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Morrisania/Crotona BX03

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Neighborhood Indicators

Demographics

Indicator 2000 2006 2010 2019 2021 2022
Population
Born in New York State   info 55.5% 54.8% 55.9% 54.9%
Disabled population   info 15.2% 18.4% 17.0%
Foreign-born population   info 21.5% 27.6% 29.5% 29.9% 28.4%
Population   info 141,685 156,950 160,651 172,930 175,532
Population aged 65+   info 7.1% 6.2% 7.2% 10.0% 11.3%
Households
Households with children under 18 years old   info 50.7% 50.2% 47.4% 35.8% 34.9%
Single-person households   info 28.2% 29.1% 36.0% 32.7%
Race and Ethnicity
Percent Asian   info 0.8% 0.6% 0.7% 0.6% 0.5%
Percent Black   info 34.5% 32.2% 30.2% 36.1% 29.9%
Percent Hispanic   info 57.3% 61.8% 63.6% 58.9% 61.3%
Percent white   info 5.4% 4.1% 4.1% 3.2% 3.6%
Racial diversity index   info 0.55 0.51 0.50 0.52 0.53
Income and Poverty
Income diversity ratio   info 4.8 5.3 6.5 6.3
Median household income (2022$)   info $32,420 $25,920 $26,490 $26,320 $31,990
Median household income, homeowners (2022$)   info $71,310 $77,400 $86,560 $90,850
Median household income, renters (2022$)   info $23,830 $24,470 $24,280 $29,690
Poverty rate   info 45.5% 43.5% 43.5% 40.3% 35.8%
Poverty rate, population aged 65+   info 38.2% 37.4% 46.9% 44.2%
Poverty rate, population under 18 years old   info 55.2% 58.6% 50.2% 41.7%
Labor Market
Labor force participation rate   info 53.3% 53.3% 55.0% 56.1%
Population aged 25+ without a high school diploma   info 43.1% 40.1% 32.4% 32.9%
Unemployment rate   info 21.16% 13.09% 17.09% 11.49% 19.54%

