State of the City 2019
DEMOGRAPHICS
In 2018, there were about 124,931 people in Morris Park/Bronxdale, with 7.1% of the population identified as Asian, 22.4% identified as black, 48.2% identified as Hispanic, and 19.6% identified as white. Median household income in 2018 was $55,320, about 15% less than citywide median household income ($64,850). The poverty rate in Morris Park/Bronxdale was 18.5% in 2018 compared to 17.3% citywide.
HOUSING
Renters
Real median gross rent in Morris Park/Bronxdale increased from $1,100 in 2006 to $1,370 in 2018. In 2018, 32.9% of renter households in Morris Park/Bronxdale were severely rent burdened (spent more than 50% of household income on rent). 84.1% of the rental units are affordable at the 80% Area Median Income, 7 percentage points higher than the share in 2010. 10.5% of the rental units are public housing rental units in 2018. The overall rental vacancy rate in Morris Park/Bronxdale was 2.2%.
Homeowners
In 2018, the homeownership rate in Morris Park/Bronxdale was 30.2%, lower than the citywide share of 32.8%. The homeownership rate in the neighborhood has decreased by 1.7 percentage points since 2010. In 2018, the home purchase loan rate was 20.2 per 1,000 properties (owner-occupied 1-4 family buildings, condominiums, or cooperative apartments) and the refinance loan rate was 13.6 per 1,000 properties in the neighborhood. 111 properties had a filing of mortgage foreclosure in Morris Park/Bronxdale in 2018. There were 10.0 mortgage foreclosure actions initiated per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units.
Development
In 2019, there were 67 units authorized by new residential building permits, which is 1.1% of total new units in The Bronx, and 0.3% of the citywide total, in Morris Park/Bronxdale. Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 70 residential units in new buildings in Morris Park/Bronxdale last year, 36 more than the number of units certified in 2018.
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND CONDITIONS
In 2019, 37.4% of 4th grade students attending schools in Morris Park/Bronxdale performed at grade level in math, compared to 33.1% in The Bronx, and 49.4% citywide; 36.6% of Morris Park/Bronxdale 4th graders performed at grade level in English language arts, compared to 36.0% in The Bronx, and 49.6% citywide. The serious crime rate was 9.5 serious crimes per 1,000 residents in 2019, compared to 11.3 serious crimes per 1,000 residents citywide.
| Indicator | 2000 | 2006 | 2010 | 2018 | 2019 | Rank (2000) | Rank (18/19) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | |||||||
| Born in New York State | 60.0% | 50.7% | 53.1% | 13 | |||
| Disabled population | 9.1% | 13.2% | 6 | ||||
| Foreign-born population | 30.8% | 29.3% | 38.5% | 33.1% | 35 | 31 | |
| Population | 119,960 | 121,465 | 123,655 | 124,931 | |||
| Population aged 65+ | 15.0% | 15.4% | 13.6% | 15.3% | 10 | 22 | |
| Households | |||||||
| Households with children under 18 years old | 35.7% | 37.5% | 37.1% | 32.1% | 31 | 23 | |
| Single-person households | 30.9% | 30.0% | 30.6% | 28 | |||
| Race and Ethnicity | |||||||
| Percent Asian | 6.4% | 6.4% | 9.0% | 7.1% | 25 | 34 | |
| Percent Black | 19.2% | 18.5% | 19.8% | 22.4% | 25 | 22 | |
| Percent Hispanic | 34.7% | 41.0% | 42.4% | 48.2% | 17 | 12 | |
| Percent white | 35.9% | 32.8% | 26.6% | 19.6% | 26 | 37 | |
| Racial diversity index | 0.71 | 0.69 | 0.70 | 0.67 | 6 | 14 | |
| Income and Poverty | |||||||
| Income diversity ratio | 4.8 | 5.8 | 4.4 | 48 | |||
| Median household income (2019$) | $55,000 | $53,070 | $50,370 | $55,320 | 30 | 37 | |
| Median household income, homeowners (2019$) | $81,640 | $87,460 | $95,690 | 28 | |||
| Median household income, renters (2019$) | $41,680 | $41,310 | $44,650 | 35 | |||
| Poverty rate | 17.5% | 17.8% | 21.1% | 18.5% | 32 | 22 | |
| Poverty rate, population aged 65+ | 18.7% | 25.2% | 21.8% | 21 | |||
| Poverty rate, population under 18 years old | 23.0% | 29.3% | 25.3% | 19 | |||
| Labor Market | |||||||
| Labor force participation rate | 56.7% | 60.2% | 62.4% | 32 | |||
| Population aged 25+ without a high school diploma | 25.2% | 24.6% | 20.4% | 20 | |||
