent Burden
Moderately rent-burdened households		21.7%	24.7%	26.7%	24.8%
Moderately rent-burdened households, low income			27.9%	27.5%	29.7%
Moderately rent-burdened households, moderate income			3.4%	4.4%	4.5%
Severely rent-burdened households	33.4%		35.6%	38.8%	36.1%
Severely rent-burdened households, low income			42.9%	45.4%	43.6%
Severely rent-burdened households, moderate income			0.0%	0.0%	0.6%
Rental Subsidy
Housing choice vouchers (% of occupied, privately owned rental units)			19.2%	19.6%
Public housing (% of rental units)						3.0%

DEMOGRAPHICS

In 2021, there were an estimated 130,157 people in Fordham/University Heights, of which 0.4% identified as Asian, 26.2% identified as Black, 66.8% identified as Hispanic, and 1.5% identified as white.

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

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In 2021, the household income group with the largest share (31.9%) of households was <= $20,000. In 2000, the same household income group had the largest share as well, with a slightly higher share of 33.0%.

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

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Median household income in 2021 was $37,020, about 49% less than citywide median household income ($72,150). The poverty rate in Fordham/University Heights was 33.7% in 2021 compared to 18.0% citywide.

The poverty rate in Fordham/University Heights was 33.7% 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 Fordham/University Heights in both 2010 and 2017-2021.

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HOUSING

Renters

Real median gross rent in Fordham/University Heights increased from $1,160 in 2006 to $1,390 in 2021. This represents a 19.8% increase over the same period. As of 2021, the change in median household income outpaced the change in median gross rent by 13 percentage points. In 2021, 36.1% of renter households in Fordham/University Heights were severely rent burdened (spent more than 50% of household income on rent). 3.0% of the rental units were public housing rental units, as of 2022. The overall rental vacancy rate in Fordham/University Heights was 0.9% in 2021.

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

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3.0% of the rental units in Fordham/University Heights are public housing rental units in 2022.

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Homeowners

In 2021, the homeownership rate in Fordham/University Heights was 3.1%, which is lower than the citywide share of 33.3%. The homeownership rate in the neighborhood has remained the same level since 2010. In 2021, the home purchase loan rate was 11.0 per 1,000 properties (owner-occupied 1-4 family buildings, condominiums, or cooperative apartments) and the refinance loan rate was 26.4 per 1,000 properties in the neighborhood. Out of all the first-time home purchase loans and refinance loans in Fordham/University Heights, 9.1% and 0.0% were high cost loans, respectively. 27 properties had a filing of mortgage foreclosure in Fordham/University Heights in 2022. There were 14.8 mortgage foreclosure actions initiated per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units.

There were 14.8 mortgage foreclosure notices per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units in Fordham/University Heights in 2022

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Development

The Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 811 residential units in new buildings in Fordham/University Heights in 2022, 612 more than the number of units certified in 2021.

Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 811 residential units in new buildings in Fordham/University Heights last year, the same as the number of units certified in 2022.

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Over the last decade, 1,966 units in 4+ unit buildings were built in Fordham/University Heights. 35% were market rate, compared to 60% 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 17.1 serious crimes per 1,000 residents in 2022, compared to 14.2 serious crimes per 1,000 residents citywide.

The serious crime rate was 17.1 serious crimes per 1,000 residents in 2022, compared to 14.2 serious crimes per 1,000 residents citywide.

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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 .