Hunts Point/Longwood Neighborhood Profile

Neighborhood Indicators

Demographics

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021
Population
Born in New York State info		56.8%	55.6%	59.6%	58.0%
Disabled population info			18.4%	18.2%	15.9%
Foreign-born population info	23.9%	24.3%	27.7%	26.3%	25.1%
Population info	130,448	137,900	156,790	146,824	159,556
Population aged 65+ info	7.5%	7.5%	8.1%	10.6%	12.0%
Households
Households with children under 18 years old info	50.6%	46.4%	50.1%	32.0%	35.6%
Single-person households info		30.0%	25.0%	39.7%	32.7%
Race and Ethnicity
Percent Asian info	0.4%	0.9%	1.0%	0.5%	0.7%
Percent Black info	24.5%	27.4%	29.2%	27.7%	27.4%
Percent Hispanic info	72.5%	69.3%	66.8%	68.3%	65.5%
Percent white info	1.3%	1.5%	2.0%	2.6%	3.5%
Racial diversity index info	0.41	0.44	0.47	0.46	0.50
Income and Poverty
Income diversity ratio info		5.6	5.3	6.9	6.6
Median household income (2022$) info	$30,660	$25,070	$26,840	$27,960	$32,010
Median household income, homeowners (2022$) info		$71,680	$97,310	$92,670	$52,020
Median household income, renters (2022$) info		$23,320	$24,860	$24,370	$30,530
Poverty rate info	45.5%	43.2%	41.1%	39.6%	36.6%
Poverty rate, population aged 65+ info		40.8%	31.4%	40.2%	31.9%
Poverty rate, population under 18 years old info		56.3%	54.1%	54.1%	50.1%
Labor Market
Labor force participation rate info		47.8%	49.2%	52.7%	53.1%
Population aged 25+ without a high school diploma info		48.2%	43.1%	29.8%	33.8%
Unemployment rate info	23.63%	14.92%	19.04%	11.29%	18.80%

Housing Market and Conditions

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Housing Stock
Homeownership rate info	7.4%	7.6%	7.6%	8.7%	9.0%
Housing units info		46,646	50,507	56,443	57,071
Rental vacancy rate info			5.4%	1.7%	1.7%
Serious housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units)		141.3	119.8	168.4	169.2	216.8
Severe crowding rate (% of renter households) info			4.2%	4.5%	5.8%
Total housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units)		674.4	456.0	553.7	604.2	672.9
Finance - Distress
Notices of foreclosure rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties)	20.8	20.6	29.4	21.4	8.3	12.5
Notices of foreclosure, all residential properties	28	31	52	33	12	19
Notices of foreclosure, initial, 1-4 family and condo properties	21	23	31	14	5	9
Notices of foreclosure, repeat, 1-4 family and condo properties	3	6	12	17	7	9
Pre-foreclosure notice rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties)				71.2	33.0	74.2
Pre-foreclosure notices, 1-4 family and condo properties				103	47	107
Properties entering REO, 1-4 family	4	1	6
Finance - Lending
FHA/VA-backed home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans)		2.1%	68.9%	25.7%	20.9%
Higher-cost home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans)		43.6%	2.2%	9.5%	3.3%
Higher-cost refinance loans (% of refinance loans)		41.3%	0.0%	1.4%	2.5%
Home purchase loan rate (per 1,000 properties)		47.3	8.7	13.6	16.6
Home purchase loans in LMI tracts (% of home purchase loans)		99.2%	11.1%	100.0%	100.0%
Home purchase loans to LMI borrowers (% of home purchase loans)		3.2%	100.0%	9.6%	21.3%
Refinance loan rate (per 1,000 properties)		50.5	5.8	13.0	28.8
Sales - Volume
Sales volume, 1 family building	2	5	2	3	2	7
Sales volume, 2-4 family building	43	109	31	38	17	22
Sales volume, 5+ family building	10	17	3	5	4	11
Sales volume, condominium	1	1	6	4	2	3
Sales volume, all property types	56	132	42	50	25	43
Sales - Median Prices
Median sales price per unit, 1 family building (2022$)	$378,120	$449,680	$197,650	$524,030	$462,850	$510,000
Median sales price per unit, 2-4 family building (2022$)	$133,120	$267,000	$180,270	$355,390	$366,050	$333,000
Median sales price per unit, 5+ family building (2022$)	$48,280	$101,880	$77,060	$118,920	$168,650	$212,110
Median sales price per unit, condominium (2022$)	$93,470	$139,910	$287,290	$236,930	$294,430	$299,000
Sales - Housing Price Index
Index of housing price appreciation, 1 family building	100.0	186.5		290.0	269.5	332.2
Index of housing price appreciation, 2-4 family building	100.0	191.8	117.5	281.0	302.4	354.1
Index of housing price appreciation, 5+ family building	100.0	268.5	221.3	630.6	693.1	603.0
Index of housing price appreciation, condominium	100.0		72.4	105.1	135.2
Index of housing price appreciation, all property types	100.0	200.3	133.5	295.5	314.2	359.2
Subsidized Housing
Total number of subsidized properties (properties)						484
HUD Financing or Insurance (properties)						6
HUD Financing or Insurance (units)						333
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (properties)						67
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (units)						2,910
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (properties)						103
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (units)						5,457
Public Housing (properties)						23
Public Housing (units)						620
Mitchell-Lama (properties)						12
Mitchell-Lama (units)						537
421-a Tax Exemption (properties)						27
421-a Tax Exemption (units)						1,220
420-c Tax Exemption (properties)						58
420-c Tax Exemption (units)						3,079
NYC Housing Production Programs and Zoning Incentives or Requirements (properties)						191
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2023 and 2028 (properties)						6
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2023 and 2028 (units)						320
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2029 and 2038 (properties)						57
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2029 and 2038 (units)						2,537
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2039 and later (properties)						73
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2039 and later (units)						4,030