| Unemployment rate | 8.78% | 8.16% | 13.85% | 6.90% | 29 | 14 | |
| Indicator | 2000 | 2006 | 2010 | 2018 | 2019 | Rank (2000) | Rank (18/19) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Housing Stock | |||||||
| Homeownership rate | 27.8% | 32.2% | 31.9% | 30.2% | 26 | 31 | |
| Housing units | 46,902 | 46,019 | 46,473 | 49 | |||
| Rental vacancy rate | 3.3% | 2.2% | 44 | ||||
| Serious housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units) | 44.7 | 65.1 | 51.9 | 82.5 | 23 | ||
| Severe crowding rate (% of renter households) | 4.2% | 6.0% | 11 | ||||
| Total housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units) | 225.6 | 273.0 | 287.0 | 306.8 | 23 | ||
| Finance - Distress | |||||||
| Notices of foreclosure rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties) | 6.8 | 12.1 | 18.3 | 10.0 | 32 | 25 | |
| Notices of foreclosure, all residential properties | 79 | 139 | 209 | 111 | 27 | 24 | |
| Notices of foreclosure, initial, 1-4 family and condo properties | 60 | 100 | 150 | 49 | 21 | 21 | |
| Notices of foreclosure, repeat, 1-4 family and condo properties | 13 | 32 | 50 | 61 | 22 | 23 | |
| Pre-foreclosure notice rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties) | 103.5 | 90.5 | 8 | ||||
| Pre-foreclosure notices, 1-4 family and condo properties | 1,136 | 994 | 12 | ||||
| Properties entering REO, 1-4 family | 12 | 2 | 11 | 17 | |||
| Finance - Lending | |||||||
| FHA/VA-backed home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans) | 0.4% | 44.2% | 19.9% | 15 | |||
| Higher-cost home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans) | 0.0% | 1.7% | |||||
| Higher-cost refinance loans (% of refinance loans) | 0.0% | 3.4% | |||||
| Home purchase loan rate (per 1,000 properties) | 49.4 | 15.5 | 20.2 | 25 | |||
| Home purchase loans in LMI tracts (% of home purchase loans) | 48.5% | 48.3% | 54.1% | 20 | |||
| Home purchase loans to LMI borrowers (% of home purchase loans) | 7.8% | 14.0% | 14.6% | 9 | |||
| Refinance loan rate (per 1,000 properties) | 58.3 | 14.9 | 13.6 | 19 | |||
| Sales - Volume | |||||||
| Sales volume, 1 family building | 164 | 198 | 88 | 133 | 23 | 22 | |
| Sales volume, 2-4 family building | 252 | 418 | 135 | 262 | 24 | 19 | |
| Sales volume, 5+ family building | 6 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 46 | 47 | |
| Sales volume, all property types | 447 | 651 | 249 | 422 | 28 | 36 | |
| Sales volume, condominium | 25 | 15 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 48 | |
| Sales - Median Prices | |||||||
| Median sales price per unit, 1 family building (2019$) | $333,840 | $539,970 | $436,540 | $500,000 | 31 | 43 | |
| Median sales price per unit, 2-4 family building (2019$) | $179,180 | $303,230 | $221,540 | $275,000 | 33 | 48 | |
| Median sales price per unit, 5+ family building (2019$) | $102,710 | $123,110 | $106,730 | $188,540 | 11 | 41 | |
| Median sales price per unit, condominium (2019$) | $112,460 | $221,940 | $206,770 | $190,000 | 48 | 54 | |
| Sales - Housing Price Index | |||||||
| Index of housing price appreciation, 1 family building | 100.0 | 198.8 | 164.4 | 219.9 | 1 | 47 | |
| Index of housing price appreciation, 2-4 family building | 100.0 | 215.5 | 165.4 | 239.2 | 1 | 40 | |
| Index of housing price appreciation, 5+ family building | 100.0 | 205.4 | 180.2 | 423.8 | 1 | 35 | |
| Index of housing price appreciation, all property types | 100.0 | 212.1 | 167.0 | 237.5 | 1 | 50 | |
| Index of housing price appreciation, condominium | 100.0 | 178.6 | 132.4 | 175.4 | 1 | 50 | |
| Subsidized Housing | |||||||
| Total number of subsidized properties (properties) | 36 | 38 | |||||
| HUD Financing or Insurance (properties) | 3 | 27 | |||||
| HUD Financing or Insurance (units) | 0 | 39 | |||||
| HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (properties) | 4 | 34 | |||||
| HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (units) | 361 | 39 | |||||
| Low Income Housing Tax Credit (properties) | 6 | 36 | |||||
| Low Income Housing Tax Credit (units) | 1,204 | 30 | |||||
| Public Housing (properties) | 7 | 26 | |||||
| Public Housing (units) | 12,389 | 3 | |||||
| Mitchell-Lama (properties) | 2 | 27 | |||||
