Kingsbridge Heights/Bedford Neighborhood Profile

Neighborhood Indicators

Demographics

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021
Population
Born in New York State		44.5%	48.5%	46.5%	45.3%
Disabled population			10.9%	8.1%	9.9%
Foreign-born population	36.6%	41.3%	40.7%	44.4%	42.8%
Population	132,672	124,968	124,826	151,684	130,407
Population aged 65+	7.6%	9.7%	8.6%	9.6%	9.7%
Households
Households with children under 18 years old	47.4%	43.3%	44.1%	35.0%	34.4%
Single-person households		28.0%	32.8%	35.3%	34.6%
Race and Ethnicity
Percent Asian	6.6%	6.4%	5.0%	6.5%	5.2%
Percent Black	19.2%	20.0%	20.7%	12.7%	14.3%
Percent Hispanic	59.7%	61.9%	66.0%	73.2%	73.1%
Percent white	10.8%	7.4%	7.2%	6.2%	5.0%
Racial diversity index	0.59	0.57	0.51	0.44	0.44
Income and Poverty
Income diversity ratio		5.0	5.3	5.8	5.8
Median household income (2022$)	$47,660	$39,720	$35,040	$46,090	$39,950
Median household income, homeowners (2022$)		$71,440	$90,190	$106,320	$82,190
Median household income, renters (2022$)		$36,710	$32,630	$44,570	$39,170
Poverty rate	34.3%	34.2%	32.7%	22.6%	27.1%
Poverty rate, population aged 65+		25.9%	32.5%	27.0%	34.3%
Poverty rate, population under 18 years old		47.6%	41.4%	30.8%	35.3%
Labor Market
Labor force participation rate		57.8%	61.7%	69.6%	64.2%
Population aged 25+ without a high school diploma		33.3%	35.6%	31.7%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	14.93%	13.22%	17.62%	11.73%	16.94%

Housing Market and Conditions

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Housing Stock
Homeownership rate	7.4%	9.4%	6.3%	5.9%	7.1%
Housing units		48,375	47,257	53,228	52,875
Rental vacancy rate			3.5%	2.8%	2.7%
Serious housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units)		152.1	149.0	172.8	187.0	196.3
Severe crowding rate (% of renter households)			4.9%	7.8%	8.3%
Total housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units)		716.5	633.0	558.9	592.9	564.8
Finance - Distress
Notices of foreclosure rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties)	20.6	31.2	30.7	15.4	4.3	14.1
Notices of foreclosure, all residential properties	41	55	64	29	9	26
Notices of foreclosure, initial, 1-4 family and condo properties	30	43	36	11	3	11
Notices of foreclosure, repeat, 1-4 family and condo properties	4	10	17	15	4	12
Pre-foreclosure notice rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties)				102.2	47.3	102.2
Pre-foreclosure notices, 1-4 family and condo properties				172	77	166
Properties entering REO, 1-4 family	10	1	5
Finance - Lending
FHA/VA-backed home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans)		0.0%	33.3%	6.5%	8.3%
Higher-cost home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans)		27.1%	0.0%	4.3%	4.6%
Higher-cost refinance loans (% of refinance loans)		33.5%	4.0%	6.4%	3.4%
Home purchase loan rate (per 1,000 properties)		43.7	12.6	18.3	21.8
Home purchase loans in LMI tracts (% of home purchase loans)		77.3%	21.2%	57.6%	71.3%
Home purchase loans to LMI borrowers (% of home purchase loans)		18.6%	78.8%	28.6%	42.1%
Refinance loan rate (per 1,000 properties)		35.9	9.5	9.4	17.6
Sales - Volume
Sales volume, 1 family building	25	42	8	17	13	30
Sales volume, 2-4 family building	58	119	28	35	31	46
Sales volume, 5+ family building	26	63	26	16	22	18
Sales volume, condominium	0	2	8	2	1	2
Sales volume, all property types	109	226	70	70	67	96
Sales - Median Prices
Median sales price per unit, 1 family building (2022$)	$322,890	$509,140	$342,250	$668,970	$562,340	$741,000
Median sales price per unit, 2-4 family building (2022$)	$160,560	$323,210	$246,260	$340,060	$419,110	$366,670
Median sales price per unit, 5+ family building (2022$)	$59,710	$107,060	$79,890	$190,740	$140,710	$129,930
Median sales price per unit, condominium (2022$)		$200,250	$466,770	$278,740	$302,390	$337,500
Sales - Housing Price Index
Index of housing price appreciation, 1 family building	100.0	218.4	133.1	290.1	308.3	409.3
Index of housing price appreciation, 2-4 family building	100.0	209.0	165.7	328.2	380.2	355.5
Index of housing price appreciation, 5+ family building	100.0	244.7	186.6	539.4	405.4	328.4
Index of housing price appreciation, condominium info	100.0
Index of housing price appreciation, all property types	100.0	221.5	162.7	357.4	380.9	384.1
Subsidized Housing
Total number of subsidized properties (properties)						205
HUD Financing or Insurance (properties)						6
HUD Financing or Insurance (units)						234
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (properties)						10
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (units)						426
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (properties)						34
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (units)						2,740
Public Housing (properties)						1
Public Housing (units)						233
Mitchell-Lama (properties)						10
Mitchell-Lama (units)						1,713
421-a Tax Exemption (properties)						45
421-a Tax Exemption (units)						1,475
420-c Tax Exemption (properties)						35
420-c Tax Exemption (units)						2,690
NYC Housing Production Programs and Zoning Incentives or Requirements (properties)						94
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2023 and 2028 (properties)						7
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2023 and 2028 (units)						313
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2029 and 2038 (properties)						16
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2029 and 2038 (units)						2,004
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2039 and later (properties)						30
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2039 and later (units)						2,076

