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Neighborhood Indicators

Demographics

Indicator 2000 2006 2010 2019 2021 2022
Population
Born in New York State 47.5% 44.5% 52.7% 47.7%
Disabled population 14.6% 13.2% 15.0%
Foreign-born population 35.0% 40.5% 41.9% 37.5% 40.3%
Population 132,445 132,838 146,624 140,906 145,325
Population aged 65+ 6.9% 7.6% 9.6% 8.2% 12.2%
Households
Households with children under 18 years old 50.5% 46.7% 42.4% 41.4% 38.6%
Single-person households 31.3% 28.8% 35.2% 27.8%
Race and Ethnicity
Percent Asian 1.2% 1.8% 1.7% 1.3% 2.1%
Percent Black 36.5% 34.4% 32.8% 32.7% 31.1%
Percent Hispanic 58.2% 61.1% 63.8% 60.8% 61.5%
Percent white 1.5% 1.0% 0.5% 3.8% 2.4%
Racial diversity index 0.53 0.51 0.49 0.52 0.52
Income and Poverty
Income diversity ratio 5.7 5.1 5.2 5.7
Median household income (2022$) $40,130 $34,200 $34,420 $36,300 $44,180
Median household income, homeowners (2022$) $66,090 $56,610 $102,640 $74,880
Median household income, renters (2022$) $32,520 $32,840 $35,090 $42,940
Poverty rate 40.0% 39.3% 35.0% 32.4% 28.3%
Poverty rate, population aged 65+ 44.1% 32.4% 35.8% 32.7%
Poverty rate, population under 18 years old 49.3% 46.4% 41.0% 29.4%
Labor Market
Labor force participation rate 58.4% 57.6% 61.1% 58.9%
Population aged 25+ without a high school diploma 41.7% 39.1% 27.7% 29.1%
Unemployment rate 18.14% 13.86% 15.72% 9.57% 16.48%

Housing Market and Conditions

Indicator 2000 2006 2010 2019 2021 2022
Housing Stock
Homeownership rate 6.9% 5.0% 6.9% 5.8% 9.4%
Housing units 49,594 50,233 51,757 52,154
Rental vacancy rate 3.4% 2.2% 1.4%
Serious housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units) 176.7 148.6 214.6 215.4 238.8
Severe crowding rate (% of renter households) 6.0% 8.5% 8.9%
Total housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units) 836.9 687.1 680.7 723.4 738.4
Finance - Distress
Notices of foreclosure rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties) 21.9 36.5 44.1 29.3 8.7 18.4
Notices of foreclosure, all residential properties 30 57 71 44 20 29
Notices of foreclosure, initial, 1-4 family and condo properties 24 43 46 20 4 8
Notices of foreclosure, repeat, 1-4 family and condo properties 2 7 16 21 8 17
Pre-foreclosure notice rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties) 97.2 37.7 94.8
Pre-foreclosure notices, 1-4 family and condo properties 136 51 129
Properties entering REO, 1-4 family 4 2 9
Finance - Lending
FHA/VA-backed home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans) 0.5% 8.6% 11.4% 16.7%
Higher-cost home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans) 28.9% 0.0% 3.4% 2.8%
Higher-cost refinance loans (% of refinance loans) 47.9% 3.1% 2.4% 1.3%
Home purchase loan rate (per 1,000 properties) 28.3 28.4 14.1 11.5
Home purchase loans in LMI tracts (% of home purchase loans) 97.4% 60.0% 96.6% 100.0%
Home purchase loans to LMI borrowers (% of home purchase loans) 16.7% 99.4% 14.8% 19.4%
Refinance loan rate (per 1,000 properties) 23.8 5.2 6.6 12.7
Sales - Volume
Sales volume, 1 family building 12 13 2 6 4 8
Sales volume, 2-4 family building 49 107 37 38 26 39
Sales volume, 5+ family building 19 38 41 19 12 17
Sales volume, condominium 0 29 1 4 0 0
Sales volume, all property types 80 187 81 67 42 64
Sales - Median Prices
Median sales price per unit, 1 family building (2022$) $220,920 $421,580 $555,790 $576,990 $655,180 $530,000
Median sales price per unit, 2-4 family building (2022$) $143,600 $281,050 $238,210 $301,040 $304,160 $316,670
Median sales price per unit, 5+ family building (2022$) $50,730 $96,310 $80,510 $205,050 $139,930 $178,640
Median sales price per unit, condominium (2022$) $338,670 $257,520 $183,970
Sales - Housing Price Index
Index of housing price appreciation, 1 family building 100.0 130.7 233.0 353.4 413.9 458.6
Index of housing price appreciation, 2-4 family building 100.0 221.4 179.3 363.1 313.6 369.4
Index of housing price appreciation, 5+ family building 100.0 229.0 205.8 819.8 559.6 577.4
Index of housing price appreciation, condominium   info 100.0
Index of housing price appreciation, all property types 100.0 220.1 182.4 429.9 382.7 416.4
Subsidized Housing
Total number of subsidized properties (properties) 536
HUD Financing or Insurance (properties) 14
HUD Financing or Insurance (units) 901
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (properties) 43
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (units) 3,101
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (properties) 121
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (units) 6,648
Public Housing (properties) 26
Public Housing (units) 1,428
Mitchell-Lama (properties) 2
Mitchell-Lama (units) 1,163
421-a Tax Exemption (properties) 52
421-a Tax Exemption (units) 2,467
420-c Tax Exemption (properties) 81
420-c Tax Exemption (units) 4,163
NYC Housing Production Programs and Zoning Incentives or Requirements (properties) 217
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2023 and 2028 (properties) 13
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2023 and 2028 (units) 899
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2029 and 2038 (properties) 54
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2029 and 2038 (units) 3,873
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2039 and later (properties) 86
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2039 and later (units) 4,435