Land Use and Development

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Density
Population density (1,000 persons per square mile) info		28.1	31.9	29.9	32.5
Development
Units authorized by new residential building permits	136	0	110	479	129	78
Units issued new certificates of occupancy	68	549	220	397	277	407

Neighborhood Services and Conditions

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Commute
Car-free commute (% of commuters) info	74.5%		79.5%	85.9%	77.2%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	41.3		43.0	42.6	41.8
Crime and Incarceration
Serious crime rate (per 1,000 residents)		25.6	24.6	17.9	21.6	27.9
Serious crime rate, property (per 1,000 residents)		13.0	10.8	9.4	11.5	14.4
Serious crime rate, violent (per 1,000 residents)		12.6	13.8	8.5	10.2	13.6
Schools
Students performing at grade level in English language arts, 4th grade				25.2%		15.1%
Students performing at grade level in math, 4th grade				23.4%		12.5%

Renters

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Median Rent
Median rent, 2- and 3-bedrooms (2022$) info			$960	$1,100	$1,240
Median rent, all (2022$) info	$650	$860	$910	$1,100	$1,120
Median rent, recent movers (2022$) info			$1,070	$1,110	$1,370
Median rent, studios and 1-bedrooms (2022$) info			$800	$860	$1,020
Change in collected rent (2019-2020)					5.1%
Affordability
Rental units affordable at 30% AMI (% of recently available units)			23.4%	36.1%	29.9%
Rental units affordable at 80% AMI (% of recently available units)			92.2%	91.6%	89.5%
Rental units affordable at 120% AMI (% of recently available units)			99.3%	99.6%	98.9%
Rent Burden
Moderately rent-burdened households info		23.0%	25.6%	31.4%	25.5%
Moderately rent-burdened households, low income info			27.1%	29.5%	29.6%
Moderately rent-burdened households, moderate income info			2.3%	4.5%	4.8%
Severely rent-burdened households info	24.8%		32.2%	33.5%	36.5%
Severely rent-burdened households, low income info			35.1%	38.3%	41.1%
Severely rent-burdened households, moderate income info			0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Rental Subsidy
Housing choice vouchers (% of occupied, privately owned rental units) info			15.8%	17.7%
Public housing (% of rental units) info						3.1%

DEMOGRAPHICS

In 2021, there were an estimated 159,556 people in Hunts Point/Longwood, of which 0.7% identified as Asian, 27.4% identified as Black, 65.5% identified as Hispanic, and 3.5% identified as white.

Graph showing the racial and ethnic composition of Hunts Point/Longwood in both 2000 and 2017-2021.

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In 2021, the household income group with the largest share (38.5%) of households was <= $20,000. In 2000, the same household income group had the largest share as well, with a slightly lower share of 37.4%.

Graph showing the distribution of household income in Hunts Point/Longwood in both 2000 and 2017-2021.

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Median household income in 2021 was $32,010, about 56% less than citywide median household income ($72,150). The poverty rate in Hunts Point/Longwood was 36.6% in 2021 compared to 18.0% citywide.

The poverty rate in Hunts Point/Longwood was 36.6% 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 Hunts Point/Longwood in both 2010 and 2017-2021.

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HOUSING

Renters

Real median gross rent in Hunts Point/Longwood increased from $860 in 2006 to $1,120 in 2021. This represents a 30.2% increase over the same period. As of 2021, the change in median household income outpaced the change in median gross rent by 0.7 percentage points. In 2021, 36.5% of renter households in Hunts Point/Longwood were severely rent burdened (spent more than 50% of household income on rent). 89.5% of the rental units were affordable at 80% Area Median Income, 3 percentage points lower than the share in 2010. 3.1% of the rental units were public housing rental units, as of 2022. The overall rental vacancy rate in Hunts Point/Longwood was 1.7% in 2021.

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Graph showing the change in real median gross rent and median renter household income in Hunts Point/Longwood from 2006 to 2021.

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3.1% of the rental units in Hunts Point/Longwood are public housing rental units in 2022.

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Homeowners

In 2021, the homeownership rate in Hunts Point/Longwood was 9.0%, which is lower than the citywide share of 33.3%. The homeownership rate in the neighborhood has increased by 1.4 percentage points since 2010. In 2021, the home purchase loan rate was 16.6 per 1,000 properties (owner-occupied 1-4 family buildings, condominiums, or cooperative apartments) and the refinance loan rate was 28.8 per 1,000 properties in the neighborhood. Out of all the first-time home purchase loans and refinance loans in Hunts Point/Longwood, 3.3% and 2.5% were high cost loans, respectively. 19 properties had a filing of mortgage foreclosure in Hunts Point/Longwood in 2022. There were 12.5 mortgage foreclosure actions initiated per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units.

There were 12.5 mortgage foreclosure notices per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units in Hunts Point/Longwood in 2022

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Development

The Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 407 residential units in new buildings in Hunts Point/Longwood in 2022, 130 more than the number of units certified in 2021.

Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 407 residential units in new buildings in Hunts Point/Longwood last year, the same as the number of units certified in 2022.

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Over the last decade, 2,029 units in 4+ unit buildings were built in Hunts Point/Longwood. 26% were market rate, compared to 72% 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 27.9 serious crimes per 1,000 residents in 2022, compared to 14.2 serious crimes per 1,000 residents citywide.

The serious crime rate was 27.9 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: Community districts BX01 and BX02 both fall within sub-borough area 201. Data reported at the sub-borough level are identical. 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 .