Housing Market and Conditions

Indicator 2000 2006 2010 2019 2021 2022
Housing Stock
Homeownership rate   info 8.5% 8.0% 7.4% 5.1% 7.8%
Housing units   info 55,752 56,004 66,971 67,007
Rental vacancy rate   info 4.5% 2.0% 2.0%
Serious housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units) 134.7 140.3 165.1 142.9 184.1
Severe crowding rate (% of renter households)   info 3.2% 3.9% 3.9%
Total housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units) 591.5 565.9 532.0 503.8 577.5
Finance - Distress
Notices of foreclosure rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties) 17.3 27.7 46.2 10.6 7.9 15.9
Notices of foreclosure, all residential properties 31 60 111 24 17 35
Notices of foreclosure, initial, 1-4 family and condo properties 16 44 81 11 7 17
Notices of foreclosure, repeat, 1-4 family and condo properties 12 13 19 12 10 17
Pre-foreclosure notice rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties) 82.4 33.9 77.0
Pre-foreclosure notices, 1-4 family and condo properties 178 72 165
Properties entering REO, 1-4 family 7 2 7
Finance - Lending
FHA/VA-backed home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans) 1.5% 78.2% 42.7% 49.6%
Higher-cost home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans) 48.3% 3.8% 10.7% 4.3%
Higher-cost refinance loans (% of refinance loans) 45.3% 11.3% 2.2% 0.0%
Home purchase loan rate (per 1,000 properties) 48.7 10.6 10.0 15.5
Home purchase loans in LMI tracts (% of home purchase loans) 100.0% 13.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Home purchase loans to LMI borrowers (% of home purchase loans) 3.1% 100.0% 12.2% 15.0%
Refinance loan rate (per 1,000 properties) 61.0 7.2 12.0 22.2
Sales - Volume
Sales volume, 1 family building 16 34 10 11 10 16
Sales volume, 2-4 family building 69 160 45 34 33 44
Sales volume, 5+ family building 16 12 7 5 11 10
Sales volume, condominium 0 6 11 12 8 9
Sales volume, all property types 101 212 73 62 62 79
Sales - Median Prices
Median sales price per unit, 1 family building (2022$) $240,470 $435,630 $357,960 $466,280 $521,490 $499,780
Median sales price per unit, 2-4 family building (2022$) $134,250 $281,050 $208,170 $295,000 $328,920 $311,670
Median sales price per unit, 5+ family building (2022$) $45,180 $102,580 $84,660 $170,730 $137,620 $155,650
Median sales price per unit, condominium (2022$) $270,510 $298,990 $337,270 $346,420 $355,000
Sales - Housing Price Index
Index of housing price appreciation, 1 family building 100.0 218.9 172.1 142.5 277.0 321.8
Index of housing price appreciation, 2-4 family building 100.0 202.4 125.5 261.6 269.1 273.8
Index of housing price appreciation, 5+ family building 100.0 249.4 201.4 509.5 321.2 503.9
Index of housing price appreciation, condominium 100.0 57.7 70.7 88.0 109.7
Index of housing price appreciation, all property types 100.0 213.7 150.4 254.7 282.1 286.6
Subsidized Housing
Total number of subsidized properties (properties) 751
HUD Financing or Insurance (properties) 13
HUD Financing or Insurance (units) 775
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (properties) 40
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (units) 2,261
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (properties) 209
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (units) 10,387
Public Housing (properties) 27
Public Housing (units) 7,459
Mitchell-Lama (properties) 1
Mitchell-Lama (units) 320
421-a Tax Exemption (properties) 64
421-a Tax Exemption (units) 3,347
420-c Tax Exemption (properties) 155
420-c Tax Exemption (units) 7,775
NYC Housing Production Programs and Zoning Incentives or Requirements (properties) 278
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2023 and 2028 (properties) 28
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2023 and 2028 (units) 876
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2029 and 2038 (properties) 92
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2029 and 2038 (units) 3,994
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2039 and later (properties) 115
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2039 and later (units) 7,191

Land Use and Development

Indicator 2000 2006 2010 2019 2021 2022
Density
Population density (1,000 persons per square mile)   info 35.9 36.7 39.5 40.1
Development
Units authorized by new residential building permits 11 0 259 342 539 558
Units issued new certificates of occupancy 90 637 1,313 863 271 536

Neighborhood Services and Conditions

Indicator 2000 2006 2010 2019 2021 2022
Commute
Car-free commute (% of commuters)   info 70.3% 75.1% 75.0% 77.1% 66.8%
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 45.0 38.2 40.7 44.0 44.7
Crime and Incarceration
Serious crime rate (per 1,000 residents) 21.7 14.2 18.7 20.6 23.0
Serious crime rate, property (per 1,000 residents) 11.8 6.3 8.8 10.0 11.7
Serious crime rate, violent (per 1,000 residents) 9.9 7.9 10.0 10.7 11.3
Schools
Students performing at grade level in English language arts, 4th grade 33.6% 19.8%
Students performing at grade level in math, 4th grade 26.4% 17.6%

Renters

Indicator 2000 2006 2010 2019 2021 2022
Median Rent
Median rent, 2- and 3-bedrooms (2022$)   info $1,130 $1,240 $1,320
Median rent, all (2022$)   info $820 $1,000 $1,060 $1,220 $1,180
Median rent, recent movers (2022$)   info $1,270 $1,280 $1,340
Median rent, studios and 1-bedrooms (2022$)   info $860 $1,030 $1,050
Change in collected rent (2019-2020) 1.8%
Affordability
Rental units affordable at 30% AMI (% of recently available units) 20.2% 27.0% 21.5%
Rental units affordable at 80% AMI (% of recently available units) 85.8% 92.2% 93.1%
Rental units affordable at 120% AMI (% of recently available units) 99.7% 99.8% 99.1%
Rent Burden
Moderately rent-burdened households   info 26.3% 25.0% 26.2% 25.9%
Moderately rent-burdened households, low income   info 27.7% 27.0% 27.5%
Moderately rent-burdened households, moderate income   info 2.8% 2.5% 0.6%
Severely rent-burdened households   info 30.5% 35.8% 36.2% 36.8%
Severely rent-burdened households, low income   info 39.4% 43.0% 42.0%
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 22.0% 18.4%
Public housing (% of rental units)   info 23.0%
DEMOGRAPHICS