Land Use and Development

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Density
Population density (1,000 persons per square mile)		79.7	79.6	96.7	83.2
Development
Units authorized by new residential building permits	3	0	84	536	804	1,242
Units issued new certificates of occupancy	0	170	483	236	550	423

Neighborhood Services and Conditions

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Commute
Car-free commute (% of commuters)	70.4%	72.6%	80.1%	82.4%	71.7%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	41.9	39.4	43.1	48.2	46.1
Crime and Incarceration
Serious crime rate (per 1,000 residents)		15.7	15.0	13.1	14.0	13.9
Serious crime rate, property (per 1,000 residents)		9.0	8.1	6.6	7.7	7.1
Serious crime rate, violent (per 1,000 residents)		6.8	6.9	6.5	6.3	6.8
Schools
Students performing at grade level in English language arts, 4th grade				37.5%		24.6%
Students performing at grade level in math, 4th grade				35.1%		20.5%

Renters

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Median Rent
Median rent, 2- and 3-bedrooms (2022$)			$1,430	$1,570	$1,710
Median rent, all (2022$)	$1,160	$1,260	$1,360	$1,500	$1,500
Median rent, recent movers (2022$)			$1,300	$1,540	$1,570
Median rent, studios and 1-bedrooms (2022$)			$1,170	$1,290	$1,390
Change in collected rent (2019-2020)					5.0%
Affordability
Rental units affordable at 30% AMI (% of recently available units)			8.8%	11.2%	13.9%
Rental units affordable at 80% AMI (% of recently available units)			88.5%	91.9%	92.3%
Rental units affordable at 120% AMI (% of recently available units)			99.1%	100.0%	100.0%
Rent Burden
Moderately rent-burdened households		21.1%	23.1%	30.0%	18.5%
Moderately rent-burdened households, low income			28.9%	32.9%	29.7%
Moderately rent-burdened households, moderate income			3.7%	1.6%	1.8%
Severely rent-burdened households	30.8%		38.5%	36.3%	36.8%
Severely rent-burdened households, low income			48.7%	43.0%	47.0%
Severely rent-burdened households, moderate income			0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
Rental Subsidy
Housing choice vouchers (% of occupied, privately owned rental units)			19.9%	14.1%
Public housing (% of rental units)						0.5%

DEMOGRAPHICS

In 2021, there were an estimated 130,407 people in Kingsbridge Heights/Bedford, of which 5.2% identified as Asian, 14.3% identified as Black, 73.1% identified as Hispanic, and 5.0% identified as white.

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

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In 2021, the household income group with the largest share (27.2%) of households was <= $20,000. In 2000, the same household income group had the largest share as well, with a slightly lower share of 25.0%.

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

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Median household income in 2021 was $39,950, about 45% less than citywide median household income ($72,150). The poverty rate in Kingsbridge Heights/Bedford was 27.1% in 2021 compared to 18.0% citywide.

The poverty rate in Kingsbridge Heights/Bedford was 27.1% 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 Kingsbridge Heights/Bedford in both 2010 and 2017-2021.

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HOUSING

Renters

Real median gross rent in Kingsbridge Heights/Bedford increased from $1,260 in 2006 to $1,500 in 2021. This represents a 19.0% increase over the same period. As of 2021, the change in median gross rent outpaced the change in median household income by 12.3 percentage points. In 2021, 36.8% of renter households in Kingsbridge Heights/Bedford were severely rent burdened (spent more than 50% of household income on rent). 92.3% of the rental units were affordable at 80% Area Median Income, 4 percentage points higher than the share in 2010. 0.5% of the rental units were public housing rental units, as of 2022. The overall rental vacancy rate in Kingsbridge Heights/Bedford was 2.7% in 2021.

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

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0.5% of the rental units in Kingsbridge Heights/Bedford are public housing rental units in 2022.

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Homeowners

In 2021, the homeownership rate in Kingsbridge Heights/Bedford was 7.1%, which is lower than the citywide share of 33.3%. The homeownership rate in the neighborhood has increased by 0.8 percentage points since 2010. In 2021, the home purchase loan rate was 21.8 per 1,000 properties (owner-occupied 1-4 family buildings, condominiums, or cooperative apartments) and the refinance loan rate was 17.6 per 1,000 properties in the neighborhood. Out of all the first-time home purchase loans and refinance loans in Kingsbridge Heights/Bedford, 4.6% and 3.4% were high cost loans, respectively. 26 properties had a filing of mortgage foreclosure in Kingsbridge Heights/Bedford in 2022. There were 14.1 mortgage foreclosure actions initiated per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units.

There were 14.1 mortgage foreclosure notices per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units in Kingsbridge Heights/Bedford in 2022

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Development

The Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 423 residential units in new buildings in Kingsbridge Heights/Bedford in 2022, 127 fewer than the number of units certified in 2021.

Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 423 residential units in new buildings in Kingsbridge Heights/Bedford last year, the same as the number of units certified in 2022.

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Over the last decade, 3,003 units in 4+ unit buildings were built in Kingsbridge Heights/Bedford. 19% were market rate, compared to 75% 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 13.9 serious crimes per 1,000 residents in 2022, compared to 14.2 serious crimes per 1,000 residents citywide.

The serious crime rate was 13.9 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 .