| Mitchell-Lama (units) | 172 | 41 | |||||
| 421-a Tax Exemption (properties) | 20 | 33 | |||||
| 421-a Tax Exemption (units) | 656 | 33 | |||||
| 420-c Tax Exemption (properties) | 2 | 38 | |||||
| 420-c Tax Exemption (units) | 208 | 40 | |||||
| NYC Housing Production Programs and Zoning Incentives or Requirements (properties) | 12 | 38 | |||||
| Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2020 and 2025 (properties) | 2 | 34 | |||||
| Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2020 and 2025 (units) | 153 | 36 | |||||
| Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2026 and 2035 (properties) | 4 | 34 | |||||
| Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2026 and 2035 (units) | 180 | 41 | |||||
| Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2036 and later (properties) | 5 | 36 | |||||
| Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2036 and later (units) | 308 | 41 | |||||
| Indicator | 2000 | 2006 | 2010 | 2018 | 2019 | Rank (2000) | Rank (18/19) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Density | |||||||
| Population density (1,000 persons per square mile) | 31.9 | 32.5 | 32.8 | 35 | |||
| Development | |||||||
| Units authorized by new residential building permits | 64 | 81 | 15 | 117 | 67 | 48 | 53 |
| Units issued new certificates of occupancy | 175 | 131 | 73 | 34 | 70 | 19 | 51 |
| Indicator | 2000 | 2006 | 2010 | 2018 | 2019 | Rank (2000) | Rank (18/19) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commute | |||||||
| Car-free commute (% of commuters) | 51.9% | 56.0% | 60.9% | 58.1% | 43 | 40 | |
| Mean travel time to work (minutes) | 39.3 | 37.6 | 39.0 | 45.9 | 39 | 21 | |
| Crime and Incarceration | |||||||
| Serious crime rate (per 1,000 residents) | 15.3 | 14.3 | 10.1 | 9.5 | 32 | ||
| Serious crime rate, property (per 1,000 residents) | 10.8 | 9.3 | 6.1 | 5.4 | 37 | ||
| Serious crime rate, violent (per 1,000 residents) | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 28 | ||
| Schools | |||||||
| Students performing at grade level in English language arts, 4th grade | 40.3% | 36.6% | 49 | ||||
| Students performing at grade level in math, 4th grade | 36.2% | 37.4% | 43 | ||||
| Indicator | 2000 | 2006 | 2010 | 2018 | 2019 | Rank (2000) | Rank (18/19) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median Rent | |||||||
| Median rent, 2- and 3-bedrooms (2019$) | $1,310 | $1,490 | 34 | ||||
| Median rent, all (2019$) | $1,060 | $1,100 | $1,210 | $1,370 | 30 | 37 | |
| Median rent, recent movers (2019$) | $1,290 | $1,430 | 45 | ||||
| Median rent, studios and 1-bedrooms (2019$) | $1,100 | $1,280 | 28 | ||||
| Median rent, asking | $1,650 | 57 | |||||
| Affordability | |||||||
| Rental units affordable at 30% AMI (% of recently available units) | 5.9% | 5.2% | 25 | ||||
| Rental units affordable at 80% AMI (% of recently available units) | 76.7% | 84.1% | 7 | ||||
| Rental units affordable at 120% AMI (% of recently available units) | 98.6% | 99.7% | 7 | ||||
| Rent Burden | |||||||
| Moderately rent-burdened households | 16.2% | 23.9% | 19.8% | 51 | |||
| Moderately rent-burdened households, low income | 25.4% | 34.3% | 6 | ||||
| Moderately rent-burdened households, moderate income | 6.7% | 6.7% | 47 | ||||
| Severely rent-burdened households | 23.3% | 29.4% | 32.9% | 28 | 17 | ||
| Severely rent-burdened households, low income | 45.0% | 42.2% | 41 | ||||
| Severely rent-burdened households, moderate income | 0.0% | 0.2% | 28 | ||||
| Rental Subsidy | |||||||
| Housing choice vouchers (% of occupied, privately owned rental units) | 10.2% | 8.6% | 16 | ||||
| Public housing (% of rental units) | 10.5% | 17 | |||||
Data Notes: See Indicator Definitions, Rankings, and Methods for more information.
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 and data under the 2018 heading comes from the 2014 – 2018 ACS.
Rankings: We report rankings out of all neighborhoods for which the indicator can be calculated. Rankings are listed for community districts, though some indicators are reported at the sub-borough area level.
All content © 2005 – 2020 Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy | Top of page | Contact Us