In 2021, there were an estimated 175,532 people in Morrisania/Crotona, of which 0.5% identified as Asian, 29.9% identified as Black, 61.3% identified as Hispanic, and 3.6% identified as white.

Graph showing the racial and ethnic composition of Morrisania/Crotona in both 2000 and 2017-2021.
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In 2021, the household income group with the largest share (34.9%) of households was <= $20,000. In 2000, the same household income group had the largest share as well, with a slightly higher share of 36.9%.

Graph showing the distribution of household income in Morrisania/Crotona in both 2000 and 2017-2021.
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Median household income in 2021 was $31,990, about 56% less than citywide median household income ($72,150). The poverty rate in Morrisania/Crotona was 35.8% in 2021 compared to 18.0% citywide.

The poverty rate in Morrisania/Crotona was 35.8% 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 Morrisania/Crotona in both 2010 and 2017-2021.
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HOUSING

Renters

Real median gross rent in Morrisania/Crotona increased from $1,000 in 2006 to $1,180 in 2021. This represents a 18.0% increase over the same period. As of 2021, the change in median household income outpaced the change in median gross rent by 6.6 percentage points. In 2021, 36.8% of renter households in Morrisania/Crotona were severely rent burdened (spent more than 50% of household income on rent). 93.1% of the rental units were affordable at 80% Area Median Income, 7 percentage points higher than the share in 2010. 23.0% of the rental units were public housing rental units, as of 2022. The overall rental vacancy rate in Morrisania/Crotona was 2.0% in 2021.

Real median gross rent in Morrisania/Crotona increased from $1,000 in 2006 to $1,180 in 2021.
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Graph showing the change in real median gross rent and median renter household income in Morrisania/Crotona from 2006 to 2021.
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23.0% of the rental units in Morrisania/Crotona are public housing rental units in 2022.
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Homeowners

In 2021, the homeownership rate in Morrisania/Crotona was 7.8%, which is lower than the citywide share of 33.3%. The homeownership rate in the neighborhood has increased by 0.4 percentage points since 2010. In 2021, the home purchase loan rate was 15.5 per 1,000 properties (owner-occupied 1-4 family buildings, condominiums, or cooperative apartments) and the refinance loan rate was 22.2 per 1,000 properties in the neighborhood. Out of all the first-time home purchase loans and refinance loans in Morrisania/Crotona, 4.3% and 0.0% were high cost loans, respectively. 35 properties had a filing of mortgage foreclosure in Morrisania/Crotona in 2022. There were 15.9 mortgage foreclosure actions initiated per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units.

There were 15.9 mortgage foreclosure notices per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units in Morrisania/Crotona in 2022
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Development

The Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 536 residential units in new buildings in Morrisania/Crotona in 2022, 265 more than the number of units certified in 2021.

Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 536 residential units in new buildings in Morrisania/Crotona last year, the same as the number of units certified in 2022.
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Over the last decade, 6,510 units in 4+ unit buildings were built in Morrisania/Crotona. 12% were market rate, compared to 84% 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 23.0 serious crimes per 1,000 residents in 2022, compared to 14.2 serious crimes per 1,000 residents citywide.

The serious crime rate was 23.0 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 BX03 and BX06 both fall within sub-borough area 202. 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 .