Land Use and Development

Indicator 2000 2006 2010 2019 2021 2022
Density
Population density (1,000 persons per square mile) 66.5 73.4 70.5 72.8
Development
Units authorized by new residential building permits 94 0 127 932 782 1,185
Units issued new certificates of occupancy 331 293 423 276 500 384

Neighborhood Services and Conditions

Indicator 2000 2006 2010 2019 2021 2022
Commute
Car-free commute (% of commuters) 72.9% 76.1% 78.2% 83.5% 73.4%
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 43.1 40.7 41.1 44.6 45.7
Crime and Incarceration
Serious crime rate (per 1,000 residents) 15.6 13.8 15.7 18.1 23.7
Serious crime rate, property (per 1,000 residents) 8.0 6.2 7.0 8.6 11.3
Serious crime rate, violent (per 1,000 residents) 7.7 7.6 8.6 9.4 12.4
Schools
Students performing at grade level in English language arts, 4th grade 36.9% 24.7%
Students performing at grade level in math, 4th grade 36.5% 22.7%

Renters

Indicator 2000 2006 2010 2019 2021 2022
Median Rent
Median rent, 2- and 3-bedrooms (2022$) $1,240 $1,340 $1,440
Median rent, all (2022$) $1,020 $1,120 $1,230 $1,300 $1,360
Median rent, recent movers (2022$) $1,260 $1,340 $1,630
Median rent, studios and 1-bedrooms (2022$) $1,100 $1,200 $1,230
Change in collected rent (2019-2020) 4.1%
Affordability
Rental units affordable at 30% AMI (% of recently available units) 13.1%
Rental units affordable at 80% AMI (% of recently available units) 93.2%
Rental units affordable at 120% AMI (% of recently available units) 100.0%
Rent Burden
Moderately rent-burdened households 23.3% 28.4% 23.6% 29.4%
Moderately rent-burdened households, low income 29.5% 27.5% 30.1%
Moderately rent-burdened households, moderate income 0.8% 2.1% 2.7%
Severely rent-burdened households 31.9% 35.8% 38.5% 36.3%
Severely rent-burdened households, low income 43.3% 43.9% 39.8%
Severely rent-burdened households, moderate income 0.0% 0.7% 0.0%
Rental Subsidy
Housing choice vouchers (% of occupied, privately owned rental units) 15.3% 13.1%
Public housing (% of rental units) 2.8%
DEMOGRAPHICS

In 2021, there were an estimated 145,325 people in Highbridge/Concourse, of which 2.1% identified as Asian, 31.1% identified as Black, 61.5% identified as Hispanic, and 2.4% identified as white.

Graph showing the racial and ethnic composition of Highbridge/Concourse in both 2000 and 2017-2021.
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In 2021, the household income group with the largest share (29.1%) of households was <= $20,000. In 2000, the same household income group had the largest share as well, with a slightly higher share of 30.6%.

Graph showing the distribution of household income in Highbridge/Concourse in both 2000 and 2017-2021.
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Median household income in 2021 was $44,180, about 39% less than citywide median household income ($72,150). The poverty rate in Highbridge/Concourse was 28.3% in 2021 compared to 18.0% citywide.

The poverty rate in Highbridge/Concourse was 28.3% 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 Highbridge/Concourse in both 2010 and 2017-2021.
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HOUSING

Renters

Real median gross rent in Highbridge/Concourse increased from $1,120 in 2006 to $1,360 in 2021. This represents a 21.4% increase over the same period. As of 2021, the change in median household income outpaced the change in median gross rent by 10.6 percentage points. In 2021, 36.3% of renter households in Highbridge/Concourse were severely rent burdened (spent more than 50% of household income on rent). 2.8% of the rental units were public housing rental units, as of 2022. The overall rental vacancy rate in Highbridge/Concourse was 1.4% in 2021.

Real median gross rent in Highbridge/Concourse increased from $1,120 in 2006 to $1,360 in 2021.
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Graph showing the change in real median gross rent and median renter household income in Highbridge/Concourse from 2006 to 2021.
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2.8% of the rental units in Highbridge/Concourse are public housing rental units in 2022.
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Homeowners

In 2021, the homeownership rate in Highbridge/Concourse was 9.4%, which is lower than the citywide share of 33.3%. The homeownership rate in the neighborhood has increased by 2.5 percentage points since 2010. In 2021, the home purchase loan rate was 11.5 per 1,000 properties (owner-occupied 1-4 family buildings, condominiums, or cooperative apartments) and the refinance loan rate was 12.7 per 1,000 properties in the neighborhood. Out of all the first-time home purchase loans and refinance loans in Highbridge/Concourse, 2.8% and 1.3% were high cost loans, respectively. 29 properties had a filing of mortgage foreclosure in Highbridge/Concourse in 2022. There were 18.4 mortgage foreclosure actions initiated per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units.

There were 18.4 mortgage foreclosure notices per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units in Highbridge/Concourse in 2022
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Development

The Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 384 residential units in new buildings in Highbridge/Concourse in 2022, 116 fewer than the number of units certified in 2021.

Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 384 residential units in new buildings in Highbridge/Concourse last year, the same as the number of units certified in 2022.
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Over the last decade, 2,569 units in 4+ unit buildings were built in Highbridge/Concourse. 22% were market rate, compared to 66% 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 23.7 serious crimes per 1,000 residents in 2022, compared to 14.2 serious crimes per 1,000 residents citywide.

The serious crime rate was 23.7 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 .